Bomb sites?
You can find this out in the local library and/or town hall generally speaking. In London you can often see where bombs fell by the gaps of modern buildings/houses between rows of period houses. This is usually more obvious near rail lines and old large factories. I used to reside near the main London-Portsmouth rail line and in several streets in the area the gaps were at a tangent, but in a straight line on both sides of the tracks.
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I would think Liverpool Engineers Dep't and Liverpool Fire Service may help you as Liverpool was one of the most bombed city's in England especially MAY 1941, good luck, in your research.
I would think Liverpool Engineers Dep't and Liverpool Fire Service may help you as Liverpool was one of the most bombed city's in England especially MAY 1941, good luck, in your research.
Acocks Green, Birmingham
When staying in digs in Alexander Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham, I googled the street name, only to find that it had caught a stray bomb which claimed four lives. The bomb was presumably intended for the nearby Rover factory which made tank engines. A look at houses no. 33 & 35 in Google Streetview shows the two replacement houses which don't match the rest of the terrace either side.
People killed or injured - Acocks Green History Society: new website
There are a lot of personal memories on 'The People's War' which might locate some more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/
People killed or injured - Acocks Green History Society: new website
There are a lot of personal memories on 'The People's War' which might locate some more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/
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I recall talking to a freelance archeologist about this some years ago. He was contracted by a developer to survey for possibly-unexploded bombs on some large development up around Liverpool. As I recall, he used wartime recce photos (purchased from some archive, can't remember which) to plot bomb sticks (by visible craters) on large-scale maps for further investigation. Presumably gaps indicated possible duds.
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Bird's Eye Wartime Leicestershire (Terence Cartwright, 2002) has a fairly comprehensive map of bomb sites and even the types of bombs.
ISBN-10: 0953449718
ISBN-13: 978-0953449712
It is now out of print, but should still be available through the usual s/h book dealers.
ISBN-10: 0953449718
ISBN-13: 978-0953449712
It is now out of print, but should still be available through the usual s/h book dealers.
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The records of the Bomb Census are held by the National Archives Bomb Census survey 1940-1945 | The National Archives
