Manchester

#AachenManchesterProject - Tonight is the anniversary of the Christmas Blitz, 22-24 December 1940, once an important event in family memory always recalled on this day. https://twitter.com/bloodphilip/status/1312091629570920448
#AachenManchesterProject. While Aachen has been a semi-anthropological study due to its ‘present’, Manchester as my birthplace has become an archaeology. Almost nothing of my pre-1978 Manchester remains and only family records confirm their existence.
The first Manchester air raids - August 1940:
The first Manchester air raids - August 1940:
The first Manchester air raids - August 1940:
The first Manchester air raids - August 1940:
Liverpool - 20-22 December 1940 Blitz. Manchester’s fire brigades were rushed to Liverpool because of the extremely heavy air raid.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2pefire brigadesries/22/a2391022.shtml
Manchester - 22-24 December 1940 - @MENnewsdesk pictures. The fire brigades were still in Liverpool as the Germans planned.

Grandparents would still refer to the damage to Victoria station at the start of the annual Blackpool holiday.
Manchester - 22-24 December 1940 - @MENnewsdesk pictures. The fire brigades were still in Liverpool as the Germans planned.Grandparents would still refer to the damage to Victoria station at the start of the annual Blackpool holiday.
Manchester - 22-24 December 1940 - @MENnewsdesk pictures. The fire brigades were still in Liverpool as the Germans planned.Grandparents would still refer to the damage to Victoria station at the start of the annual Blackpool holiday.
Manchester - 22-24 December 1940 - @MENnewsdesk pictures. The fire brigades were still in Liverpool as the Germans planned.Grandparents would still refer to the damage to Victoria station at the start of the annual Blackpool holiday.
Manchester - 22-24 December 1940 - @MENnewsdesk pictures. The fire brigades were still in Liverpool as the Germans planned.Grandparents would still refer to the damage to Victoria station at the start of the annual Blackpool holiday.
National Archives records. Ship Canal and Trafford Park documents: damage from the raids. An insurance loss adjustor was employed to assess the damage and apply values.
National Archives records. Ship Canal and Trafford Park documents: damage from the raids. An insurance loss adjustor was employed to assess the damage and apply values.
National Archives records. Ship Canal and Trafford Park documents: damage from the raids. An insurance loss adjustor was employed to assess the damage and apply values.
National Archives records. Ship Canal and Trafford Park documents: damage from the raids. An insurance loss adjustor was employed to assess the damage and apply values.
National Archives records. Ship Canal and Trafford Park documents: damage from the raids. An insurance loss adjustor was employed to assess the damage and apply values.
Able seaman Eric Blood - serving on minesweepers from Liverpool and saw the destruction. Rushed to Manchester on special leave, took his son through the rubble of the city centre.
Metropolitan Vickers and ship canal. Metrovicks had been licensed to produce Avro Manchester bombers, several had been completed There was considerable damage. Roland Casasola the Iron Foundry Workers senior official joined Metrovicks in the 1920s.
Metropolitan Vickers and ship canal. Metrovicks had been licensed to produce Avro Manchester bombers, several had been completed There was considerable damage. Roland Casasola the Iron Foundry Workers senior official joined Metrovicks in the 1920s.
Metropolitan Vickers and ship canal. Metrovicks had been licensed to produce Avro Manchester bombers, several had been completed There was considerable damage. Roland Casasola the Iron Foundry Workers senior official joined Metrovicks in the 1920s.
Metropolitan Vickers and ship canal. Metrovicks had been licensed to produce Avro Manchester bombers, several had been completed There was considerable damage. Roland Casasola the Iron Foundry Workers senior official joined Metrovicks in the 1920s.
Metropolitan Vickers and ship canal. Metrovicks had been licensed to produce Avro Manchester bombers, several had been completed There was considerable damage. Roland Casasola the Iron Foundry Workers senior official joined Metrovicks in the 1920s.
Cheetham Hill a northern district. Volunteer fireman Joseph Casasola on duty. His father, sister, wife Gwendoline and recently born daughter had taken shelter in cellars under Cheetham Hill library. Gwendoline’s father, a Boer War veteran, formed a Home Guard detachment.
Cheetham Hill a northern district. Volunteer fireman Joseph Casasola on duty. His father, sister, wife Gwendoline and recently born daughter had taken shelter in cellars under Cheetham Hill library. Gwendoline’s father, a Boer War veteran, formed a Home Guard detachment.
Cheetham Hill a northern district. Volunteer fireman Joseph Casasola on duty. His father, sister, wife Gwendoline and recently born daughter had taken shelter in cellars under Cheetham Hill library. Gwendoline’s father, a Boer War veteran, formed a Home Guard detachment.
Cheetham Hill a northern district. Volunteer fireman Joseph Casasola on duty. His father, sister, wife Gwendoline and recently born daughter had taken shelter in cellars under Cheetham Hill library. Gwendoline’s father, a Boer War veteran, formed a Home Guard detachment.
Cheetham Hill a northern district. Volunteer fireman Joseph Casasola on duty. His father, sister, wife Gwendoline and recently born daughter had taken shelter in cellars under Cheetham Hill library. Gwendoline’s father, a Boer War veteran, formed a Home Guard detachment.
Letters abroad:
Immediately after the raid Gwendoline, wrote letters to her siblings and relatives in the armed forces, informing them that their families were safe and homes untouched.
Coronation Street was one of the first British TV soaps and an episode was dedicated to the memory of the Blitz. https://coronationstreet.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_391_(9th_September_1964)
Episode 391 (9th September 1964) | Coronation Street Wiki | Fandom

Episode 391 (9th September 1964) | Coronation Street Wiki | Fandom

https://coronationstreet.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_391_(9th_September_1964)
Mass Observation controversy in the 1970s. Some relatives were unhappy with Granada TV for pandering to Harrison’s opinions. Their memories were of defiance not demoralisation.
Mass Observation controversy in the 1970s. Some relatives were unhappy with Granada TV for pandering to Harrison’s opinions. Their memories were of defiance not demoralisation.
Mass Observation controversy in the 1970s. Some relatives were unhappy with Granada TV for pandering to Harrison’s opinions. Their memories were of defiance not demoralisation.
Mass Observation controversy in the 1970s. Some relatives were unhappy with Granada TV for pandering to Harrison’s opinions. Their memories were of defiance not demoralisation.
The Manchester Christmas Blitz - contemporary media interpretation: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-35094565
Manchester's devastating Christmas Blitz

The Christmas Blitz of 1940 killed hundreds in Manchester and devastated large areas of the industrial city.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-35094565
A great thread by @archivesplus https://twitter.com/archivesplus/status/1341726498978476033
Some histories of the Manchester Blitz:
Some histories of the Manchester Blitz:
Some histories of the Manchester Blitz:
Some histories of the Manchester Blitz:
Some histories of the Manchester Blitz:
Recolletions of those nights were, like all working class memories, passed on at family gatherings in the 1960s and 1970s. This thread might interest: @mcrhistfest @manlitphil @FreeTours_MCR @archivesplus @McrHistory
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