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  1. DMD

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    I'm sure if we all work together, we can crack that off in no time for you. <ok>


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  2. Chazz Rheinhold

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    My passport has just expire so I had to get a new one
    Isn’t that lovely
     
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  4. DMD

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    Eat your heart out...37 years later? One spoonful at a time. :emoticon-0100-smile:emoticon-0105-wink:



    Perhaps, a little more than an interlude?

     
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    That is pretty cool.
     
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  7. Chazz Rheinhold

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    80 years today is the anniversary of Hulls worst bombing raid.
     
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  9. John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.

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    I remember my Grandfather had a pictorial book of the devastation caused during the war, I think it was issued by HDM. It had a green cover, but whatever happened to it after my grandparent passed away, I don't know, which was a pity as it certainly told a story of how badly damaged the City.

    I also remember him telling me that they went up to Willerby, near where the crematorium is now and there were a lot of people watching the Blitz from that vantage point which overlooked the City.
     
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  10. Stockholm Tiger

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    I know Hull was very heavily bomber during the war and can believe it was one of the most heavily damaged. However, I thought surely it wasn't 95% of all houses damaged?!?!

    I just found this which says the number of houses destroyed or damaged was 86,715 and also says 95%. So out of about 91,000 houses only 6,000 were left undamaged. 27 churches, 14 schools or hospitals, 42 pubs and 8 cinemas were ruined
     
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    'Angel has Fallen' gets ever nearer reality?!? :emoticon-0101-sadsm
    It's ok(-ish) ... until the bad guys get the same.
     
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    God to know this technology might be used for peaceful, world-benefitting purposes...
     
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    Pffff got one in me shed..from Aldi, they sell almost anything except plasters
     
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    This might not end well...
     
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    Not only was Hull a key port targeted by the Germans but many of their bombers returning from raids on the north east of England would drop unused bombs on the city - or anywhere near the coast - to lighten the return journey home.
     
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    Not only the NE, in fact many Luftwaffe raids in the NW (Belfast, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester) caused dumping of unused bombs over Hull before the bombers hit the North Sea on their return journeys.
     
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    They used the Humber as a navigation aid on their way home which is why the unused bombs ended up in Hull and presumably the south bank ports too.
     
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  19. tigerscanada

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    Exactly.
     
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