oldrowley Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 My family was fortunate enough to have a small car in the early post-WW2 years and petrol coupons permitting, we would sometimes drive out to the Peak District. I have very misty recollections as a small boy, of stockpiles of shells and bombs on the roadsides around remote villages which could have been the likes of Flagg and Flash I suppose. Does anybody else remember seeing this sort of thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecee Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Originally posted by oldrowley My family was fortunate enough to have a small car in the early post-WW2 years and petrol coupons permitting, we would sometimes drive out to the Peak District. I have very misty recollections as a small boy, of stockpiles of shells and bombs on the roadsides around remote villages which could have been the likes of Flagg and Flash I suppose. Does anybody else remember seeing this sort of thing? hiya oldrowley, sorry to ask ,but what is "Flagg and Flash" I've never heard of this before deecee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrowley Posted September 5, 2005 Author Share Posted September 5, 2005 Hi deecee Flash and Flagg are two small villages which used to be pretty remote. Flash is off the Buxton to Leek road near Axe Edge and Flagg is near Monyash. It is in such areas that I think I remember seeing the stockpiles on the road sides. Crates of shells and stacks of bombs in the middle of nowhere. A highly effective area for such an activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecee Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Hiya oldrowley, thanks for the enlightenment, my parents took us all over the place back then. My father had a motorcycle and side-car ,I often rode on the pillion seat, it was a lot of fun in those days-there being not as much traffic. We used to go into Derbyshire but I cannot remember these places, and certainly don't remember ever seeing any shells or bombs. probably the old grey matter playing up lol deecee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 yes, they did store munitions on those roadsides in the late forties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Womersle Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 There was also a store beside the Crown Inn on the Grenoside to Birdwell Road. It was there for ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falls Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Hi, Can't remember too much about munition storage in the Peak District. How were they stored - out in the open or under cover? You might remember the dual carriageway section of the A64 (York-Malton) road had munitions storage in the central median. These were stored in curved steel shelters (nissen huts without the ends) with just a piece of tarp over the entrances. After a while, when the tarps became ragged, you could see the shells stacked in side. By the end of the war, most seemedto be rusty, and probably useless. Slightly off-topic. Does anyone remember the US Army Air Force unloading bombs from trains at Wortley(?) station. I don't know where they stored them. I seem to remember that the US camp was at Scout Dyke, on the opposite side of the (A629) road to the reservoir. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Womersle Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Hi, Can't remember too much about munition storage in the Peak District. How were they stored - out in the open or under cover? You might remember the dual carriageway section of the A64 (York-Malton) road had munitions storage in the central median. These were stored in curved steel shelters (nissen huts without the ends) with just a piece of tarp over the entrances. After a while, when the tarps became ragged, you could see the shells stacked in side. By the end of the war, most seemedto be rusty, and probably useless. Slightly off-topic. Does anyone remember the US Army Air Force unloading bombs from trains at Workley(?) station. I don't know where they stored them. I seem to remember that the US camp was at Scout Dyke, on the opposite side of the (A629) road to the reservoir. Regards Hi. If it is Wortley, Sheffield you mean, then it is most likely they were where I said earlier on. By The Crown Inn on the Grenoside to Birdwell road. Wortley is but three miles away from The Crown Inn. The bombs were stacked in the open for all to see. No doubt they were harmless but they were there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falls Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Hi. If it is Wortley, Sheffield you mean, then it is most likely they were where I said earlier on. By The Crown Inn on the Grenoside to Birdwell road. Wortley is but three miles away from The Crown Inn. The bombs were stacked in the open for all to see. No doubt they were harmless but they were there. Hi, I only saw the US in operation at Wortley station once, and then only for a very few minutes. I knew the bombs weren't at Scout Dyke but I had no idea where they were stored Part of the folk law of the district, so I'm told, is that the guys driving the trucks used to come hurtling down the country lanes around Wortley, with bombs aboard, and scare the heck out of the locals. I'm sure the bombs didn't have fuses but I assume the locals didn't know that. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterw Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 There were bomb stacks all over Yorkshire, Derbyshire and other counties, usually on what were then the remote roads and almost always hidden from the air by roadside trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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