Temple Street and South Eldon Street Bomb Damage

Temple Street and South Eldon Street Bomb Damage

Image Details

Title Temple Street and South Eldon Street Bomb Damage
Reference Number STH0000208
Photographer Amy Celia Flagg
Town or Village South Shields
Date 02 October 1941
Original Format Black and White Photograph
Period c1940s
Copyright South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information At 21.40, a bomb just missed the railway bridge at the junction of South Eldon Street and Temple Street. A crater 70 feet in diameter was made in the road and the buttresses of the bridge were damaged. There were no casualties.