Queen Mother revisits school hit by German bomb fifty years ago

Title

Queen Mother revisits school hit by German bomb fifty years ago

Genre

Interview

TX Date

1 Aug 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:01:47

Description

David Piper talks to Bill Bartley, a local, who gives an account of the scenes and royal visit to South Hallsville School in Newham, in London’s East End, 50 years ago, which the Queen Mother is due to visit later today to commemorate the anniversary of its being struck by a German bomb and her visit at the time.

Contributors

David Piper; Bill Bartley

Keywords

London; Royal visits; Schools; Royal family; Second World War (1939-1945); Royalty; Aerial bombardment; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Reminiscence; Bombs; Rescue work; Anniversaries; Newham; South Hallsville School

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