Bridlington at Low Tide Prior to 1925. And a New Aviation Record.

            The Postcard

A postcard that was photographed and published by J. Salmon of Sevenoaks. The image is a glossy real photograph. The card was posted in Bridlington using a 1d. stamp on Monday the 31st. August 1925. It was sent to:

Miss Edith Prior,
1, Hillary Street,
Lodge Street,
Leeds.

The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:

"c/o Mrs. Stubbs,
Cuthbert House,
Princess Street,
Bridlington.
Dear Di,
Lovely weather up to
present, with equally
as many people as 
you can see on the
picture.
Arrived safe at 11.5 am,
and are living in hopes
that it will be keeping
nice as it is at present.
Love to all,
Young Jack."

Hillary Street

One of the deadliest incidents of WWII in Leeds occurred on Hillary Street in Little Woodhouse. The street has since been demolished to make way for the Leeds inner ring road. 

On the night of the 14th. March 1945, at least one high explosive bomb caused extensive damage to a row of large back-to-back houses on the east side of the street. 

The bomb lodged in a shared chimney stack which exploded and ricocheted into the terrace. The initial impact blew out the cast iron cooking range at number 63, causing a fire in the cellar kitchen.

The house was home to the Ure family. Three sisters, Patricia (aged 21), Madeline (aged 18) and Mary (aged 6), had been in the kitchen when the bomb fell. They had not gone to the shelter because Mary was recovering from measles. 

The force of the blast threw the three sisters from their chairs and jammed the door which led to the staircase. Thankfully, they were rescued from the smoke by their father, William, a printer who was on firewatch duty in the area.

Worse damage was caused two doors down the terrace. Civil Defence records show that six people were killed and a further two people required medical treatment. The dead were Kate Ingle, Beatrice Mitchell and Constance Mitchell from number 71, Theresa Ross and Rose Ross from the adjoining number 73 and Clive Rose from number 67.

Despite the terrifying incident, the Ure family stayed on in Hillary Street, moving into a house at the north end of the row and remaining there until the 1960's. The bomb site remained undeveloped until the street was cleared.

The Bombardment of Ajdir

So what else happened on the day that Jack posted the card?

Well, on the 31st. August 1925, French and Spanish planes and warships conducted a massive bombardment of the Rif Republic capital of Ajdir.

The Dawes Plan

Also on that day, it was announced that Germany had met all its due payments under the first year of the Dawes Plan, which had commenced on the 1st. September 1924.

A New Aviation Record

Also on the 31st. August 1925, a pair of PN-9 seaplanes under the direction of aviator John Rodgers took off from San Pablo, California, attempting to be the first to fly from California to Hawaii and to set a new record for a non-stop flight by a seaplane. 

One of the planes was forced down early, but Rodgers' plane continued on into the night.
   

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