Liverpool and Merseyside Blitz

[rutht22000]

Was there a matchworks in Litherland?

Yes there was a Bryant and May Diamond Matchworks on Linacre Road

[ScouseBoy]

When was that hit?   

[rutht22000]

think it was about the middle of 1941

edit : http://www.litherland-digital.co.uk/album_5/pages/matchy1941.htm

[Hogan]

Thanks Ant.  I'd like them to be remembered as its a huge tragedy that we have only relatively recently become aware of as the generation back on the Knowles family were a mystery for years and then I found all this.

I can give you the basics of it now (all on 29 November):-

Hannah Knowles, aged 61, widow of John Knowles,  at 23 Ashfield, Wavertree

Her children:-

Janet Baker (nee Knowles), aged 28 and her daughter Mavis Baker, aged 3, both at 27 Ashfield, Wavertree

Charlotte Knowles, aged 20, at 23 Ashfield, Wavertree

Thomas Henry Knowles, aged 18, at 23 Ashfield, Wavertree

Edna Knowles, aged 16, at 23 Ashfield, Wavertree

Janet's husband Leslie Ernest Baker died on 2 December 1940 at Smithdown Road Hospital, aged 30, from infection caused by metal railings through his feet.

I know I have photographs of Janet, Edna and Charlotte somewhere that I could give you (but it may take a while to find, but hope the above will suffice for now)

Thank you for putting them up on the site  

Hi Ruth

Just looking on the CWGC site. There is a MAVIS BAKER, daughter of Janet.

I have stored these details and will add them when you locate your info.

Ant

[johnlynn40]

Hi

The names on this list are my partners relatives.   How do we find out more?

[ScouseBoy]

Was the Rotunda Cinema a victim of the blitz?   Do you remember on Scotland Road a big hole in the ground at a Y junction and traffic lights.     The hole has now been filled in.

[rutht22000]

Hi

The names on this list are my partners relatives.   How do we find out more?

Hi Lynn,

I've PM'd you in response to yours 

[Beatle]

My dad used to say the Jolly Miller on Mill Lane/Queens Drive was the first building to be hit by German bombing. I don't know if its true but always said it as we drove past.

[Matt82]

Hi there

Realised I'm a little late for this but...

The Knowles were my grandma's family (Kathleen)

I believe we have photos of all the sisters, and my great grandmother.

I'll introduce my dad to this site. He's very interested in the family history, and knows a lot more than me about the whole thing.

I visited the street a few years back, and it was very moving. Can't imagine what they must have gone through, but my grandma would often tell me about it.

Matt