The Appalling Influx From the Slums
After the Easter Tuesday Blitz around 40,000 people in Belfast had to be put up in rest centres. Around 70,000 had to be given meals every day in emergency feeding centres.
After the Easter Tuesday Belfast Blitz around 40,000 people in Belfast had to be put up in rest centres. Around 70,000 had to be given meals every day in emergency feeding centres.
There was also a mass migration of terrified families to towns and villages in the surrounding countryside. Many were residents of Belfast鈥檚 closely packed terraced housing, slum dwellers who had endured decades of neglect. An eyewitness was shocked by: 鈥淭he incredible dirt of the people, of children crawling with lice, not even house-trained.鈥�
The official response to the disaster was far from satisfactory. One directive called for police marksmen to: 鈥淒estroy all dangerous animals at the zoo.鈥�
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The remarkable story of how Sheila the baby elephant was kept safe during the Blitz.
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- Sun 30 Oct 2016 23:25麻豆社 Two Northern Ireland
The Blitz: Bombs over Belfast
A city firebombed, flattened and forsaken.
