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  • breezy up on top

  • Thanks, I knew there was one up there somewhere, I was told that there are also a couple of bomb craters on Kilner Bank as well, narrowly missing the old ICI plant.

  • I think this was the site of a WW2 prisoner of war camp, housing German & Italian prisoners of war.

  • @bugadif no it is not, during ww2 german & itialian POWs did municipal cleaning - this was the primary AA battery for Huddersfield - while it was of fair importance only 3 bombs landed on Hudds - but curiously the last V2 struck nearby Emley...The Luftwaffe used Blackmoorfoot res. as a forming-up landmark - that is within range of the heavy guns that were stationed here - grade 2 listed btw

  • @bugadif @bugadif no it is not, during ww2 german & itialian POWs did municipal cleaning - this was the primary AA battery for Huddersfield - while it was of fair importance only 3 bombs landed on Hudds - but curiously the last V2 struck nearby Emley...The Luftwaffe used Blackmoorfoot res. as a forming-up landmark - that is within range of the heavy guns that were stationed here - grade 2 listed btw

  • @bugadif @bugadif no it is not, during ww2 german & itialian POWs did municipal cleaning - this was the primary AA battery for Huddersfield - while it was of fair importance only 3 bombs landed on Hudds - but curiously the last V2 struck nearby Emley...The Luftwaffe used Blackmoorfoot res. as a forming-up landmark - that is within range of the heavy guns that were stationed here - grade 2 listed btw

  • @bugadif @bugadif no it is not, during ww2 german & itialian POWs did municipal cleaning - this was the primary AA battery for Huddersfield - while it was of fair importance only 3 bombs landed on Hudds - but curiously the last V2 struck nearby Emley...The Luftwaffe used Blackmoorfoot res. as a forming-up landmark - that is within range of the heavy guns that were stationed here - grade 2 listed btw

  • @bugadif Damside the weir ASPLEY was one 1000lb bomb - did not explode - records indicate the black prince as the nearest landmark the the kilner bank bomb UXB mind u it was not so long ago they dug up munitions in a broadly similar location

  • looks like it was a big site im going to see what i can fid out about it too ';-)

    nice vid of the site';-)

  • I thought that this place housed dummy guns to convince the nazis we had defence up north.

  • apparently not, Blackmoorfoot res. was the forming-up point for raids on the North. If they had been dummy guns there would be no need for extensive rails & command posts

  • No badger hatred pls...

  • not yet...

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