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East coast town
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Harswell | Report | 8 May 2014 22:43 |
On the nights of 7th/8th May 1941, German bombers converged on Hull and for the next six hours dropped hundreds of bombs and nearly 10000 incendiary bombs leaving 424 people dead and over 5000 factories and houses damaged or destroyed. |
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Sharron | Report | 8 May 2014 22:47 |
Why was Hull targeted? |
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Harswell | Report | 8 May 2014 22:59 |
Hull was targeted because of the docks and ammunition factories. |
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Sharron | Report | 8 May 2014 23:03 |
Thank you. |
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Harswell | Report | 9 May 2014 19:55 |
There was no naval shipping in Hull but the country still had to be fed and at that time Hull was the third largest port in the country and of course we still had to have our fish and chips. It was decided by the government at the time that if this news was released it would scare the rest of the nation so it was refered to as 'An east coast town' and the full facts were never given at that time. |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 10 May 2014 12:53 |
I can just recall visiting with my mother circa 1946 Hull and she and a friend discussing a pile of rubble opposite - it had been a bank or insurance co - the workers went into the basements and survived - but they could not be rescued and the hoses were directed into the basements.................. |
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Harswell | Report | 10 May 2014 20:45 |
This would have been The Prudential Building on King Edward Street/Victoria Square. |