Bearing the scars
Introduction
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Bearing the scars
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 8 Apr 2011
A workshop now occupies a building on James Street West, Bath, but it's clearly visible what story it tells. The pock-marked walls and partial rebuilt structures convey how badly the effects of the bombing were in the raids of April, 1942. Large parts of this area of the city were badly hit, and much had to be demolished afterwards. Despite the postwar difficulties of manpower, materials and funds, it was often the case that damaged houses and buildings were simply patched up, leaving the scars.
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