Sep 29, 2020 · Six people were killed and at least 40 injured. A considerable amount of the data below, has been extracted from ‘Scunthorpe At War’ by Jack Whitfield, published in 1983 by Lincolnshire Life. Other sources include ‘The Blitz Then & Now’ volumes I, II & III; Lincolnshire Air war 1939-1945 by Sid Finn.

Street Map of Scunthope, where marks indicate original, current and potential future locations of the War memorial. Scunthorpe Telegraph, Veteran returns. The Star, Saturday November 20th 1926, The Valiant of Scunthorpe, Cenotaph Unveiled.

Feb 16, 2014 · The photo on the right shows gas mask practice on Scunthorpe High Street during World War 2 – the same view in December 2016

May 8, 2021 · Life in Lincolnshire during the Second World War saw women trained on the homefront, devastating bombing runs around the city, and trenches dug by residents as a last defence. These images...

Oct 29, 2020 · A series of fascinating and horrifying images shed light on how Grimsby and other parts of Lincolnshire were affected during the Second World War. The pictures reflect the impact of the...

AEC Regent #ST532 , new to the LGOC in 1930. On loan to a Scunthorpe Company during World War II , to scrap in 1948. Here on route 144 , probably out of West Green (WG)Garage. H.Taylor Collection)

Sep 15, 2017 · The Scunthorpe Telegraph continued to publish during the Second World War. This picture shows the wreckage of a German Heinkel Bomber being taken along Doncaster Road in Scunthorpe

In this footage from 1958, Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip (the Duke of Edinburgh), visit Lincoln and Scunthorpe. In Scunthorpe, the Royals visited the Appleby Frodingham Steel Works.

Jan 20, 2020 · Map of Heavy Anti-Aircraft gun sites in England, Scotland and Wales from World War 2.

Aug 14, 2017 · Merrymakers in their thousands massed along Scunthorpe High Street during mid-August 1945 to celebrate peace at the end of the Second World War. There was open-air dancing through the night and...