DON’T PANIC! Calderdale at War, 1939-1945
This event takes place at Bankfield Museum
September 2019 is the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War. Calderdale was directly affected: men and women were conscripted for military and industrial service; industry was placed on a war footing and many workers took on Civil Defence and Home Guard duties. The area did not escape unscathed, there were 11 bombing incidents recorded and 11 people were killed.
On 24 December 1944 a German V1 Flying Bomb (commonly known as ‘Doodlebugs’) landed in a field at Little Tooting Farm, Hubberton, Sowerby. Extensive blast damage made the farmhouse uninhabitable for some time and broke windows a mile away. The farmhouse occupants received cuts from broken glass.
The photograph shows the Auxiliary Fire Service team, which attended the incident, along with the police and ambulance service.
Dates & times
This exhibition runs from until .
Admission
Free entry