I was born in Bristol in 1932. I lived through everything that was shown on this film. My father was one of the BAC workers who was killed in the big Wednesday raid. I was sitting in a shelter at school in Horfield at this time. We then moved down to Camborne Rd, further down Filton Ave, to live with my Grand parents. Here we felt the force of the big Gun on Purdown which was known as Purdown Percy!. After the war we moved to Lockleaze. When my Dad was killed I was 8, my Brother was 2 and my Sister was yet to be born 6 months later!
Thank you so much for your comment! Peace unto you my friend. I'm so sorry your father was killed. I hope your family was able to find peace after this terrible tragedy. I hope humans will be able to FINALLY leave the practice of war behind. Some say "hope" is for children. I don't know? I will continue to hope humans STOP killing each other, especially in war. Sending all the best to from America young man. Cheers! God bless you and thank you again for leaving your comment.
I lived in Bristol for over half a century from 1963 and in the early days the scars of the war were still very visible. I have often voiced the wish that I could have walked through the old Castle Street area in the pre-war era. Seeing it in these films, renews that wish. I have also been moved to tears at the suffering visited on the people of Bristol and their resilience in the face of such danger. I didn't know it but my parents house had its own brush with the Nazis. When we moved to Bristol, our house at the top of Talbot hill in Knowle needed quite a bit of work to be done on it. When the roof was being repaired, the tail fin of a German incendiary bomb was found and kept by the family, (I still have it). After my mother passed away I began refurbishing the house, the ceiling of the front bedroom had to be replaced. When the old lath and plaster ceiling was brought down, there appeared the unmistakable signs of burning. It would appear that the bomb must have been a dud and had gone out before it could do real damage. Having watched this and other films about Bristol's war, I am convinced that this bomb was one that was dropped in the raid on Brislington quite late in the Blitz. The Germans may have been trying to hit the Water Tower next door. A lucky escape indeed.
Do you remember the old air raid shelter next to the HTV studios down at Arnos Vale? I'm a 1965 Bristolian and we used to play down there well into the 1970's.
My grandad hes from Bristol and was in dunkirk fighting he said they had 30 bullets they dont say about things like that on these kind of documentarys lol
Interesting to know. Thank you for your post! Only 30 bullets to defend himself on the front line in Dunkirk? Were the Allies down to the last enth? Is that why?
I was born in Bristol in 1932. I lived through everything that was shown on this film. My father was one of the BAC workers who was killed in the big Wednesday raid. I was sitting in a shelter at school in Horfield at this time. We then moved down to Camborne Rd, further down Filton Ave, to live with my Grand parents. Here we felt the force of the big Gun on Purdown which was known as Purdown Percy!. After the war we moved to Lockleaze. When my Dad was killed I was 8, my Brother was 2 and my Sister was yet to be born 6 months later!
Thank you so much for your comment!
Peace unto you my friend.
I'm so sorry your father was killed.
I hope your family was able to find peace after this terrible tragedy.
I hope humans will be able to FINALLY leave the practice of war behind.
Some say "hope" is for children.
I don't know?
I will continue to hope humans STOP killing each other, especially in war.
Sending all the best to from America young man.
Cheers!
God bless you and thank you again for leaving your comment.
My Aunty Lives in Bristol and I have always wanted to see what it was like in the war. So thanks so much!
Brilliant upload, thanks!
Yeah! it is very detailed
U just answered every question I ever thought what happened in Bristol ww2 thanks dude
I lived in Bristol for over half a century from 1963 and in the early days the scars of the war were still very visible. I have often voiced the wish that I could have walked through the old Castle Street area in the pre-war era. Seeing it in these films, renews that wish. I have also been moved to tears at the suffering visited on the people of Bristol and their resilience in the face of such danger. I didn't know it but my parents house had its own brush with the Nazis. When we moved to Bristol, our house at the top of Talbot hill in Knowle needed quite a bit of work to be done on it. When the roof was being repaired, the tail fin of a German incendiary bomb was found and kept by the family, (I still have it). After my mother passed away I began refurbishing the house, the ceiling of the front bedroom had to be replaced. When the old lath and plaster ceiling was brought down, there appeared the unmistakable signs of burning. It would appear that the bomb must have been a dud and had gone out before it could do real damage. Having watched this and other films about Bristol's war, I am convinced that this bomb was one that was dropped in the raid on Brislington quite late in the Blitz. The Germans may have been trying to hit the Water Tower next door. A lucky escape indeed.
Do you remember the old air raid shelter next to the HTV studios down at Arnos Vale?
I'm a 1965 Bristolian and we used to play down there well into the 1970's.
Thank you for your detailed comments.
My grandad hes from Bristol and was in dunkirk fighting he said they had 30 bullets they dont say about things like that on these kind of documentarys lol
Interesting to know.
Thank you for your post!
Only 30 bullets to defend himself on the front line in Dunkirk?
Were the Allies down to the last enth?
Is that why?
I was born in Bristol 1947. I as a kid, used to play on the bombed buildings round central Bristol and the docks.