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Title: Hayling Avenue Portsmouth 1940's [Go to resource]
Description: Portsmouth's blackest night of the war was the night of January 10/11th 1941. 300 enemy bombers mad a concentrated attack on the city showering it with incendiary bombs and high explosives. One of the first bombs scored a direct hit on the electricity generating station plunging the city into darkness. High areas of the city were left in ruins. 171 people were killed, 430 injured and 3000 left homeless. Many historic buildings in Old Portsmouth had been demolished and the Guildhall lay in smoking ruins. Ref: Gates,W. Portsmouth that has passed. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Rights holder: The News, Portsmouth Subjects: world war 2
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Ebery GroveTemporal: start=1940-01-01; end=1949-12-31; Source: Sense of place SE Creator: The News, Portsmouth Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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