Q..Where were the last civilians to be killed in the UK by a German air-raid during WWII? Ans...Leaving a cinema on Holderness Road..currently where the Boyes store is...
The programme was riveting viewing. Despite the findings saying the bombings didn't affect morale in Hull I'm convinced it had a long term impact of the psyche of many thousands of civilians for the rest of their lives - and so consequently for their offspring. On another note I was highly impressed with the standard of writing of the young people back in 1941. The education system back then must have been excellent.
I can't speak for education in the 40's but, in the 50's & 60's I know that great store was set on teaching the 3 R's - multiplication tables, writing the alphabet and practicing lines was done over and over until it was right. Probably all a bit too regimented for modern ways but, it was generally effective back then.
I was personally underwhelmed by the programme. Nice for the lady from 6th ave meeting her old neighbours.
unfortunately modern ways mean people can't spell, can't add up and can't read - however they can sit for hours in front of video games much longer than people who can
Like you I was educated through the fifties and sixties, and I am sure the education gave us a better command of writing, spelling and basic maths. These days the lack of ability to writing well, spelling and the inability to do mental arithmetic (though the introduction of the calculator had a lot to do with this) these days is worrying.
It was a fascinating program, giving a little more insight into what many of our parents, grandparents etc may have experienced as a consequence of the folly of war. It also presented a picture of aspects of the analysis of using information of experience by the authorities in trying to come up with solutions/strategies to gain victory. It makes you wonder how many more approaches were taken in trying to get the upper hand - how many failed and how many contributed to the end result. Desperate times can lead to desperate measures.
I’m just waiting to see if the program turns up on the internet somewhere. Episode 1 is now on you tube so hopefully the second one will end up on there.
Really interesting , quite surprised and a little bit baffled as to why the 2,000 essay's written by the children of Hull telling of their experiences at the time of the blitz are stored at the university of east Anglia archives in Norwich, in my opinion they should be brought home to Hull and to the Hull history centre where they belong.
If anyone's seen the work kids are expected to do these days it's just ****ing daft. I think some probably slip through the net becuase it's so stupidly difficult that they just can't get their little stupid heads around it.
Or at least a list made available of which children composed the essays. It's possible one or both of my deceased parents or their siblings were part of the project - I'd love to find out.
It may not only have been by children, bear in mind it was my old mother telling me about it last night but she was saying her mother wrote a book (i presume a diary of some kind) and handed it in. She lived on Westway a small branch of Greenwood Ave and remembers one explosion blowing in all the front windows and door. Another time seeing an bomb in a garden a few doors down, I presume this was unexploded.
If you can't wait (it'll only be a couple of days before it's on youtube I suspect), the following service has a free trial. Check it out. best 4.99 quid a month value I've seen for live access to BBC, ITV,Ch4,Ch5, plus their archived stuff. Available in Oz it says. https://www.my-private-network.co.uk/ Not sure I'm breaking any forum rules here. Let me know mods.
True. Just that this source is stable and it's worth a free look (3 days available I think), so if BrisbaneT was wanting a fast hit !
Hull History Centre have published them online... http://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/files/l-dex24.pdf
There's only 30 essays shown - it's only a fraction of the essays written. That's if the 2,000 figure is correct of course.
