Carrying on as bombs fell

The article about the landmine which fell in City Road, Tividale, brought back memories for me of my late father, Fred Hunter, of Tividale. He was the leader of the Heary Rescue Squad detailed to attend the incident.

I remember him telling me how the pair of semi-detached houses it fell upon were completely obliterated and that they never found any of the people who were sheltering in them.

Other houses close by were also very badly damaged and there were several fatalities.