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This post has been edited by freelander2: 06 March 2017 - 11:34 PM

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trickytrevsfanclub, on 06 March 2017 - 10:37 PM, said:

No bombs fell on Chesterfield during WW2. Some in the surrounding areas, Tupton a notable one but none on the town itself.

My old man said some fell on Storforth Lane terrace

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Bombing of Chesterfield

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The German air force tried to bomb the Horns Bridge at Chesterfield. This carried three railway lines up and down and across the country. They failed because Chesterfield during darkness kept a strict blackout. Near to the bridge were the Tube Works and Bryan Donkins, these produced vital items for the war effort e.g. cylinders and compressors. They did drop a bomb; it was on the golf course at Walton, about four miles away. The Germans did have aerial plans of other firms in Chesterfield, including Markham Works, Sheepbridge, so they had their sights set on the engineering works.

When a German aircraft was returning home it dropped a bomb on some houses in Tupton (Ward Street, I believe), I think eight people were killed, they are buried in North Wingfield Churchyard against the far wall where a large bush covers the area today.

One morning there was a big banging on the wooden gate at the back of the house. When
Mum went to investigate, it was Grandad, she spoke to him and opened the gate and asked him why he had come home so early as he had walked from North Wingfield to Compton Street Chesterfield, he said that her Mum had sent him because they had heard that a bomb had been dropped on Chesterfield Football Ground. The ground was at the bottom of our house. She had sent him to find out if my Mum and myself were all right. Apparently I was my Gramma’s favourite as I was the nearest born to her birthday, she was the 19th and I was born on 16th.

Whilst I was serving with the RAF in Germany in 1960 at RAF Gütersloh, a German driver told me something. He said that the airfield the allies never found was because it was disguised. When the airfield was not being used sheets and fencing was put in place, this included cows and other animals on the land, which were moved when the airfield became operational. The building around the airfield would look like a housing area, he also told me that over the far side there were bombs, still in readiness to be slung up into the aircraft.

http://www.bbc.co.uk.../a5990961.shtml

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Wooly, on 06 March 2017 - 11:08 PM, said:

just 12 miles and 15 mins straight through to Sheff from Chesterfield on the train innit?

I know 2 Sheff Utd fans who live nr Chesterfield. You might know a few as well? Its just one of those things unfortunately. It happens across the whole of the country with "fans" choosing bigger teams further afield over their local sides.

Why I despise the deedahs

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Chatsworth House was also hit (for fun)....sprayed with gunfire by a returning bomber.

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I was recently searching for a relative in North Wingfield churchyard and came across a grave inscribed killed by enemy action over clay cross.Thosekilled in the bombing are noted in the church on the war memorial with a red dot.