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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ย. 2024
- Made in Birmingham- World War II
Thanks to a great generation.
By 1944, 400,000 Brummies were involved in war work - a greater percentage of the population than anywhere else in the UK. Their efforts have often been overlooked, whilst the sacrifice of those who died has been forgotten. Overlooked and forgotten by all bar the people of Birmingham, who remain proud of the city's role in overcoming tyranny
My grandad "Tom Haywood"was born in Aston, Birmingham. He spent WW2 as an Anti Aircraft Gunner in Brum. My Mama "Connie George" enlisted and was sent to birmingham, she was a bomb girl. It was there they met. I am Their legacy. I am proud. x
My family were from Erdington and Aston........The bombers were regular as clockwork.....7.00pm every night! I still remember the Anderson shelters...
My mother in law is from aston , she's 90 years old now . loves to talk about the old days and I like to hear about 'em. Sang in a big band orchestra at sevicemans canteens as a teenager . my god she was a looker !!
Amazing. My dad was captured by the Germans in 1941 and mom worked in the factories. How scary.
That's Actually quite Upsetting.
Hope They Survived
Don’t mind me asking what happened to your dad
My Mom worked on the Spitfires. Something at the factory made her ill, so she became a "clippy" on the trams. Didn't see her fiance "Desert Rat" for 4 years. They didn't seem to moan in those days as much as we do now, strangely.
I envy the war generation's fortitude. How they suffered, yet repeatedly dusted themselves off and got on with the business of living.
My father was evacuated from Balsall Heath in 1940 returned in 1945 and met my mom who had been bombed out her home in Sunderland, her grandmother died in the bombing. What a hell hole to be born into as we were in small Heath near the BSA factory. We all left and worked becoming millionaires but never racists as we all came from the same hell.
Brilliant thanks for making this.
My mom worked on the bombers. She lived in Smethwick until 1944... saw a lot of bombing and sadness.
My grandfather (14th Burma) used to tell me things and then change the subject. He taught me enough to know...
great vid.....thanks
brilliant thank you
The air raid siren is so scary the noise
What a time. What a time it was.
Brilliant!
I will remember that siren ontill the day l clock out .
Amazing to think how much our city centres as a result of those 6 years.
My Dad worked on Crusader tanks.
Keep Calm and Carry on.
Top Job :)
Law Enforcement Police Officers.
Ward End? Not much has changed then
Lol I remember all my white friends leaving Ward End, as a kid, I didn't know why.
I lived in Yardley for my teenage years, there was a lot of racism, and so we moved back.
I guess so! Saltley was a grammar school and now it is an academy, it's a shame.
Thanks man, do you remember the teachers? Mr Hadi and Deol
Lol yeah, great school.
im from smethwick
There may always be an England (I hope so), but it won't be the England you see here.
I live in bordsley green
WW2 1939-1945.
Today it would all be made in India or China.😒😒
When birmingham was british
We were all imigrants, from all over the country or world and never racists. British is vikings Saxons, French, Italians, Scot’s. What are you on about.