That’s a great photo! British Newspaper Archive might have a news report. But the news reports tended to be a bit vague about damage and casualties. I guess in case the Germans found out where their bombs had actually landed. Didn’t want to make them more accurate.
Check your local library someone might have written a book about your area during the war. Ask on local Facebook History groups, you sometimes get 80+ year olds who are more than happy to share info about the war. They are an amazing source of information, as it will soon be lost.
Records were certainly kept and bomb damage maps are still in existence. Have you tried the council?
Take the photo and address, plus owners at the time, (see property deeds) and ask council, police if they have records in their archives.
Ask the neighbour
I think I saw something about this on the History channel, but it was maybe a one off, you might not see any more about it.
Best way would be to search the archives of the local paper. There will be an online data base somewhere where you can search the road name between 1939-45 and see what comes up. The British Library will have a link.
Your house? How old are you? You must know what happened to it
Go to your local archives, you can usually get access and you just need to sign up to an archive card
You can get access in most archives to a good website called TheGeneologist which is really good for tracking property history, albeit often older ones. You can also ask the archivists for help.
I’ve seen people suggest the local library which is a great place to go, I’d also like to suggest your local Archives
There’s a site called bombsight.org which has a lot of records of where bombs are known to have fallen.
It’s not perfect but it might be a start for looking up your area.
Ah just seen you’re in Liverpool. It won’t cover your area but it’s still interesting to look at.
2 in 7 houses were bombed mate, it isn’t going to have a Wikipedia page.
Was it? That building looks post war to me.
r/fuckyouinparticular
The good news is if you ever find yourself sucked into a time machine and taken back to WW2, you know exactly where not to take cover.
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It was probably the Nazis
Dear Mr Goerring
Some time ago …….
It’s time you fixed it, no?
That’s a great photo! British Newspaper Archive might have a news report. But the news reports tended to be a bit vague about damage and casualties. I guess in case the Germans found out where their bombs had actually landed. Didn’t want to make them more accurate.
Check your local library someone might have written a book about your area during the war. Ask on local Facebook History groups, you sometimes get 80+ year olds who are more than happy to share info about the war. They are an amazing source of information, as it will soon be lost.
What more do you need to know?
https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/archive/collections/aerial-photos/
If you’re lucky you might be able to find an aerial pic of your street here.
I looked up my street and it showed my local park, during the war, had (I think) been turned into allotments so people could grow food.
You might be able to work out, from the date of the photo, when it was hit or when it was rebuilt – just a thought.
Lots of information available if it’s London
https://www.layersoflondon.org/map/overlays/bomb-damage-1945
Records were certainly kept and bomb damage maps are still in existence. Have you tried the council?
Take the photo and address, plus owners at the time, (see property deeds) and ask council, police if they have records in their archives.
Ask the neighbour
I think I saw something about this on the History channel, but it was maybe a one off, you might not see any more about it.
Best way would be to search the archives of the local paper. There will be an online data base somewhere where you can search the road name between 1939-45 and see what comes up. The British Library will have a link.
Your house? How old are you? You must know what happened to it
Go to your local archives, you can usually get access and you just need to sign up to an archive card
You can get access in most archives to a good website called TheGeneologist which is really good for tracking property history, albeit often older ones. You can also ask the archivists for help.
I’ve seen people suggest the local library which is a great place to go, I’d also like to suggest your local Archives
There’s a site called bombsight.org which has a lot of records of where bombs are known to have fallen.
It’s not perfect but it might be a start for looking up your area.
Ah just seen you’re in Liverpool. It won’t cover your area but it’s still interesting to look at.
2 in 7 houses were bombed mate, it isn’t going to have a Wikipedia page.
Was it? That building looks post war to me.
r/fuckyouinparticular
The good news is if you ever find yourself sucked into a time machine and taken back to WW2, you know exactly where not to take cover.
Here’s a pretty good map, but it locates to streets unforunately
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/nostalgia/liverpool-blitz-animated-map-charts-9945979
Fix’r upper was it?