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World War 2 : air raid photographs The photographs numbered X01 to X80 in this webpage are taken from the archives of the Express and echo. Good quality copies are available from the newspaper's office in Paris Street, Exeter. Telephone 01392-442434, quoting the negative numbers, to obtain further information. The Library Service is most grateful to the Express and echo for allowing the use of these images. It is hoped to develop the Etched web site with further information on World War 2 in Exeter and Devon. The title of each image is copied from the brief information supplied by the Express and echo. If anyone can provide additional information relating to any image, or indeed any reminiscences relating to World war 2 in Devon, please e-mail them to the local studies address at the top of the page. Information provided may be used on the website to join the war testimony which is already available. Images can also be searched for on the web site: No. X01 Exeter Cathedral through archway. Page 98 of Target Exeter book.No. X02 Exeter Cathedral through archway. No. X03 Exeter Cathedral south side damage fireman amongst rubble. Page 74 of Target Exeter book. No. X04 Exeter Cathedral quire damage. Page 29 of Target Exeter book. No. X05 Exeter Cathedral west front fire engines in foreground. Page 18 of Target Exeter book. No. X06 Exeter Cathedral seen across Bedford Street ruins. Page 40 and front cover of Target Exeter book. No. X07 Exeter Cathedral seen across High Street. Page 62 of Target Exeter book. No. X08 Exeter Cathedral c/u with ruins in foreground. Page 30 of Target Exeter book. No. X09 Exeter Cathedral clearing rubble south east corner. Page 38 of Target Exeter book. No. X10 Exeter Cathedral seen across cleared Bedford Circus ruins. Page 97 of Target Exeter book. No. X11 Exeter Cathedral viewed from cleared High Street. Page 45 of Target Exeter book. No. X12 Cathedral Close damage. Page 68 of Target Exeter book. No. X13 High Street firefighting outside Colsons. Page 72 of Target Exeter book. No. X14 High Street looking towards Sidwell Street. Page 70 of Target Exeter book. No. X15 High Street looking to Sidwell Street low vp. Page 66 of Target Exeter book. No. X16 High Street firemen on ladder by gutted buildings. Page 38 of Target Exeter book. No. X17 High Street cleared sites Westminster Bank in middle of pic. Page 60 of Target Exeter book. No. X18 High Street view of Lloyds Bank seen through ruins. Page 37 of Target Exeter book. No. X19 Dellers Cafe ruins seen from site of Princesshay. Page 4 of Target Exeter book. No. X20 Dellers Cafe and Martins Bank ruins seen from ruins of Bedford Circus. Page 10 of Target Exeter book. No. X21 The statue of the Earl of Devon in Bedford Circus. Page 101 of Target Exeter book. No. X22 Bedford Circus seen from Catherine Street, with Southernhay Church Steeple in the background. Page 19 of Target Exeter book. No. X23 Catherine Street ruins. Page 85 of Target Exeter book. No. X24 Bamflyde Street long shot. Page 99 of Target Exeter book. No. X25 Bamflyde Street close up of house. Page 102 of Target Exeter book. No. X26 Lower Market exterior low vp . Page 46 of Target Exeter book. No. X27 Lower Market interior. Page 84 of Target Exeter book. No. X28 Lower Market general view of area. Page 82 of Target Exeter book. No. X29 Fore Street Exeter view towards Cathedral. Page 32 of Target Exeter book. No. X30 Fore Street Exeter looking in direction of Exe Bridge. Page 58 of Target Exeter book. No. X31 St Sidwells Church ruins. Page 96 of Target Exeter book. No. X32 Sidwell Street high vp. Page 47 of Target Exeter book. No. X33 The corner of Sidwell Street and Longbrook Street. Page 64 of Target Exeter book. No. X34 Paris Street pedestrians walking through rubble. Page 47 of Target Exeter book. No. X35 Paris Street Palladium on right. No. X36 Fire in a furniture store in Paris Street. Paris Street Palladium on left. Page 3 of Target Exeter book. No. X37 Paris Street rescue workers. Page 16 of Target Exeter book. No. X38 Paris Street general view after clearing. Page 108 of Target Exeter book. No. X39 Clifton Road ruins. Page 100 of Target Exeter book. No. X40 Clifton Road royal visit May 9th 1942. Page 48 of Target Exeter book. No. X41 A bomb left this massive crater in Burnthouse Lane. Page 31 of Target Exeter book. No. X42 Site of Mac Fisheries by the Lower Market. Page 83 of Target Exeter book. No. X43 Okehampton Street. Page 17 of Target Exeter book. No. X44 Okehampton Street. Page 95 of Target Exeter book. No. X45 Maynard School. Page 98 of Target Exeter book. No. X46 Exmouth Express & Echo Office. No. X47 Exmouth clearing shop. No. X48 Exmouth "Wilsons" on right. No. X49 Exmouth "Wilsons" on left upright pic. No. X50 Exmouth "Wilsons" on left landscape pic. No. X51 Exmouth close up of ruins. No. X52 Teignmouth Berkeley Hotel Landscape pic. No. X53 Teignmouth upright pic. No. X54 Aeroplane engine fallen in street. FW190 engine 30/5/43 Torquay. Page 86 of Target Exeter book. No. X55 Church possibly St Mary Arches. No. X56 Church unknown (Landscape pic). No. X57 Man, woman and boy looking at furniture among rubble. No. X58 Official inspection of damage. No. X59 Provisions shop one dustbin. No. X60 Provisions shop, two dustbins. No. X61 Rescue workers tea break. Page 39 of Target Exeter book. No. X62 "Boyce" shop ruins [Exmouth?] No. X63 House in ruins far end of terrace in pic. No. X64 House in ruins "Lees" shop next door. No. X65 House fallen down in middle of terrace (possibly Blackboy Road) two boys survey the damage. Page 79 of Target Exeter book. No. X66 Street wine shop on left hairdressers on right. No. X67 Gas showroom. No. X68 Large girdered building with lorry in bottom right corner. No. X69 Eight rescuers digging sacks in foreground. No. X70 Rescuers in front of ruined house door lying in foreground. No. X71 Rescuers in front of ruined house l/s. No. X72 Four rescue workers upright pic. No. X73 Four men and one woman searching through rubble. No. X74 Close up high vp of rescue work. No. X75 Loading up dust cart. No. X76 Rescue workers going into crater. No. X77 One figure looking at rubble mainly wood. No. X78 One figure looking into car covered by rubble. No. X79 Building with collapsed roof firefighting equipment in foreground. No. X80 Two firemen hosing down bombed building. Page 107 of Target Exeter book.
Cette page a été créée par Corentine Le Pivert. | |
| Creator: | Devon Library and Information Services |
| Title: | World War 2 : air raid photographs |
| Imprint: | : Devon Library Services |
| Date: | 2003 |
| Format: | Web page : HTML |
| Series: | Illustrations ; P941 |
| Ref. no.: | WEB BLITZ |
| Coverage: | Devon . Exeter . World War 2 . Air raids. Illustrations . 1942 |
| Last Updated: |
06/05/2005 |
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