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The Bethnal Green Tube Disaster of 1943, in which 173 people were crushed to death, was the UK's largest single loss of civilian life during World War II. Dr Joan Martin MBE had been qualified for ...
The firm bond that began during the war has continued through the years. Here, in 1950 Patricia returns to visit, for the christening of Pamela Cole, Micheal's baby sister. Michael pictured age 7 ...
Bethnal Green Tube disaster: 75 years on, and 173 victims of wartime tragedy finally have the memorial they deserve. Godfrey Holmes recounts the night which saw the single biggest loss of civilian ...
Born and raised near Bethnal Green she recalls how when the air-raid siren sounded at 8.17pm that Wednesday night she gathered her clothes and blankets ... Nazi U-Boat captured during World War Two.
The area was heavily bombed during the second world war, meaning that much of it has been rebuilt since then. Take a look at Bethnal Green and surrounding areas of Cambridge Heath, Whitechapel and ...
However, her dreams are interrupted by a tragedy during an air raid. The actual tragedy took place inside an underground train station at Bethnal Green in 1943, according to the neighborhood’s ...
Hundreds of families are spending the night in a school hall as army disposal experts work to defuse an unexploded Second World War bomb. The bomb was discovered by contractors at a building site ...
The Bethnal Green Tube Disaster of 1943, in which 173 people were crushed to death, was the UK's largest single loss of civilian life during World War II. Dr Joan Martin MBE had been qualified for ...
The firm bond that began during the war has continued through the years. Here, in 1950 Patricia returns to visit, for the christening of Pamela Cole, Micheal's baby sister.