Bristol Blitz. A WWII period photograph album, containing 64 black and white photographs loosely held in place by photo mounting corners and 16 loose photographs, mostly 10 x 14cm (4 x 5.5 inches) and 16.5 x 11.5cm (6.5 x 4.5 inches), many captioned including Bridge Street, Victorian Street, Part Street, Coliseum Building Park Row, Wine Street, The Dutch House High Street, City Road Stokes Croft, Lennard Building Queen's Road, Merchants Hall Prince Street, College Green, Nelson Street, Broadmead, 9.20 am Daylight Raid Broad Weir and other Bristol streets, presented in a period album 25 x 34.5cm The Bristol Blitz: Bristol suffered six major bombing raids during WWII between the period of 24 November 1940 and 11 April 1941, the main targets were the harbour and the British Aeroplane Company and these were easily found as enemy bombers were able to trace a course up the River Avon from Avonmouth using reflected moonlight on the waters into the heart of the city. In total 1299 people were killed, 1303 seriously injured and 697 rescued from the debris of bombed buildings. 89,080 buildings were damaged including 81,830 houses completely destroyed.
Bristol Blitz. A WWII period photograph album, containing 64 black and white photographs loosely held in place by photo mounting corners and 16 loose photographs, mostly 10 x 14cm (4 x 5.5 inches) and 16.5 x 11.5cm (6.5 x 4.5 inches), many captioned including Bridge Street, Victorian Street, Part Street, Coliseum Building Park Row, Wine Street, The Dutch House High Street, City Road Stokes Croft, Lennard Building Queen's Road, Merchants Hall Prince Street, College Green, Nelson Street, Broadmead, 9.20 am Daylight Raid Broad Weir and other Bristol streets, presented in a period album 25 x 34.5cm The Bristol Blitz: Bristol suffered six major bombing raids during WWII between the period of 24 November 1940 and 11 April 1941, the main targets were the harbour and the British Aeroplane Company and these were easily found as enemy bombers were able to trace a course up the River Avon from Avonmouth using reflected moonlight on the waters into the heart of the city. In total 1299 people were killed, 1303 seriously injured and 697 rescued from the debris of bombed buildings. 89,080 buildings were damaged including 81,830 houses completely destroyed.
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