- Contributed by
- R_Reed
- People in story:
- Roy Reed
- Location of story:
- Quarry Hill, Grays, Essex
- Background to story:
- Civilian
- Article ID:
- A8853924
- Contributed on:
- 26 January 2006
During the war a bomb hit the Ritz Cinema. It was on fire and we watched when a V2 came over — we were sitting on a roof. The next night the man was rewiring film in the projection room when a bomb hit Quarry Hill — the blast knocked him round the room. All the films fell on top of him. A man was walking up the stairs and was blown over. After all of this they just put the film back on again! There was a lot of local damage and injury.
I remember incendiary bombs along Orsett Road one night when we were going home. We helped a local lawyer clear papers and salvage as their office was on fire. We were given 10 shillings for helping!
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