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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Three Rabbits Pub
« on: Tuesday 28 October 25 10:56 GMT (UK) »
To add some more context to the wartime events, while survivors from the Rabbits were taken to East Ham Memorial Hospital, the hospital itself was also subject to air raids. It was probably not targeted but in those days, bombs did not have guidance mechanisms and could miss a target by a long distance. Whole areas were bombed and the East End of London and Docklands were badly hit.
On one occasion, my late mother and other nurses were working in the morgue and had to take shelter under the slabs on which the dead were being laid out. In another raid, a bomb landed on the X-Ray department. A window frame was blown onto the bed in her room. Fortunately she was not in it at the time. She was moved to Birmingham after the raid.
For anyone looking at the area now to work out where bombs may have landed, I can offer this advice. In general, buildings built after WW1 were repaired or rebuilt to their original design or something similar. Buildings built before WW1 were often rebuilt to a more modern style with few if any original features remaining. Some WW2 bomb sites remained until the 1960's or even the 1970's before being reused.
As in my earlier post, bomb maps give a good overall impression of what happened but are not precise. I know of some bomb sites not being shown.
On one occasion, my late mother and other nurses were working in the morgue and had to take shelter under the slabs on which the dead were being laid out. In another raid, a bomb landed on the X-Ray department. A window frame was blown onto the bed in her room. Fortunately she was not in it at the time. She was moved to Birmingham after the raid.
For anyone looking at the area now to work out where bombs may have landed, I can offer this advice. In general, buildings built after WW1 were repaired or rebuilt to their original design or something similar. Buildings built before WW1 were often rebuilt to a more modern style with few if any original features remaining. Some WW2 bomb sites remained until the 1960's or even the 1970's before being reused.
As in my earlier post, bomb maps give a good overall impression of what happened but are not precise. I know of some bomb sites not being shown.