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Derby Street, South Shields

Posted by peter cook on 20/1/2026, 7:05 am

Derby Street, South Shields after the air raid 2nd October 1941. Derby Street baths on left and St. Bede's School on the right.

Re: Derby Street, South Shields

Posted by Margaret McD on 20/1/2026, 10:24 am, in reply to "Derby Street, South Shields"

That's the night the Market Place was also bombed.

Re: Derby Street, South Shields

Posted by Norman on 20/1/2026, 10:56 am, in reply to "Derby Street, South Shields"

Ive said this before but still worth repeating.
One of the Luftwaffe's missions that night was to bomb the Tyne Bridge. When they saw the Arch shaped bridge on River Drive at Shields, they thought it was the Tyne Bridge so dropped their bombs.
They missed the bridge & hit the Market Place & surrounding area causing many many deaths & hundreds of injuries.

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