V2 rocket Regina Road

mjhooper

Watching a documentary on Hitlers V@ rockets last night and thought about the night I was thrown out of bed by the rocket landing at the end of our road. I lived in Evershot Road and remember walking to the Hanley Road end in the morning and seeing a hole in the ground where houses used to be. Records say that the rocket landed in Regina Road but I can only remember the demolished houses being in Hanley Road. I think it was some time in December 1944. I ended up on the floor with the bedroom windows blown in. I was about to have my 7th birthday. How lucky was I?

Ali

You will see the Pathe News film if you click here http://www.britishpathe.com/video/goodbye-to-all-that It mentions the Hanley Road V2 it hit a sweet shop opposite the Diary Pub. A library was built on the site which in turn was a few years ago replaced by a block of flats. Here is the previous thread on all of this. http://www.stroudgreen.org/discussion/1446/stroud-green-in-1945 and some more http://www.finsburypark.life/local-history-finsbury-park/stroud-green-london-blitz.html enjoy Busby where are you ?