Many people in Belfast were suffering mental anguish as a result of the raids. William McCready was shaken by the sights of devastation and damage around him. He recalled that he ‘was very fatigued and depressed at this time. I…
ByadminEmma Duffin had been at St Georges’ Market on 19 April 1941 (see 20th April 2022 post) to help with the identification of the dead. While she had been there she had ‘heard the voice of a woman in my…
ByadminThe city was returning to ‘normal’. The front of the Belfast Newsletter for the 24 April shows how the city was ‘getting back to work’ after the shock of the 15/16 April raid. There were a large number of vacancies…
ByadminBelfast was still coping with the aftermath of the raid. Emergency food was provided to the population. On 16 April, 70,000 meals were produced and by 21 April this had fallen to 10,000.[1] Also, much of Belfast had been untouched…
ByadminThe Duke and Duchess of Gloucester toured severely damaged areas of Belfast. The Northern Whig believed some people had fled ‘more likely to selfishness than fear’ but thought that people should ‘press on, stimulated by our Royal visitors, to get…
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