Much damage to the character of the city was done by Donald Gibson's brutalist Festival of Britain redevelopment of the city centre.The darkest of dark days in our history - and we still suffer from its impact now. Imagine how big a tourist pull our beautiful medieval city would have been. We would be a completely different City now.......
I agree with CaptainDart that a lot of the stuff was done post-war, even some that did not need knocking down.The darkest of dark days in our history - and we still suffer from its impact now. Imagine how big a tourist pull our beautiful medieval city would have been. We would be a completely different City now.......
Connection to a man born 160 years ago, remarkableView attachment 41886
My grandad was killed that night. Just an ordinary bloke doing a night shift in a local small factory.
I never knew him personally, but my nan, (his wife), died when I was 15. I knew her very well. I adored her. She was born in 1899 in Cork.Connection to a man born 160 years ago, remarkable
Only 150 years. He was 65 when he was killed.Connection to a man born 160 years ago, remarkable
My phone typo apologises to the big manOnly 150 years. He was 65 when he was killed.
My mum was 11 years old and she, her 8 year old sister & mum sheltered under the stairs in their house in Green Lane whilst her dad was involved with watching the bombs fall on the factories & raising the alarm, probably a title for it but I don't know what it is/was. They hid under the stairs as my grandad loved his garden and wouldn't have a bomb shelter in it & didn't want one in the house either!View attachment 41886
My grandad was killed that night. Just an ordinary bloke doing a night shift in a local small factory.
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