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Staffordshire / Re: CHESTERTON CINEMA bombed WW2?
« on: Saturday 25 August 18 21:03 BST (UK) »
One of the victims was George Bartels, my uncle's only child. His father, also named George had moved from the East End of London to Chesterton to work in the coal mines as a skilled engineer, he was a Bevan boy.
The family lived at the top of Heathcote Street near the site of the British Legion hall.
I have no knowledge of the circumstances of his death other than the fact of its occurrence. I was lead to believe that it was the result of a single German bomber jettisoning its load.
There is a certain series of strange coincidences. Bartels is a Germanic name. At the turn of the 19th century, my forefather who I'm led to believe was Jewish moved from Germany to the East End to escape discrimination. This is where where the Bartels family grew and expanded.
My uncle and his family survived the Blitz only moving after it ceased.
As far as I know, the raid that killed George was the only time Chesterton was bombed.
Cheers
Brian
The family lived at the top of Heathcote Street near the site of the British Legion hall.
I have no knowledge of the circumstances of his death other than the fact of its occurrence. I was lead to believe that it was the result of a single German bomber jettisoning its load.
There is a certain series of strange coincidences. Bartels is a Germanic name. At the turn of the 19th century, my forefather who I'm led to believe was Jewish moved from Germany to the East End to escape discrimination. This is where where the Bartels family grew and expanded.
My uncle and his family survived the Blitz only moving after it ceased.
As far as I know, the raid that killed George was the only time Chesterton was bombed.
Cheers
Brian