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Exactly how my mum and dad met. Luftwaffe bombed South London and mum's family were moved north. He could be a bit of a sodomist but I'm only here because of him too.
Are you two brothers by any chance?
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That made me smile, we my sister, mother and I actually did hide under the stairs during the war, its also where we stored the coal and we always came out as black as Newgate`s knocker. At that time we were on the bombing run to Liverpool Docks and if they could not find it they released their bombs on the way back anywhere, rather than go back with them.
I've never heard that before. London expression?
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September 14, 2018, 10:27pm |
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I never knew my granddad (neither did my dad), as he kicked a butterfly bomb at the end of his street. Cheers Adolf!
GY was one of the few places where they used the butterfly bomb. The media were gagged as to its effectiveness and completely underplayed the casualties caused. As a result the Germans didn't use it much after the Grimsby raid. Growing up in the 60s and 70s 'butterfly bombs' were still bogie words. I assumed it was the same everywhere but in my experience not many people elsewhere had heard of them.
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September 14, 2018, 10:35pm |
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Well MY dad hid in the cupboard under the stairs during the war. My mam didn't tell him it was over til 1953....
I'm only here because my dad (a shuttering joiner) came over from Hull and stayed in digs in Cleethorpes and met my mother whilst working on the Mablethorpe flood disaster.
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September 14, 2018, 11:49pm |
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promotion plaice, we might be related if your mum came from Mablethorpe. I was brought up there and had a lot of family living in Mablethorpe then. 😏
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What’s a butterfly bomb ?
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promotion plaice, we might be related if your mum came from Mablethorpe. I was brought up there and had a lot of family living in Mablethorpe then. 😏
My mother comes from Sheffield and has only lived in Cleethorpes since then
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What’s a butterfly bomb ?
World war 2 bomb dropped by the Lufthansa, Anti-personal device that when dropped, butterfly wings opened for the bomb to “float” down. 1000’s were dropped on Grimsby on one particular night causing 100’s of deaths. WWII my speciality
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That made me smile, we my sister, mother and I actually did hide under the stairs during the war, its also where we stored the coal and we always came out as black as Newgate`s knocker. At that time we were on the bombing run to Liverpool Docks and if they could not find it they released their bombs on the way back anywhere, rather than go back with them.
Grimsby and Hull were specifically targeted by the Lufthansa from airfields in Norway to destroy the Docks and surrounding infrastructure as ships leaving these ports played a large part in mine sweeping the North Sea
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World war 2 bomb dropped by the Lufthansa, Anti-personal device that when dropped, butterfly wings opened for the bomb to “float” down.
1000’s were dropped on Grimsby on one particular night causing 100’s of deaths.
WWII my speciality
I think you're getting confused with the Luftwaffe, they dropped the odd bomb or two. Lufthansa like dropping every fcukers suitcases.
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