WW2 London bomb census maps online - Genealogists' Forum

Rachel A · #1 07-12-12, 06:42

http://www.bombsight.org

Although I'm having problems getting it to work right now.

Phoenix · #2 07-12-12, 07:46

Glad I'm not the only one! I can contract it, but there are so many bombs, I can't see the land beneath

Vicwinann · #3 07-12-12, 11:55

I too am having problems with the site. I am looking for King William Walk London SE10 (Deptford/Greenwich) which I know took a direct hit in May 1941.

Nell · #4 07-12-12, 21:50

I have found the map, but I can't seem to access any individual information. I was hoping to find info about the bomb that landed near Anerley Road Nursery in Penge, where my Mum was working as a nursery nurse in WW2. The church nearby was damaged and when the all clear sounded she found a chunk of masonry on her bed.

Merry · #5 08-12-12, 07:50

Nell, have you seen this page?

Bombing at Anerley Road, Penge

I can see the right area on a regular map, but haven't managed ot on the bombing map!

#6 08-12-12, 08:07

When I was small and my mum used to take me out shopping or something everywhere we went she used to say a bomb dropped there you know - I used to say yeah yeah yeah but out of all the ones she told me about I just looked up the two I remember mainly because one was in these flats and sure enough she was right exactly where she pointed and the other one was in the road she lived in before moving out after the bombing and sure enough there it is.

Phoenix · #7 08-12-12, 09:40

I recently did a talk on an ordinary local street. One end solidly victorian, the other sixties low rise flats. When I investigated, the bomb maps explained the reason.

I can't begin to imagine what living through WW2 was like as a civilian, but having invested so much effort into researching a small area, it was a huge shock to read of the damage to individual houses.

I am now much more aware of single modern houses in a pre-war street and wondering at the story behind it.

Sue at the seaside · #8 08-12-12, 09:40

Interestingly, all the bomb sites that OH and I used to play on aren't listed! so what's going on there then???
Also the sites of two "modern" out of character blocks of flats that were built on what we were told were bomb sites aren't listed either!
I've found a couple that I know of, but loads that I can't.

Nell · #9 08-12-12, 09:49

Merry

I am in your debt once again. Thank you sooooo much!

Merry · #10 08-12-12, 10:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sue at the seaside

Interestingly, all the bomb sites that OH and I used to play on aren't listed! so what's going on there then???
Also the sites of two "modern" out of character blocks of flats that were built on what we were told were bomb sites aren't listed either!
I've found a couple that I know of, but loads that I can't.

Is it possible the ones you mention were bombed outside of the dates of the site? (7th October 1940 to 6th June 1941). Seems fairly unlikely, but just a thought.