It was Little Mickey’s birthday and usually his mother, ‘Sad’ Ellen, would have bought him an apple turnover from the luxury tea-room at the bottom
Tag: Cale Street
The ‘Big Bomb’ in Shawfield Street- Friday 1st November 1940.
Contemporary images of Shawfield Street in 2022 by Tim Crook. Shawfield is a rather unassuming street running south for about a quarter of a mile
Chelsea Blitz 1940 to 1945. Part Three- 10th to 14th September 1940. More death and destruction.
Overview The Luftwaffe returned to Chelsea late Tuesday night 10th September and early Wednesday morning 11th September. There was a change in the pattern of
Chelsea Blitz time line 1940 to 1945: incidents and casualties
[This is a work in progress online posting intended to eventually present a full Chelsea Blitz timeline narrative. More detailed narratives of large-scale incidents with