@Dame_Ann_Average posted:I agree with that women, but it happens all over the world....we should all think the damage and death wars cause
@Kaytee posted:I didn't realise St Brides was hit, it must have been fully restored ,been there quite a few times
I was just going to ask if it had been restored, as far as I was aware it's standing ...thanks for answering 
u iz Mystic Meg
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:I was just going to ask if it had been restored, as far as I was aware it's standing ...thanks for answering
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:I was just going to ask if it had been restored, as far as I was aware it's standing ...thanks for answering
I know because it's the Fleet Street press church....although not many papers based there these daysâĪïļâĪïļ
@Kaytee posted:I know because it's the Fleet Street press church....although not many papers based there these daysâĪïļâĪïļ
This is like a scene out of War Of The Worlds
it would have been the last place I would have gone, it was the main German target
@Sprout posted:This is like a scene out of War Of The Worlds
yes 
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:it would have been the last place I would have gone, it was the main German target
same here dameee
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:it would have been the last place I would have gone, it was the main German target
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:yes
That one where they were all huddled in the church
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:same here dameee
they had a lucky escape
how lucky was that...the bomb never killed them, but it had been me my heart would have
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:they had a lucky escape
Yup
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:how lucky was that...the bomb never killed them, but it had been me my heart would have
yes that was amazing - one in a million chance
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:they had a lucky escape
Not half
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:how lucky was that...the bomb never killed them, but it had been me my heart would have
Ditto
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:how lucky was that...the bomb never killed them, but it had been me my heart would have
Very lucky indeed
@Baz posted:Itâs strange, in these days of instant news , that in those days people had no idea what was going on
agree bazzy
You can really understand why those still alive today are reticent to talk about it
@Baz posted:Itâs strange, in these days of instant news , that in those days people had no idea what was going on
Sometimes we know too much 
You know, today in the age of wars taking place from hundreds of miles away, this really brings it back to the 'reality'
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:Sometimes we know too much
@Baz posted:His number obviously wasnât up
no, just the draw of the cards...the young lad was very unlucky
@Kaytee posted:The radio would have spread the news next day I suppose
most propaganda
As Edwyn Starr and Bruce Springboard once sang.......War.......what is it good for?
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:no, just the draw of the cards...the young lad was very unlucky
he seemed to run in a different direction - very unlucky
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:most propaganda
Doubt it, not the right time
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:most propaganda
tbh think it still exists in a different modern form
Thing is the German bombings were not thought out properly, they never destroyed our means of making weapons, aircraft etc. I think more than anything it made the British stronger and more resilient