The Belfast Telegraph was filled with stories of the Blitz on 7/8 April. David Dixon, a former Great War veteran, was in bed with an incendiary came trough the roof. He picked it up and took it outside. He was…
ByadminOn 6 April 2022, my cohort of Belfast Green Badge Tourist guides attended a graduation at Belfast City Hall to celebrate completing our Belfast Green Badge Course. During the ceremony, we were given our certificates and official green badges. Of…
ByadminThe papers reported that despite the raid of the 7/8 April, it was business as usual.[1] The Lord Mayor, Craford McCullagh called for fire watchers and volunteers.[2] Moya Woodside, Belfast housewife and Mass Observation Reporter, noted that: ‘‘Air raid still…
ByadminBelfast woke to find that it was now under aerial attack like so many British cities. For many it was quiet a novelty. The Belfast Telegraph reported that it was a ‘night of thrills’. It claimed there had been ‘hundreds’…
ByadminThe first deliberate raid on Belfast took place. This is known as the dockside raid. Six Heinkel He 111 bombers, from Kampfgruppe 26, flying at 2,100 m. These bombers dropped three types of ordinance that would feature in the other…
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