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Topic: Bombing raid on Boston 12 Sep 1940 (Read 2800 times)
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linclinks
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Also on the 3rd December 1940 there was a raid on B.MARCO and the railway station.One bomb near to the station and on LNER property failed to explode and bomb disposal were called in and tragically exploded the next afternoon 4th december and killed Lt Gilkes the officer working on it.So Graham I think this is the raid you are talking about when you came to Grantham.
Both my parents worked at Marco's at this time and he often talked of the havoc caused and how the men assisted in the clear up.
I wasn't born until 1944 but my parents still lived in the same house - Tregarth, Harlaxton Road - next door to an Ice Cream Factory! on one side and a farming family (the Greens) on the other. I think the Fire Station was across the road. The house was still fitted with speaking tubes from the days when a servant was employed and my sisters and I discovered that we could listen to the radio from downstairs snug in our beds.
I left Grantham when I was 7 to live in North Hykeham but have many happy memories of my childhood there.
Jacky
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My Maternal line are all from Lincolnshire - First Generations include:
Arliss, Armstrong, Baker, Borman, Cartwright, Clark, Dixon, Duckering, Everington, Forman, Freshney, Gadsby, Graves, Hatcliffe, Holmes, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Lacey, Leverton, Lilley, Morton, Oades, Pacey, Priestley, Rickett, Riggall, Rowson, Shaw, Sleaford, Sleight, Smith, Spikin, Taylor, Thacker, Ticklepenny, Tomkins, Tyler, Walton, Ward, Willson, Wood and Wortley.
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Graham Whitehead
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As you were so young when you left Grantham I suppose you did not know my great-Uncle and aunt, Mr & Mrs Tank Kendall? They lived att 33 Huntingtower Road opposite the school. Uncle (who was aa draughtsman at Hornsby's spoke of a Mr Welbourn who owned a milk business at the top of Huntingtower Road.
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Lincs: Kendall, Clark, Morley,Vincent, Withers, Barlow,Dawson.
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linclinks
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As you were so young when you left Grantham I suppose you did not know my great-Uncle and aunt, Mr & Mrs Tank Kendall? They lived att 33 Huntingtower Road opposite the school. Uncle (who was aa draughtsman at Hornsby's spoke of a Mr Welbourn who owned a milk business at the top of Huntingtower Road.
Afraid not - but probably saw them as that is where I went to school.
Jacky
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My Maternal line are all from Lincolnshire - First Generations include:
Arliss, Armstrong, Baker, Borman, Cartwright, Clark, Dixon, Duckering, Everington, Forman, Freshney, Gadsby, Graves, Hatcliffe, Holmes, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Lacey, Leverton, Lilley, Morton, Oades, Pacey, Priestley, Rickett, Riggall, Rowson, Shaw, Sleaford, Sleight, Smith, Spikin, Taylor, Thacker, Ticklepenny, Tomkins, Tyler, Walton, Ward, Willson, Wood and Wortley.
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reginald n briggs
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My name is Reg Briggs now aged 77 in Aug.I can remember this bombing,was 8 years old lived at 55 Queen Street Boston,went to Staniland School.Sept 12 1940 was a Thursday,early closing day in those days,My sister Sylvia who now lives in the USA went into Lovelys Baker Shop on the corner of James St and West St,on the morning,sweets were on ration but she was given a few,i think the two daughters were also in the shop.They were to die later that day.
As stated i was at Staniland,after school several of us instead of going home went to have a look at the crater,quite exciting for us as young boys,we didnot know then there had been deaths.
Again if if i remember correctly the Boston cemetery was crowded when these two girls were buried.
The bombs in the High Street or Liquopond Street were NOT on this day,but again if i remember correctly,only being 8 at the time it was a Sat morning,i was told to get out of bed as they had dropped some bombs and the siren had not been sounded.
Living in Queen St,we often had to use the Air Raid Shelter near to the mill,was it Bedfords mill,Remember one sat night there was a raid and i was looking out of the shelter door,German plane may have been machine gunning,my father pulled me in the shelter.next day we found some cannon shells on the grass of the church down near Red Lion Street.
Did Hall Hills down the Witham get bombed,also did some fall on Tunnards Farm down Boston West.
Boston was a great place to grow up in,but after joining the Royal Signals as a boy in 1949,later married a Boston girl Margaret King from REVESBY Ave,we moved to Peterborough.
I saw active service in Korea 1951 to 1953 also Suez 1953 to 1955.
After living in Queen St,we moved to Westfield Ave.
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Geoff-E
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Welcome to RootChat Reg!  Nice to hear your memories.
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reginald n briggs
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Many thanks Geoff,Almost 70 years ago and yet it seems like i am looking at the crater now.
Reg BRIGGS
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reginald n briggs
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Hi Neil,
Thank you for your reply,yes we Lincolnshire Yellow Bellies have good memories,its all the spuds they fed us when we were young ha ha,.
Even during the war years can never remember going hungry,mothers did a great job.
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linclinks
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I am a bit younger than you Reg (64) but loved having new potatoes with bread and butter for supper. Equally as good - bread and dripping.
I thought both were treats - mum says she is ashamed that that was all she could give us at the time.
Jacky
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My Maternal line are all from Lincolnshire - First Generations include:
Arliss, Armstrong, Baker, Borman, Cartwright, Clark, Dixon, Duckering, Everington, Forman, Freshney, Gadsby, Graves, Hatcliffe, Holmes, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Lacey, Leverton, Lilley, Morton, Oades, Pacey, Priestley, Rickett, Riggall, Rowson, Shaw, Sleaford, Sleight, Smith, Spikin, Taylor, Thacker, Ticklepenny, Tomkins, Tyler, Walton, Ward, Willson, Wood and Wortley.
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linclinks
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Very poignant Reg, I expect with mentioning spuds that you picked them at 2/6d (or less) a row too.
My grandad had a small holding in North Hykeham when I was a child. Mum, my sisters and I used to pick the potatoes ( was it called spud hocking) - all earnings were handed over to Mum, who used the money to buy the fabric for our summer dresses.
Jacky
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My Maternal line are all from Lincolnshire - First Generations include:
Arliss, Armstrong, Baker, Borman, Cartwright, Clark, Dixon, Duckering, Everington, Forman, Freshney, Gadsby, Graves, Hatcliffe, Holmes, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Lacey, Leverton, Lilley, Morton, Oades, Pacey, Priestley, Rickett, Riggall, Rowson, Shaw, Sleaford, Sleight, Smith, Spikin, Taylor, Thacker, Ticklepenny, Tomkins, Tyler, Walton, Ward, Willson, Wood and Wortley.
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