Kingston, Park Road - V2 rockets on London and surrounding counties (sitios de interés)
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Based on reader comment, with map.
Reader account from Barbara Morgan (nee Clements): "We lived at 1,New Road Kingston when the v2 rocket fell in the garden which backed onto our house.My mother was washing clothes in the scullery sink and I remember she told me to go and lay in front of the fire because it was cold. I was 4 yrs old. My Mum found herself at the bottom of a large crater with bad facial injuries caused by flying glass. I was blown under the lead range which saved my life as the house collapsed on top of me.A friend had just left our house and she told the fireman that I was trapped in there. I can't remember how long I was trapped - just trying to push the lead grange off me.My mother and I were reunited several hours later at Guildford Hospital where we spent many days being treated. My only injury was 1st degree burns to my elbow whereas Mum had very bad scarring on her face and arm "
Comment from reader Michael Muzzafar Clarke: "I was born in Kingston upon Thames near the junction of Kings Road and Park Road. There is a large open space on the corner where V2 fell at 2.35pm on 23rd January 1945. over 2000 homes were damaged."
Reader account from Barbara Morgan (nee Clements): "We lived at 1,New Road Kingston when the v2 rocket fell in the garden which backed onto our house.My mother was washing clothes in the scullery sink and I remember she told me to go and lay in front of the fire because it was cold. I was 4 yrs old. My Mum found herself at the bottom of a large crater with bad facial injuries caused by flying glass. I was blown under the lead range which saved my life as the house collapsed on top of me.A friend had just left our house and she told the fireman that I was trapped in there. I can't remember how long I was trapped - just trying to push the lead grange off me.My mother and I were reunited several hours later at Guildford Hospital where we spent many days being treated. My only injury was 1st degree burns to my elbow whereas Mum had very bad scarring on her face and arm "
Comment from reader Michael Muzzafar Clarke: "I was born in Kingston upon Thames near the junction of Kings Road and Park Road. There is a large open space on the corner where V2 fell at 2.35pm on 23rd January 1945. over 2000 homes were damaged."