Dean Road bomb damage

Dean Road bomb damage

Image Details

Title Dean Road bomb damage
Reference Number STH0001535
Photographer Amy Celia Flagg
Town or Village South Shields
Date
Original Format Black and white photograph.
Period c 1940s
Copyright South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information The Regent Cinema and garage after the raid on 24 May 1943. Four 500 kilogram bombs fell on this area causing extensive damage. These were percussion bombs which exploded before penetrating the surface. There were no craters but the damage they caused was extensive.