- Contributed by
- Balshaws
- People in story:
- William Newton, Alec Newton
- Location of story:
- Leyland, Lancashire
- Background to story:
- Civilian
- Article ID:
- A4380789
- Contributed on:
- 06 July 2005
During the war I (Bill Newton) was a pupil at Balshaw's Grammar school Leyland. We were trained to be plane spotters for the ARP. One Sunday afternoon my Dad (Alec)and I were in the garden and I said that is a German plane, he laughed and said don't be silly. Suddenly anti-aircraft fire opened up. The German plane veered away from it's assumed target of Leyland Motors and discarded bombs over Lostock Hall. Tragically, one fell on the table of a family as they were eating their afternoon meal, and they were all killed.
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