WW2 London bomb census maps online

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Merry

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.

There was a lot of bombing much later in the war. Our local studies library has divided it in separate volumes. A great deal of damage seems to have been suffered by properties previously weakened. Don't quote me, but circa 1944.

[tinkerbe]

yeah don't forgot the v2 (rocket type) bombs that came at the end of the war

[Rachel]

Oh this is fabulous

Thank you Rachel :-)

[Merry]

Originally Posted by Rachel

Oh this is fabulous

Thank you Rachel :-)

How do you make it work, Rachel?

[Sue at the seaside]

What's your problem with it "working" Merry?
I've just been double clicking, it zooms in, showing the individual bombs, then click on a bomb for details.

[Phoenix]

Perhaps fewer people are using it today? This is the first time I've seen the information.

(And in my role of grumpy old woman, they have taken the original addresses, converted them to map references and then stuck them onto a modern map. The problem with a bomb is that it does destroy what was there, so a modern address doesn't hint at how awful it was.)

[Rachel]

The search box doesn't work

[Merry]

What's your problem with it "working" Merry?

The search box doesn't work and if I zoom out slightly in order to move across to the right area I can't see the map because of all the bomb markers. I have not been able to find one single address I need yet.

[Sue at the seaside]

See what you mean about the search. I hadn't used that! I'd just looked at the areas of the map that I was interested in (all East London!)
I agree about locations being generalised, A house that the family lived in was deffo bombed and a park is there in it's place! the park is there on the maps and the bomb marked is quite a way up the road!

[Merry]

I need to zoom out and look at the curves of the river to even have a hope of finding the right part, but I can't see enough to zoom back in at the right point.