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Off Topic Hull City Centre Public Realm Strategy
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Don't mention 'at the going down of the son'.
Bastards!!
Victims of the last Luftwaffe attack of World War Two to cause civilian casualties in the UK
Thirteen people were killed and 22 injured when a lone Heinkel 111 bomber flew along Holderness Road in Hull on 17 March 1945.
The crew opened fire with machine guns and dropped fragmentation bombs.
Many of the dead and injured were just leaving the Savoy cinema at the end of a film performance.
The victims are commemorated on a plaque on the site of the cinema.
No high explosives were used, so no structural damage to buildings was done.
'Maverick crew'
"It was the last Luftwaffe attack on the UK that killed civilians." said local historian Ron Fairfax."There is no trace in the German archives of the attack and anecdotal evidence suggests it was a maverick crew intent on revenge for the devastation wrought by an Allied air raid on Dresden a few weeks earlier".
The aircraft was unopposed as local RAF squadrons had been transferred, anti-aircraft installations had been moved south and the home guard and wartime emergency services had been stood down.
The attack was reported at the time as 'an attack on a north east coast town' because of a censorship notice imposed on information from the city.
During the course of the 1939-45 war 1,200 people were killed and a further 3,000 injured in the city.
Ah right,I get you T.WDon't mention 'at the going down of the son'.
I should've been a bit more aware of the date,apologies
No apology needed, and if you get me you have my sympathy.Ah right,I get you T.W
I should've been a bit more aware of the date,apologies
The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
Typo,meant to write ...I'll get you!!!!No apology needed, and if you get me you have my sympathy.
The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
Join the queue.Typo,meant to write ...I'll get you!!!!
It's hell of a queue Ric so bring pack up and a drink.Join the queue.
There's only one queue you were at the front of...It's hell of a queue Ric so bring pack up and a drink.
I couldn't make it unfortunately, but he did one of his local history tours tonight specifically to cover that.
Looks like they’ve got rid of all the stuff stuck to the railings on monument bridge finally!!
How it started, how it's going...
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Looking good, but months behind the schedule they originally gave.
Castle street opening earlier than planned. Sunday 22nd not the previously announced Mon 23rd.
Or alternatively a year late !