Comments on: New Cross to New Cross Gate http://www.londonphotoproject.co.uk/blog/2007/12/23/new-cross-to-new-cross-gate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-cross-to-new-cross-gate Walking between all the stations of all the London Underground tube lines. Sun, 07 Aug 2011 13:29:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Mike Colehttp://www.londonphotoproject.co.uk/blog/2007/12/23/new-cross-to-new-cross-gate/comment-page-1/#comment-406 Mike Cole Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:31:46 +0000 http://www.londonphotoproject.co.uk/blog/2007/12/23/new-cross-to-new-cross-gate/#comment-406 but for my father carrying a heavy roll of linoleum on his shoulder, thus stopping mum going into Woolworths, we would have been included in the total of those killed. Fortunately, we carried on towards New Cross Gate and had just passed the station when the V2 hit. I was all of 9 months old.regardsMike but for my father carrying a heavy roll of linoleum on his shoulder, thus stopping mum going into Woolworths, we would have been included in the total of those killed. Fortunately, we carried on towards New Cross Gate and had just passed the station when the V2 hit. I was all of 9 months old.

regards

Mike

]]> By: Peter Towellhttp://www.londonphotoproject.co.uk/blog/2007/12/23/new-cross-to-new-cross-gate/comment-page-1/#comment-347 Peter Towell Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:47:56 +0000 http://www.londonphotoproject.co.uk/blog/2007/12/23/new-cross-to-new-cross-gate/#comment-347 A very short walk but you have missed out the most important site. To the north east at the junction of New Cross Rd and Goodward road you would have seen an iceland shop with flats above built circa 1950's. Not an unusual building which was included in the rebuilding of a severely WW2 damaged London. But, this was the site of a Woolworths store which saw the greatest loss of life by a single bomb in the entire war. At 12.26pm on 25th November 1944 a V2 rocket hit this busy store and killed 168 people with 121 seriously injured. A plaque was erected inside the re-built store as a memorial to all those who lost their life.Amazing the history behind some ordinary looking shops. A very short walk but you have missed out the most important site. To the north east at the junction of New Cross Rd and Goodward road you would have seen an iceland shop with flats above built circa 1950′s. Not an unusual building which was included in the rebuilding of a severely WW2 damaged London. But, this was the site of a Woolworths store which saw the greatest loss of life by a single bomb in the entire war. At 12.26pm on 25th November 1944 a V2 rocket hit this busy store and killed 168 people with 121 seriously injured. A plaque was erected inside the re-built store as a memorial to all those who lost their life.

Amazing the history behind some ordinary looking shops.

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