STAINER STREET.

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STAINER STREET.

Postby kiwi » Mon Aug 06, 2018 11:33 am

Jim Smith, who emigrated to Australia, is fourth from the right bottom row, he served as a radio operator during WW2. Many of the men went into the army shortly after this photograph was taken.
Stainer Street, Bermondsey, Workers from B.M.& J. Strauss Wine Sellars c 1940..jpg
Stainer Street, Bermondsey, Workers from B.M.& J. Strauss Wine Sellars c 1940.
Stainer Street bombing, the arch was destroyed in a raid on 17 February 1941 and more than 60 people were killed..png
Aftermath of the Stainer Street bombing, the arch was destroyed. Railway arches were a popular place of shelter but were more dangerous than they appeared to be. This picture shows rescuers searching the rubble at the railway arch at Stainer Street near London Bridge. The arch was destroyed in a raid on 17 February 1941 and 68 people were killed.

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Stainer Street 2017
Stainer Street Blue Plaque 2017.jpg
Stainer Street Blue Plaque
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kiwi
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Re: STAINER STREET.

Postby kiwi » Tue Jul 06, 2021 4:49 am

Most of us know or have heard of the Stainer Street bombing above in WW2, and like me have looked at this sad and terrible picture many times. Having posted both these pictures and unbeknown to me then was that the gentleman in the middle under the bombed arch was the same Jim Smith who is in the first picture above. After this Jim went on to fight in Europe, India, Burma & Sumatra, another brave man (Soldier) who deserves our respect.
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Stainer Street, Jim Smith on his wedding day, January 13, 1945. X..png
Jim Smith on his wedding day, January 13, 1945.
This is the poem that Jim wrote.
The memories of my fallen mates,
Whose lives could not be saved,
And the guilty feelings that I had,
When I returned unscathed,
No one will know the anguish,
That I will always bear,
Or the many hidden tears I’ve shed,
For the mates I left back there!!
Jim Smith (C) 1949

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Re: STAINER STREET.

Postby kiwi » Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:54 am

Stainer Street (formerly Dean Street) 2021, looking towards Tooley Street.
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Stainer (formerly Dean) Street, looking towards Tooley Street.   c2020.  X..jpg


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