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Remebering Black Saturday Sept.07 1940

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09-07-2010 , 04:46 PM

salesbeast

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I spoke to my 87yr old Aunt who was 17 and had a direct hit on the factory she worked at during the Blitz thankfully they where in a storage room beneath and where saved. For those unaware this was the day the Germans dropped hundreds of bombs hoping to take out the ports of London and many fell of course landing in residential areas killing many Brits. A moment of world history that should never be forgotten.

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09-07-2010 , 04:59 PM

Not_In_My_Name

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Wait, since when has it been called Black Saturday? I'm British and I've never heard of this name before?

My grandmother was a nurse at University College Hospital during the Blitz, she was constantly evacuating patients to shelters while the bombing was going on. Tough lady.

09-07-2010 , 05:00 PM

GermanGuy

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I read your article and had no idea that the area of London I stayed in the last time I was there was a major target of German attacks during WWII. As I recently read a very moving story about the bombings of Hamburg I just held a private minute of silence to all those who died innocently in that war.
It is just terrible that this could happen only seventy years ago. On the other hand it is incredible and even fortunate how far we have come since then.

I don't know what else to say.

09-07-2010 , 06:28 PM

[Phill]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Saturday

That is a term used for lots of things, the Blitz was not one of them.

Both sides of my family are farming based so my family was relatively untouched by the war. Being from the north east they werent really attacked by the bombers either. Ive wondered before how unlikely that must be.

09-07-2010 , 07:35 PM

salesbeast

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Quote:

Originally Posted by [Phill]

It is a term the locals used to describe it you can ask any historian regarding the Blitz and they will share the same story. Plus look at archived London newspapers from that time and they recount it as "Black Saturday".

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