The Blitz certainly isn't a competition but I do find it frustrating how far Hull usually comes down the list when the media etc talk about the blitz and the places that were worst affected.

Even when taught about the blitz at school we were refered to London & Coventry as examples, the fact that we're sat in Hull, the worst hit City outside of London apparently lost on my history teacher!

My Grandad was on Brindley Street throughout, had the job of operating the alarm if gas was suspected! Has some 'great' stories (as I suspect most of our parents/grandparents do) about that period.

I hope they go ahead with the memorial somewhere in the city centre.

The Hull Daily Mail Special Supplement about the raids is now online at... http://edition.pagesuite-professional.c ... f5f7&skip=

The Hull Daily Mail Special Supplement about the raids is now online at... http://edition.pagesuite-professional.c ... f5f7&skip=

I grew up not far from there and you might be thinking of the old Co-Operative building opposite NT. The original entrance is now incorporated into the flats that were built there.

I seriously doubt that mate.

I can remember real bomb sites in the 1950s, including concrete reservoirs to draw water from to help put out fires. The city then kicked into overdrive in the 1960s to regenerate.

What you probably remember is demolition sites caused by businesses closing wholesale, as a result of Thatcher's policies

She did manage to do what the Germans couldn`t.

Glad to be corrected, thanks guys. I clearly saw rubble, knew we'd been bombed and just put two and two together as a kid.

I shall take my mum to task next time I speak to her!