HEDON TOWN COUNCIL is in discussion with Mr Don Faley in regard to establishing a Memorial dedicated to residents of Hedon, men woman and children who were killed in air raids on the town during the Second World War. Continue reading »
THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY from Jim Lindop is an overview from Hedon Town Council meetings in December 2012. Continue reading »
IN JUNE last year James Bagnall asked for further information about the site of a World War II bombing raid on Hedon in May 1941 in which it was thought an entire family was wiped out. Two properties, Ashley Villas and Daisy Villas on Magdalen Lane, Hedon, were destroyed in the bombing raid on 8th May 1941 … Continue reading »
CAN YOU HELP? The Hedon Blog has been contacted by Mr James Bagnall who has asked for any information readers may have about two Hedon homes destroyed in the Blitz on Hull during World War II in 1941. We reproduce his letter here: I have for some time been interested in the history of my … Continue reading »
HULL WAS a major target for air raids during World War II. However, according to North East Coast Town: Ordeal & Triumph: The Story of Kingston-upon-Hull in the 1939-1945 Great War it was Saltend that experienced the first ever daylight raid to take place in the country. On 1st July 1940 an enemy plane had … Continue reading »
