J.C.H.

I believe it was a Methodist church. It was never rebuilt but the site became a store for butchers bones for Dewhursts and after that a repair garage. I don't know what it is now. The bombers were aiming for the railway which was at the bottom of Valley Road.I remember the 2 nights as if they were yesterday.!!

The Cockers mentioned killed in Valley Road and buried in Derbyshire Lane Cemetery. They were in the Anderson Shelter next to the Church. The church cellar was used as the Air Raid Wardens Post. A bomb hit the steeple of the church demolishing it but exploded on the Anderson shelter killing all inside. I know this because my Father was the chief Warden in this post and he was brought home on a door in the early hours after being dug out. He had an injury to his leg .We were given bandages and after bathing it and bandaging him up he went back to his job. No one else was injured in the post.