3 May 1941 Blitz

[ALAMO2008]

My Auntie Jessie killed in the May Blitz -listed in the Bootle Civilian War Dead



Photo of 51 Cowper St 1941




My Auntie Catherine McKay killed later 1941 in October - listed in the Bootle Civilian War Dead







My Wife's Mother (Kirkham) aged 20 came home after a night shift working at a Parachute Factory to find her Home off Mount Pleasant, Liverpool gone, and her Mother and Father and Six Brothers & Sisters, Dead - listed in the Liverpool Civilian War Dead

[ALAMO2008]

They not only "Bombed our Chippies !" but also Stan and his Family and Neighbours at Air Raid Shelter
at The Rotunda area (Scotland Rd/Stanley Rd junction)

Now you'll know why he was always on about the Germans, made a career of Laughter & Humour out of a Personal Tragedy.

Civilian Death Listing of Stan's Brother





Civilian Death Listing of Stan's Baby Sitter - Mary Munroe who saved him by covering him with her body.




Stan's Memories of 3 May 1941 Raid - on YouTube :-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH6PSUgMrJ4&t=87s

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGEmLXJkX2M


May 1941 Blitz not reported in Bootle Times until January 1946 :-

[lynne99]

Thanks for that Alamo. A dreadful day in the history of Bootle and Liverpool. RIP all who suffered.

[Allen Jones]

Thanks for the memories Alamo. A deeply moving thread. "Lest we forget". Allen.

[Shelagh]

Thanks Alamo, graphic reminders of the past.
Amazing how anyone survived through the blitz!!
As long as we have pictures and records, the victims shall stay in our memory!

Pictures from the original ‘Bombers Over Merseyside Book’
published by the Liverpool Daily Post And Echo Ltd - 1943!

These heroic Merseysiders, bombed out but undaunted, at least don’t go hungry, thanks to the food lorry from America!


St Nicholas Parish Church, Hawke St, Copperas Hill


All that remained of Bryant & May’s Factory at Bootle..(I'd say Litherland, book states Bootle)

[Shelagh]

Bootle Havoc - 25,000 homeless in the May Blitz.


Devistating scene at the Rimrose Rd area of Bootle!

[lynne99]

Thanks Shelagh and Alamo

[ALAMO2008]

Thanks Alamo, graphic reminders of the past.
Amazing how anyone survived through the blitz!!
As long as we have pictures and records, the victims shall stay in our memory!

Pictures from the original ‘Bombers Over Merseyside Book’
published by the Liverpool Daily Post And Echo Ltd - 1943!

These heroic Merseysiders, bombed out but undaunted, at least don’t go hungry, thanks to the food lorry from America!


St Nicholas Parish Church, Hawke St, Copperas Hill


All that remained of Bryant & May’s Factory at Bootle..(I'd say Litherland, book states Bootle)

My Great Grandparents and Family lived in Violet Rd opposite the Bryant and May Factory, many of my Auntie's worked there.

My Mother In Law ( May Kirkham ) having lost her Family on 3rd May 1941 married in August 1941 the lad from across the street in Mount Pleasant. They married in the Temporary church inside the ruins of St. Nicholas's Church. (The Seamans Church)
He was in the Merchant Navy.

[Shelagh]

Alamo, the temporary church where your mother-in-law married
My own relatives also married in St Nicholas church (pre war) run a lodging house in Clarence street 1941, also a merchant seaman!
That whole area was devastated!

St Nicholas temporary church!


The City Museum!


St. Luke’s Church!

[formbygirl]

My mother lived on Morningside Road when her house was bombed, she does not remember the date when her house was bombed, but it was at 10 Morningside Road. The bomb landed and broke a water main, I think. They were roused by the Air Warden and had to leave everything behind, except their ration books and a few important papers. They moved to Formby. Mum still came back to Bootle on the train for school.