1940's BDTBL....

[MunXy]

German bomb devastation at the Lane.
found this on a website dedicated to sheffield war years, some very intresting and little known facts, anyone intrested i can either post the link or pm it.

MunXy

 

[broomhillblade]

German bomb devastation at the Lane.
found this on a website dedicated to sheffield war years, some very intresting and little known facts, anyone intrested i can either post the link or pm it.

MunXy

A little before my time, but the bomb damage in December 1940 has been well documented in Blades books. United had to play some games at Hillsborough for a while, and one at Millmoor. The ground was patched up but the damage to the John Street stand was not fully repaired until well after the war.

 

[beightonblade]

MunXy let me have it !

 

[Foxy]

MunXy let me have it !

Should show you what you can remember from your mid 30's shouldn't it BB?

 

[beightonblade]

Should show you what you can remember from your mid 30's shouldn't it BB?

cheeky bugger ! ................... i'm spilling the beanz to Linz !

 

[Russ]

A match got called off in the 80's due to an unexploded bomb being found nearby too.

 

[JJ Sefton]

A match got called off in the 80's due to an unexploded bomb being found nearby too.

Oldham in 1985 wasnt it?

 

[Silent Blade]

Oldham in 1985 wasnt it?

Yes, it was. I was at London that weekend so I was able to watch the re-arranged fixture. I think we won 2-0

 

[SUFC Handsworth]

Bought a photo of the Lane from Headingley the other week circa 1954 with Vic Wilson the Yorkshire player walking towards the Pavilion with John Street and Kop in the background. Did throw me a bit when I first saw the photo as there was no roof over the corner section of the Kop (tbh didn't spot the corner section at first either) and no end section of the John Street stand, though there was the terrace in front.

 

[MunXy]

for those that want it.

www.sfbhistory.org.uk

enjoy
MunXy

 

[blade too long]

thought this was a picture of an Alan Woodward pile driver that hit the bar at west ham

 

[broomhillblade]

for those that want it.

www.sfbhistory.org.uk

enjoy
MunXy

Thanks MunXy. Some interesting stuff here. I was born just after the war started (November 1939) but was too young to remember the blitz in December 1940. However, my parents/aunts/uncles used to talk about it for years afterwards - usually when the extended family gathered at Christmas time.

I have a distinct memory of my father (who was in the Home Guard) coming in from fire watching duties one night, saying that the Stokes paint works at Heeley had gone up in flames. I see from the date that this was on 9th May 1941. I would have been 18 months old at the time.

Could I really have remembered this at that young age - or was it a 'received memory' from conversations in later years?

Any child psychologists out there.... ?

 

[Darren]

Yes, it was. I was at London that weekend so I was able to watch the re-arranged fixture. I think we won 2-0

Yep, the original game was due to be played on 9/2/85 when the bomb was discovered. Paddy McGeeney was due to make his debut as Tom Heffernan was injured, but by the time the game was played on 12/2/85, Heffernan had recovered so McGeeney had to wait another month or so (v Leeds on 23/3/85).

We did win the rerranged game 2-0 via a spectacular OG from Oldham defender Hoolickin (lobbing his keeper from 20 yards) and a 1 on 1 from Edwards.

 

[JJ Sefton]

Thanks MunXy. Some interesting stuff here. I was born just after the war started (November 1939) but was too young to remember the blitz in December 1940. However, my parents/aunts/uncles used to talk about it for years afterwards - usually when the extended family gathered at Christmas time.

I have a distinct memory of my father (who was in the Home Guard) coming in from fire watching duties one night, saying that the Stokes paint works at Heeley had gone up in flames. I see from the date that this was on 9th May 1941. I would have been 18 months old at the time.

Could I really have remembered this at that young age - or was it a 'received memory' from conversations in later years?

Any child psychologists out there.... ?

Its possible that you might have a memory from that young of something distinct enough. I had a toenail ripped clean out when I was about 2 years old and I still remember it.

My gran used to have lots of stories about the Sheffield Blitz. My great grandfather (her dad) had been in the Royal Engineers in World War One and was a construction manager for the council. When the war came he built a shelter for my gran and my aunt (born June 1940) which was far better than the flimsy Anderson shelters the neighbours had. When the Blitz came my gran scooped up my aunt and took her to the shelter. When she got there she found that all her neighbours had ditched their Anderson sheds and scuttled into hers and that there was no room for her and my aunt so they sat it out under a table in the living room.