tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post4786621383826620877..comments2024-03-23T16:10:12.319+00:00Comments on Hyde Cheshire Blog: 8.45pm December 22nd 1940.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-40539317452970680642012-05-18T18:46:53.235+01:002012-05-18T18:46:53.235+01:00I have read with interest your comments for the ev...I have read with interest your comments for the events that took place on Sunday night the 22nd December, 1940. Can anyone throw some light on what happened in Syddall street? <br /><br />I was born at number 17 and directly across the road 4 houses were taken out by an enemy bomb apparently on that same night.John Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07817333229039583050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-19889857390013541712012-05-18T18:46:09.952+01:002012-05-18T18:46:09.952+01:00I have read with interest your comments for the ev...I have read with interest your comments for the events that took place on Sunday night the 22nd December, 1940. Can anyone throw some light on what happened in Syddall street? <br /><br />I was born at number 17 and directly across the road 4 houses were taken out by an enemy bomb apparently on that same night.John Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07817333229039583050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-39085106948307478532011-08-24T00:20:41.610+01:002011-08-24T00:20:41.610+01:00My mother Joyce McGraw told the story of the bombi...My mother Joyce McGraw told the story of the bombing and how scared she was.celtbard_2000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10398410566614407701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-34196166856995327392011-08-14T22:04:44.086+01:002011-08-14T22:04:44.086+01:00Thanks for the information Ernie.Thanks for the information Ernie.Hydonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723686770197717456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-9557478838187231362011-08-14T21:38:03.340+01:002011-08-14T21:38:03.340+01:00Dave Williams raises a query regarding other death...Dave Williams raises a query regarding other deaths resulting from the air raids in Hyde. <br />From my research it was recorded that eight individuals died as a result of the bombs dropped on the evening of 22nd Dec 1940.<br />Church Street:<br />Doreen GARDNER,17 years, 3 Hawthorn Grove, Hyde (*)<br />Frank S SHARPE, 2 Green Street, Hyde<br />Ernest Waddington, 328 Market Street, Hyde<br />John James SUDLOW, 124 Dowson Street, Hyde (*)<br />Margaret Ann SUDLOW, 124 Dowson Street, Hyde (*)<br />Norman HINCHLIFFE, 56 Newton Street, Hyde (*)<br />Tower Street (bodies not recovered until 23rd Dec)<br />Harold LEAH, 5 Tower Street, Hyde (*)<br />Thomas LEAH (Jnr), 5 Tower Street, Hyde (*)<br />(*) denotes funerals held Saturday, 28th December ‘40<br />The Town Clerk wrote letters of condolence to each family expressing deepest sympathy on behalf of the Mayor, Council and citizens of Hyde<br /><br />Additionally I have notes of the following Hydonians who lost their lives as a result of enemy attacks in 1940-41.<br />23rd Dec 1940<br />James Thomas HALLAS, 11 Balmoral Avenue, Hyde, lost his life in Stretford, while carrying out his duties as Auxiliary Fireman. (*)<br /><br />11th March 1941<br />Thomas WRIGHT, 13 Knight Street, Hyde, a Fire Watcher died in Hyde.<br /><br />13th March 1941<br />Three members of one family Paul Mason ARMFIELD, Amy ARMFIELD and Elizabeth ARMFIELD, died in Wallasey.<br /><br />Ernie DrabbleErnie Drabblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-90755838254931111472011-08-12T15:43:24.740+01:002011-08-12T15:43:24.740+01:00Updated the post with information and a photo that...Updated the post with information and a photo that was very kindly sent in by Vernon Handforth.<br />Always good to put a face to a name.<br />Thanks Vernon !Hydonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723686770197717456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-86030694730554855552011-07-17T18:09:31.530+01:002011-07-17T18:09:31.530+01:00Well done Dave.. I've emailed this information...Well done Dave.. I've emailed this information to Ernie...Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-70720685680097260802011-07-17T17:46:55.320+01:002011-07-17T17:46:55.320+01:00Ernie writes that Violet Doreen Gardner was a Glov...Ernie writes that Violet Doreen Gardner was a Glove Maker at Messrs R Ollerenshaw, Hyde, but said that he couldn't see an advert for them amongst the Company adverts which were on the blog recently. I was looking in The History of Hyde yesterday and spotted the following:<br /><br />"The firm of R. Ollerenshaw and Co. Ltd., Criterion Leather Works, Hoviley Brow, was founded by Mr. Robert Ollerenshaw in 1919. The firm are high-class glove manufacturers as well as leather dressers, and they have a large Home and Export trade, shipping their goods to all parts of the world. For some years Mr. Robert Ollerenshaw has been a member of the Hyde Higher Education Committee."Dave Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-16505148268024150842011-07-14T17:32:02.836+01:002011-07-14T17:32:02.836+01:00That's worth looking into Dave... I know a fam...That's worth looking into Dave... I know a family who lived at the top end of Green Street... maybe they will know... I'll check this out..Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-19246811505964339932011-07-14T17:01:14.734+01:002011-07-14T17:01:14.734+01:00I was walking up Haughton Street yesterday (at the...I was walking up Haughton Street yesterday (at the side of The Bush on that part of Market Street beyond Dowson Road) and I noticed that the first house on the left-hand side - behind The Bush and a small car park belonging to the pub - was number 11. Does anyone know what happened to numbers 1 to 9? Were they destroyed in the same incident as the one described above? If there were no fatalities in Haughton Street, and was not reported in line with the censorship at the time then, it may not be as well remembered as Church Street and Tower Street. It's roughly in line with Tower Street and Church Street and could have been hit by the same stick of bombs.Dave Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-29976700857687823112011-07-14T14:01:38.168+01:002011-07-14T14:01:38.168+01:00The bomb on Church Street destroyed part of No.34 ...The bomb on Church Street destroyed part of No.34 - see my post <a href="http://hydedailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/07/old-house-on-church-street.html" rel="nofollow">http://hydedailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/07/old-house-on-church-street.html</a> and <a href="http://oldhyde.blogspot.com/2009/07/dr-beecrofts-surgery-c1910.html" rel="nofollow">http://oldhyde.blogspot.com/2009/07/dr-beecrofts-surgery-c1910.html</a> I don't know any more though.Gerald (SK14)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com