Norwich at War

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="0b8624a3.gif"> <div> <A HREF="http://www.geezer.me.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.geezer.me.uk"><U>Home</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="0b8624a3.gif"> <div> <B>Norwich at War</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> This Page is just a brief history with some of the scenes of Norwich during the 1939 - 1945 Second World War.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Norwich was selected as a target by the Germans because of its ' Beauty and its unique historic </div> <div> interest ' and was the first place of any size to be bombed in the U.K.</div> <bR> <div> Please Click on Thumbnail For Larger Picture & Description <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF33" FACE="Arial" >Blitz Page One</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="675" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 126 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bull Close"><U><IMG SRC="0c078780.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Surry Street"><U><IMG SRC="0c178780.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Orchard Tavern"><U><IMG SRC="0c278780.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Carrow Hill"><U><IMG SRC="0c378780.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="YMCA"><U><IMG SRC="0c478780.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>   Bull Close           Surry Street     Orchard Tavern    Carrow Hill          YMCA  Van</div> <bR> <div> The following scenes are of the damaged left after the Blitz Raid on Norwich on the nights of the 27/28 & 29/30 of April 1942.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> These two nights were the worst nights of the war for Norwich, on the Monday night 185 bombs were dropped killing 162 people and injuring 600, and on the Wednesday night 112 bombs were dropped killing 69 people and injuring 89.</div> <bR> <div> Please Click on Thumbnail For Larger Picture & Description  </div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="412" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 149 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blitz 1"><U><IMG SRC="0de898f0.jpg" border=0 width="137" height="143" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blitz 1"><U><IMG SRC="0df8c8d0.jpg" border=0 width="140" height="141" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blitz 1"><U><IMG SRC="0e0948e0.jpg" border=0 width="148" height="142" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 152 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blitz 1"><U><IMG SRC="0e38a8f0.jpg" border=0 width="138" height="143" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blitz 1"><U><IMG SRC="0e28c8f0.jpg" border=0 width="140" height="143" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blitz 1"><U><IMG SRC="0e194900.jpg" border=0 width="148" height="144" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Please Click on Thumbnail For Larger Picture & Description Blitz Page Two<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="392" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 126 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blitz 2"><U><IMG SRC="0fb78780.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blitz 2"><U><IMG SRC="0fc78780.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blitz 2"><U><IMG SRC="0fd78780.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 126 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blitz 2"><U><IMG SRC="0fe78780.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blitz 2"><U><IMG SRC="0ff78780.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blitz 2"><U><IMG SRC="10078780.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> A Few Mixed Scenes<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Please Click on Thumbnail For Larger Picture & Description</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="374" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 126 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dodgers"><U><IMG SRC="10478780.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="10878780.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="10078780.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="244" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="240"><div> In 1944 the raids had stopped</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="348" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 30 ><NOBR><div> Norwich Air Raids 1940 - 1943</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="348" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 112 ><NOBR><div> Year......................Killed.......................Injured </div> <div> 1940.......................60............................190 </div> <div> 1941.......................21............................104 </div> <div> 1942......................258...........................784 </div> <div> 1943........................1................................14 </div> <div> Total......................340..........................1,092</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="226" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="222"><div> Damage to dwelling houses</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="299" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 129 WIDTH="295"><div> Destroyed............................................2,082 </div> <div> Seriously Damaged............................2,651 </div> <div> Moderately Damaged.......................25,621 </div> <div> Total.....................................................30,354 </div> <div> Total number of dwelling houses in Norwich in 1939 was 35,569 </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <IMG SRC="10e049c0.jpg" border=0 width="260" height="156" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="344" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 88 WIDTH="340"><div> On the 8th of May 1945 War was over in Europe and the scenes in The Market Place in Norwich as people began to celebrate the end of the War in Europe.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>