At 4.35am on 30 August 1940 a bomber flew past & released two HEs which hit Pilgrim & Hilda Streets. There were eleven people in a fish shop cellar of whom nine died including six children. ARPs survey the damage.
Date (of image) : 0/8/1940
Donor : Hartlepool Museum Service
Location
A selection of images and documents relating to the 'Home Front', during the Second World War.
More detail »Former street which ran west from Mainsforth Terrace to a junction with Whitby Street South. It was demolished 1958/9.
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