Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[Woodwaaard]

You should get the book 'Hitlers Date with Sheffield

Bought it. Thank you

 

[sitwell]

No, they're from a 1948 Star (yes, I know) publication. I hadn't heard of the exhibition, do you have any details?

P.S. If you would like to borrow the book, PM me your address, I'm going to post more images dealing with individual companies and their production during the war - should be later today.

Its a permanent new exhibition at the old Firestation on West Bar.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-39002521
And Ive just ordered that book too

 

[Kendal]

So few down Attercliffe and Brightside ,yet a load at Nether Edge ,no wonder they lost the war the thick bastards.

Not unlike the impact on German cities. I worked at a very large chemical plant near Frankfurt in the 90s. The place was 2-3 miles long in each direction. During the war, 1 (yes, 1) bomb hit the plant (actually, one of the admin buildings). Most of the residential areas were destroyed - parts were STILL bomb sites, even in the 90s. The old Opera house re-opened for the first time after bomb damage whilst I was there. The heaviest bombed area of Frankfurt was the Jewish ghetto area.
We weren't exactly descriminate in our bombing either.

 

[georgebernardshaw]

 

[georgebernardshaw]

 

[georgebernardshaw]

 

[georgebernardshaw]

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Love the Batchelors Peas bit

 

[georgebernardshaw]

 

[Silent Blade]

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Mark Foran and Uwe Fuchs

 

[HarryHaslam]

 

[HarryHaslam]

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Yes please. I live in the South West and I know that lights were erected up in the hills to try to fool the Germans (a scheme that worked, to a point)
Does your map show where the bombs fell out as far as Owler Bar and over to Stannage Edge area or is it just the housing areas that you alluded to above?

Found an image for you, mate.

 

[georgebernardshaw]

 

[Tunstall Fred]

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David Powell,very good defender,sadly blighted by injuries

 

[georgebernardshaw]

David Powell,very good defender,sadly blighted by injuries

A class act, and as hard as nails

Oh, and he taught Woody to fly-fish as well

 

[ghandi]

Are these from the new exhibition about Sheffield in the war GBS ? I really need to pay a visit.

I've been and it's very small with some of it hidden behind one of the fire engines. There is a recreated Anderson Shelter, a slide show showing bomb damage and a couple of posters but as a feature of the police and fire museum it just about works.

 

[HarryHaslam]

 

[HarryHaslam]

 

[HarryHaslam]

 

[Silent Blade]

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Scott Marshall

 

[Silent Blade]

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John Tudor's last minute equaliser in the 3-3 home draw against Bristol City. We were 3 down midway in the 2nd half

 

[Silent Blade]

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August 2013

 

[GrayBlade]

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What a cracking defender 'Enoch' was!

 

[grafikhaus]

Not an exhaustive map by any means, concentrated on housing rather than industry

There was one of those 'The World At War' thingies on 'History' over the weekend. The RAF used 'area bombing' and they reckoned only 3% of our bombs dropped on Germany fell within 5 miles of the target.

 

[georgebernardshaw]

There was one of those 'The World At War' thingies on 'History' over the weekend. The RAF used 'area bombing' and they reckoned only 3% of our bombs dropped on Germany fell within 5 miles of the target.

That's quite true - Churchill apparently asked one of the RAF brass if there was any chance of them getting them in the right county

 

[grafikhaus]

That's quite true - Churchill apparently asked one of the RAF brass if there was any chance of them getting them in the right county

Not unlike the impact on German cities. I worked at a very large chemical plant near Frankfurt in the 90s. The place was 2-3 miles long in each direction. During the war, 1 (yes, 1) bomb hit the plant (actually, one of the admin buildings). Most of the residential areas were destroyed - parts were STILL bomb sites, even in the 90s. The old Opera house re-opened for the first time after bomb damage whilst I was there. The heaviest bombed area of Frankfurt was the Jewish ghetto area.
We weren't exactly descriminate in our bombing either.

So horrendous were our RAF losses when they bombed in daylight, we decided to switch to night bombing. Without clear landmarks (coastal targets were much easier) they were literally bombing 'blind'. To put those days in perspective, total British losses on home soil from the German blitz were 60,000 during the entire war. One night raid on Hamburg in 1944 killed 45,000.

 

[georgebernardshaw]

So horrendous were our RAF losses when they bombed in daylight, we decided to switch to night bombing. Without clear landmarks (coastal targets were much easier) they were literally bombing 'blind'. To put those days in perspective, total British losses on home soil from the German blitz were 60,000 during the entire war. One night raid on Hamburg in 1944 killed 45,000.

The introduction of "Oboe", whereby the bombing stream flew down a radio beam, improved results towards the end of the war, but all the figures for the Dresden firestorm raid were estimates - no-one actually knew how many died because of refugees in the city fleeing the Russian advance.It was estimated that 50% of bombs dropped on Essen in 1942 found their target, the Krupps factory.

 

[Sean Thornton]

David Powell,very good defender,sadly blighted by injuries

Quality player.

 

[derfblade.3]

Had some of the happiest times of my life in here ( ask derfblade , he'll tell you). Could leave home and be at the bar in about a minute.

Too right sausage! Great pub, great lads and lasses and great times. Now it's the bloody Hartley House!