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[Albion] The Goldstone in wartime
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schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Perfect bedtime reading, providing you lay on your side . . . and have xray eyesight of course!
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Yes Brighton was bombed many times during the last war, (Newhaven where the docks were, was also heavily targetted). I believe a couple of hundred lives were lost n the area.
Many children were evacuated too, one addition concern for parents being that Brighton, being on the south coast, could be in the invasion area.
Many children were evacuated too, one addition concern for parents being that Brighton, being on the south coast, could be in the invasion area.
bobby baxter
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- Jan 31, 2014
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There were 42 fatalities when a bomb hit the Odeon, Kemp Town. I don`t believe there were any organised evacuations though.
half time scores
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On 14 September 1940 a lone Dornier bomber had become separated from its main group and dropped twenty 100 pound bombs
across Edward Street and the Upper Rock Gardens area. Two bombs hit the Odeon cinema in Kemp Town killing four children and
two adults along with a further 48 people killed in the surrounding area. This would prove to be the worst raid for casualties inflicted
during the war
At 12.25pm on 25 May 1943 the town was attacked by 25 to 30 German Focke-Wulf 190 aircraft. 22 bombs of 500 kg were dropped
and the streets were machine-gunned during the five-minute raid. Fatalities included ten men, twelve women and two children. An
additional 58 people were seriously injured and a further 69 people were slightly injured. 150 houses were made uninhabitable and
more than 500 people were made homeless. One of the central piers in the 20-metre (65 feet) high London Road railway viaduct was demolished. There was severe damage to railway workshops and rolling stock. This was the worst raid for damage inflicted on the
town during the war with 150 homes made uninhabitable and the Black Rock Gasworks was set on fire.
across Edward Street and the Upper Rock Gardens area. Two bombs hit the Odeon cinema in Kemp Town killing four children and
two adults along with a further 48 people killed in the surrounding area. This would prove to be the worst raid for casualties inflicted
during the war
At 12.25pm on 25 May 1943 the town was attacked by 25 to 30 German Focke-Wulf 190 aircraft. 22 bombs of 500 kg were dropped
and the streets were machine-gunned during the five-minute raid. Fatalities included ten men, twelve women and two children. An
additional 58 people were seriously injured and a further 69 people were slightly injured. 150 houses were made uninhabitable and
more than 500 people were made homeless. One of the central piers in the 20-metre (65 feet) high London Road railway viaduct was demolished. There was severe damage to railway workshops and rolling stock. This was the worst raid for damage inflicted on the
town during the war with 150 homes made uninhabitable and the Black Rock Gasworks was set on fire.
Superseagull
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- Jul 8, 2003
- 2,123
Is it an urban Myth that Brighton was not heavily bombed as Hitler was eyeing up the Royal Pavilion as his UK holiday pad if the Nazis invaded Britain successfully? Thought I had read it somewhere?
- Apr 5, 2014
- 25,903
Brighton wartime stats:
July 1940-March 1944
56 raids
381 bombs
98 fatalities
790 Injured
200 Houses demolished
894 Badly damaged
Source: David Rowland- The Brighton Blitz
I had contact with David a few years back. Like my Dad he lived during the war and survived a machine gun raid. He's written a couple of excellent books. Look them up.
The above stats are for Brighton rather than Hove.
I'm not sure what the warden at the Goldstone hoped to achieve. 12,000 folk running for cover ((and during the Blitz) will still leave sitting ducks. Not sure these events should have been held.
July 1940-March 1944
56 raids
381 bombs
98 fatalities
790 Injured
200 Houses demolished
894 Badly damaged
Source: David Rowland- The Brighton Blitz
I had contact with David a few years back. Like my Dad he lived during the war and survived a machine gun raid. He's written a couple of excellent books. Look them up.
The above stats are for Brighton rather than Hove.
I'm not sure what the warden at the Goldstone hoped to achieve. 12,000 folk running for cover ((and during the Blitz) will still leave sitting ducks. Not sure these events should have been held.
- Apr 5, 2014
- 25,903
I wrote a short piece about my local area a few years back.
https://brightonlines.wordpress.com...legacy-of-the-brighton-bombing-raids-of-wwii/
Also links another one of Mr Rowland's works.
Weststander
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@BG is in the pic, on Home Guard duty, in between rants by telegram about the club's transfer policy.
- Apr 5, 2014
- 25,903
No, Ulloa's penalty has entered a time vortex. It's in the official records. The ball landed on a house in Shoreham.
el punal
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VAR checking for possible offside.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
That's interesting, as the ball was blasted high over the north stand roof, it should betravelling in an entirely different direction, maybe it deflected off Uranus and headed south west instead.
