Here's pictures of the mass grave in Anfield Cemetery of 554 unknown victims of the Blitz.
Kev - move this to the Graveyards thread if you think its more appropriate there.
Here's pictures of the mass grave in Anfield Cemetery of 554 unknown victims of the Blitz.
Kev - move this to the Graveyards thread if you think its more appropriate there.
A P51 Mustang being towed from the Pier Head to Speke passing the bottom of Water Street, Liverpool, 1944
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It's a great photo, but is it being towed to the Pier Head, rather than from it?
Where's the towing vehicle?
I ask because I wonder if they were made at Speke, and then shipped by river?
(Having said that, why not use Garston Docks?)
I thought it was turning left into Water Street.
I can see now it's not, and I can see the truck, part hidden by the tram.
That was a familiar scene when I was a kid living in the Tennie's (Speke Rd Gdns) there used to be convoys of them being towed to Speke Airport.
I think that's the most likely theory. As far as I know they weren't produced in England so it's very likely they were brought over part-assembled and finished off at Speke.
Fantastic photo...
'Correct' both of you! they were 'finished off' at the Rootes Aircraft Factory ,which was situated close to Speke airport, (Rootes later became the Dunlop Factory) then once completed they were 'wheeled' across Speke Hall Avenue into the airport where they were then flown off to various other bases. As Ebby, I too remember them all being towed down Mather Ave., then Speke Road to the Rootes Factory. Guess that they could'nt be 'shipped' to Garston Docks because of tidal conditions.
There were also a lot of planes assembled at Burtonwood. My father used to work there, and the planes would arrive in pieces or crates from the docks. I recall him telling me that most of the workers were unskilled in aircraft work and his job was correcting the errors in the assembly process.
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