Bomb damage in Cheshire during World War II
Everything is tidy now, bomb sites have been built over and blown apart buildings are repaired or replaced. But it did happen, years of terrifying air raids while bombs rained down.
This makes our collection of over 400 bomb damage photos even more important. Lest we forget...
House in Bold Street, Altrincham
Air Raid Damage at Bebington School August 1940
Bedford Street, Crewe, 29th August 194
bomb hit the ‘Esso’ Petrol Depot, Viaduct Road, Altrincham.
Bowdon, 28th August 1940
Unexploded bomb at Nantwich Road, Crewe. 3rd August 1940
Port Sunlight, 17th October 1940
Semi-detached house in Kelsall Drive, Timperley
unexploded German Bomb which was dropped 9th. January 1941 in the grounds of Walton Hall, Walton
During WW2, the police co-ordinated air raid response. Cheshire received many hits from bombs because of its closeness to Manchester, Liverpool and the Mersey docks.
Miranda Avenue Bebbington 1941
1000 kgs German Bomb. Length 5ft 6 inches. Struck 41 Water Lane, Wilmslow, went through the roof and bedroom floor, came to rest under the kitchen floor at a depth of 6 ft.
April 1941 trains bombed at Crewe station
Martin Street, Crewe April 1941. There were a total of 16 persons killed some of whom were sheltering in an surface air raid shelter in Martin Street, the debris of which is shown in the photo.
PC Frank Marshall killed in the Martin Street bombing
German Junkers 88 Bomber Aeroplane shot down at Bromborough, Wirral Division, 8th. October 1940.