My names Anna Thacton, I am currently packing to evacuate the Birmingham, as the whole of Britain is a target from the Nazi German Luftwaffe. 9th August 1940.Tumblr (3.0; @birmingham-bombed)http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ex4wd3YT1rxp4t9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24823862564http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24823862564Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:41:20 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ex360STr1rxp4t9o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24823795260http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24823795260Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:40:18 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ex2q4jUg1rxp4t9o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24823778568http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24823778568Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:40:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ex25gO5u1rxp4t9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24823758045http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24823758045Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:39:41 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ex1uvbac1rxp4t9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24823746026http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24823746026Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:39:30 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ex1iEZbU1rxp4t9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24823733671http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24823733671Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:39:18 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ex143wKe1rxp4t9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24823716618http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24823716618Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:39:04 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ex0sae7K1rxp4t9o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24823702996http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24823702996Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:38:52 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ex07TTin1rxp4t9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24823682394http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24823682394Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:38:31 -0400<p><em><strong>Diary Entry #2 - 23 August 1940</strong></em></p> <p>What they said they didn&#8217;t want to come true, came true. The Germans are gaining in numbers, meaning that Birmingham would be next on the list of being targeted. Being the second biggest city in the UK and homing to a number of air transport factories and needed industrial factories, they will soon become important targets for the Germans. This means that the army need to think of a strategy to find out how to protect vital areas of the UK, which are needed to win this war. </p> <p><strong><br/></strong></p> <p><strong>A. Thacton  </strong></p>http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24014177161http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24014177161Tue, 29 May 2012 16:32:00 -0400DE<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4sw7ujzIp1rxp4t9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Home Guard line -up in Sutton Park in December 1940.</span><span><br/><br/><br/></span></p>http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24012963361http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24012963361Tue, 29 May 2012 16:14:18 -0400<p><em><strong>Diary Entry #1 - 9 August 1940</strong></em></p> <p><em>The radio said this morning that there was a massive explosion in London, today. No one really knows how to react to it. Everyone knows that its the Germans, but everyone just hoping that it&#8217;s not that bad. That the United Kingdom is not facing another war. I don&#8217;t think that we&#8217;re going to cope, from what I heard. I heard that it took them years to recover, that they&#8217;re still recovering now. I hope it will blow over soon because mother and father were discussing in the kitchen earlier, saying that is it gets any worse, we might have to move to the countryside with grandmother and father. </em></p> <p><em><br/></em><strong>A. Thocton </strong></p>http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24012680981http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24012680981Tue, 29 May 2012 16:09:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4rkku7bp71rxn3nwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24012272472http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24012272472Tue, 29 May 2012 16:03:29 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzalmpSMyM1r8zohoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://rhubarbic.tumblr.com/post/17722275225/war-work-by-the-national-archives-uk-on-flickr" class="tumblr_blog">rhubarbic</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalarchives/5960779786/" title="War Work">War Work</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalarchives/">The National Archives UK</a> on Flickr.</p><p>War Work<br/><br/> Description: “H.M. King George VI inspecting workers”<br/><br/> Date: 1939-45</p></blockquote>http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24012122812http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24012122812Tue, 29 May 2012 16:01:33 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1dy0qrBL31r6yzyoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://closetotheexitdoor.tumblr.com/post/19828454938/zeppelin-over-st-pauls-by-the-national-archives" class="tumblr_blog">closetotheexitdoor</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalarchives/5078097115/" title="Zeppelin over St. Paul's">Zeppelin over St. Paul’s</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalarchives/">The National Archives UK</a> on Flickr.</p></blockquote>http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24012091193http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24012091193Tue, 29 May 2012 16:01:09 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1xqbt2HlG1rsedpko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ifiendfilm.tumblr.com/post/20448695723/fires-were-started-by-the-national-archives-uk-on" class="tumblr_blog">ifiendfilm</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalarchives/3009780619/" title="Fires Were Started">Fires Were Started</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalarchives/">The National Archives UK</a> on Flickr.</p></blockquote>http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24012070694http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24012070694Tue, 29 May 2012 16:00:51 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3henqqXH21qia6ndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vintageportraits.tumblr.com/post/22793358056/bombed-out-family-cross-the-road-with-their" class="tumblr_blog">vintageportraits</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalarchives/7013650987/" title="Bombed out family cross the road with their belongings">Bombed out family cross the road with their belongings</a></p></blockquote>http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24012042341http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24012042341Tue, 29 May 2012 16:00:23 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m40l0qNVak1r34amfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24012002136http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24012002136Tue, 29 May 2012 15:59:43 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42c0wS7u51qfdi3ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://myvintagelondon.tumblr.com/post/23099795181/londoners-shelter-at-aldwych-tube-station-during" class="tumblr_blog">myvintagelondon</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Londoners shelter at Aldwych Tube Station during the Blitz</p></blockquote>http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24011992941http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24011992941Tue, 29 May 2012 15:59:34 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42pelqJHx1rnkepto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24011989638http://birmingham-bombed.tumblr.com/post/24011989638Tue, 29 May 2012 15:59:31 -0400