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Your right Chris, it was one of Bernards shops that apart from its frontage was in one of the cellars of the old market as you came down the steps it was on the right hand side as you turned towards Hamington Street.

The butterfly bomb can be disarmed because I handled one which was used less explosives as a demonstration aid for schools, I think by civil defence

The first bombs on Prenton. How long has prenton been in Liverpool?.

Second world war, Tranmere

the old hotel vic new brighton,should never of been knocked down!

thanks for the picture johnsonjl no i can't tell either .. i am thinking the house in the background would be one on south road? but thats a guess. i would love to see old pictures of devonshire park, but i can never find any .. so cheers x

Thanks Bert1.
I was born in 34 Studley Road Wallasey and it was apparently bombed sometime after September 1940 when I was evacuated to Canada. Would it be possible to confirm this with date? Are there any maps of dropped bombs positions for Wallasey?

Hi Colin and welcome,

If the information you require is available I'm sure someone will put it up if they have it,
the link may be of interest to you, Wallasey and the Blitz

http://www.wirralhistory.net/wallasey.html

Not been on or posted for a while but it`s great to see this thread still going strong!

Thingwall incredibly, was bombed during WW2.

Looks like it was a jettison job - destroyed a number of 'new' houses on Berwyn Avenue, damaged some on Pensby Road and heavily cratered the later site of Penrhyn Avenue, which was still a Dairy and smallholding.

There's no "official" map showing the positions of bombs dropped on Wallasey during the war, but there is a semi-official one compiled after the war from various sources. This clearly shows that a bomb did hit the bottom end of Studley Road, the indicated site being centred on no. 31 on the opposite side of the road from your house. This was an HE bomb that was apparently dropped during a raid on 1st November 1941.

I remember reading about a German bomber being shot down and one of the crew bailing out and landing somewhere around Landican. He decided that it might be better to be caught without his pistol so chucked it away on his descent. Wonder if it is still lying in the ground somewhere or did someone find it?

is there a map showing bomb damage for Tranmere - Well Lane/Old Chester Rd area?

Yes, Wirral Archives have a map that covers locations of bomb impacts out as far as Tranmere.

Cheers for that
Have dropped them an email to arrange a visit
My parents house was destroyed in Rosedale Rd and apparently some relatives were killed in the Well Lane strike