pferguson | September 4, 2017
Prowler and Prey The Luftwaffe crossed the English Channel and followed the Thames towards their targets over London. It was Saturday, 7 September 1940 at 4:43 pm. No longer focused on British airfields the Luftwaffe turned their attention upon the Docklands – Silvertown with its associated factories, worker’s homes and warehouses. The afternoon light was […]
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Tags: 7 September 1940, Black Saturday, Blitz, Danger UXB, Docklands, Flanagan and Allen, Goodbye Blue Sky, Hope and Glory, London Blitz, Luftwaffe, Pink Floyd, Run Rabbit Run
pferguson | April 25, 2011
(Scene – March 2011 – Reviewing camera pictures as we stroll across the grounds towards the river Thames) As we walk towards the Thames my mind turns to September 1940 and the start of the Blitz on London, England. Is that Edward R. Murrow I hear as I watch out over the landscape? “This is […]
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Tags: Blitz, Churchill, Danger UXB, Edward R. Murrow, Greenwich, London, Longtiude, Royal Naval College, Royal Observatory, St. Paul's Cathedral, Thames, The Gathering Storm
