The Greenock Blitz is the name given to two nights of intensive bombing of the town of Greenock, Scotland during the Second World War when the Nazi German Luftwaffe attacked on 6–7 May 1941. Greenock Blitz This map, showing GIS data overlaid an aerial map, shows the locations of bombs dropped on the Port Glasgow, Greenock, and Gourock areas during the nights of 6-7 May 1941. And we discovered that none of the rest of the firewatchers knew we were there only my father.

And we walked up through the glass and we came up home into the house. ", "We now come to the night of the two bad air raids on Greenock. The Greenock attacks were the the second and last of the German mass bombings in Scotland.

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Then she says, "Where's the butter?" The second wave attacked primarily the east end and centre of Greenock; the distillery in Ingleston Street had been set alight in the first wave, providing a huge fire which acted as a beacon for the rest of the bomber force. //-->. Scotland’s centres of industry were prime targets, such as shipyards and factories used for munitions support, including Scotts shipbuilding company based in Greenock. The rest of the wardens who were walking about didn't know - they thought everybody was in the shelter - but my mother wouldn't go into the shelter. I am not quite sure if it was two or three nights. Over the two nights, 271 people were killed and over 10,200 injured. This story has been placed in the following categories. [citation needed], The attack began around midnight on 6 May when around 350 German bombers attacked the town. After the Blitz, an article in the Greenock Telegraph read: “Across the river from Greenock, the darkly wooded Hullaghmore peninsula blots out the flat farmland that was once and ack-ack gunsite-the place where so many of us had our baptism of fire.”. "The girls," she said, "have all to go."

We looked and looked for it and couldn't find it. She could shut her shutters. The former St Laurence's Church. "Well we had an arrangement that two of the female officers had to go every night, - we did it week about - Miss Morrison and I went and two others paired off to go. So we got Mrs Wilkie out and went down to the dungeon. she hated going out. Sorry, there was a problem saving your cookie preferences. "No! The Victims of the Greenock Blitz. The sugar refineries, distillery and foundries were all extensively damaged, and several churches were left as burnt out shells. Bombs fell all over the town and surrounding area: serious damage being inflicted on East Crawford Street and Belville Street. Most of the content on this site is created by our users, who are members of the This article was sourced from Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. they took their time. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. She was saying, "I've lost my beautiful display cabinet.

Well we had had a vase, a long thin one with a wide opening at the top and there was daffodils in it. We were sitting up there but mother didn't like it. The commemoration service was held in the church which was rebuilt after the original St Laurence’s was bombed 75 years ago on Saturday 7 May 2016 at 11am. However, they all went away and they weren't very long away when we got a letter from Maria thanking us on behalf of the six people who stayed with us thanking us for our kindness." ", "Well it started on the 3rd September 1939 and that was my week end off. From a total of 18,000 homes nearly 10,000 suffered damage and 1,000 were destroyed outright. Man charged with knifing a woman whilst free on two bail orders. We'll just wait for a while." Do you think that's the prison?"

Well the next night they came back again. She'll be alright," being very sure of myself and trying to make things as best as we could. ", "It was still empty and we had six staff and they said the youngest of the staff would go to other prisoners until such times as they were needed back here in Greenock.