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LeftSaidFred said:
Fascinating. Sidenote, my Mum's best friend died as a result of radiation poisoning from working as a military nurse in the aftermath of the Japanese bombs. Health and safety at work was rudimentary to say the least in those days.
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My late dad was at the Atom Bomb tests in the Pacific in the 50's. He was on Christmas Island and when the bomb went off, he was told to turn his back to avoid the dust storm, no protection, no glasses, nowt.
 
Mrs. BLUE_MOUNTAINS_BEAR said:
Here is another story about a man who survived nuclear bombs dropped on 2 Japanese cities. It was my 3rd birthday when the first hit Hiroshima.

https://www.history.com/news/the-man-who-survived-two-atomic-bombs
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I visited Hiroshima last year and the A Bomb dome.
It's quite a harrowing place with a little visitors centre with graphic photographs of the injuries and aftermath.
I was then collared by a school group doing video interviews of visitors from overseas.
When it was finished they gave me a gift box of peace with a trinket and a certificate of thanks from all the children.
I took a stroll away from the masses and bawled my eyes out.......its a special place for all the wrong reasons.......
Quite a deep post in my dinner hour...sorry!!!
 
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Dunno where else to put this, but bloody hell the latest word that is being flogged to death..suddenly "influencers" are everywhere; travel, food, fashion, beauty products, no doubt beer next. Its getting on my tits I must admit.
 
SimonGraysJacket said:
I visited Hiroshima last year and the A Bomb dome.
It's quite a harrowing place with a little visitors centre with graphic photographs of the injuries and aftermath.
I was then collared by a school group doing video interviews of visitors from overseas.
When it was finished they gave me a gift box of peace with a trinket and a certificate of thanks from all the children.
I took a stroll away from the masses and bawled my eyes out.......its a special place for all the wrong reasons.......
Quite a deep post in my dinner hour...sorry!!!
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I went to the Peace Ceremony held in 1992 on my 50th birthday. I believe Tsutomu Yamaguchi also attended. Had a really moving day with the early morning ceremony plus the evening lantern display where 10,000 of them are floated in the water next to the Dome.

I worked in the nuclear industry prior to leaving the UK and had always wanted to visit Hiroshima particularly as the bomb was dropped on my birthday. One of my most memorable lifetime experiences.
 
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SimonGraysJacket said:
I visited Hiroshima last year and the A Bomb dome.
It's quite a harrowing place with a little visitors centre with graphic photographs of the injuries and aftermath.
I was then collared by a school group doing video interviews of visitors from overseas.
When it was finished they gave me a gift box of peace with a trinket and a certificate of thanks from all the children.
I took a stroll away from the masses and bawled my eyes out.......its a special place for all the wrong reasons.......
Quite a deep post in my dinner hour...sorry!!!
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Yet they still had it reconstructed and up and running with no signs of bomb damage quicker than Hull.
 
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