Page #2 “Mystery Blast in Soho”...V2?
Supposedly not used until Sept. 44.
People thought it might be a German secret weapon, but the article goes on to say it was probably a faulty gas main.
It's interesting, and even comforting, to read newspapers from WWII-Gives us some perspective on our current troubles.
I.e.-I was visiting my mom the other day, and she was depressed about the direction we are headed in. She said she did not think she would have to worry about losing the country, and that it had never been so bad for our nation.
But then I asked her-"What about WWII?". I said no one who lived through it knew at the time, that it was going to turn out OK. She agreed, and felt a bit better.
Just a side note: I asked her if she remembered anything from that time period, (she was a small child then). She said she vaguely recalls getting into trouble, because during air raid drills, she kept leaving the hiding area, and turning the lights back on in the house. She said she hated having to sit in the dark until they were over. She also recalls going with my great grandmother, to collect things for the various "drives" they had.(Like the "fat points" mentioned in this newspaper.) She remembers ration books too.
You can tell how intense the times were by reading the papers from back then. Thanks for posting them Homer J Simpson.