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Offline styles05

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1941 bomb at Selside
« on: Thursday 26 January 06 16:17 GMT (UK) »
In April 1941 a bomb fell in Selside which killed Frank Bernard Walder and his wife Lucy. Also John Edward Moorhouse and his wife Florence Louisa.
The address given as their place of death was Cooper House, Selside.
Could you find any information on this family, especially their occupations as they seem usually to have lived in the London/Sussex area.
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Re: 1941 bomb at Selside
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 26 January 06 23:11 GMT (UK) »
It might be worth contacting the Westmorland Gazette Office, in Kendal, for more information. They will almost certainly have covered the event, as Selside was not exactly the most obvious target for a bombing raid.
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Jen
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Re: 1941 bomb at Selside
« Reply #2 on: Friday 27 January 06 23:47 GMT (UK) »
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Re: 1941 bomb at Selside
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 28 January 06 12:12 GMT (UK) »
Thanks. I found this  by accident yesterday and there is a very moving item by the grandaughter of the owner of the farm.
Jean