I have had a chat with young Jimmy and he is a wealth of information. One engine went 10 feet down and with his father and the horses they dragged it out to the waiting RAF low loader on the railway bridge to Black Bridge road. It was very close to the old Brotherwick Quarry near the river.
The bomb craters were two of nine bombs dropped in a line, the final one ending up in the Grange Rest home garden as a UXB on Watershaugh road.
They were trying to hit a coal train which due to the gale force winds at the time had lost its tarpauline which was hiding the coal fire.
He also identified where a bomb fell on the road next to Hermitage farm which was aimed at the search light on the top of the hill nearby. This is mentioned in North east war diairies - N299 Warkworth
Last edited by hollydog; 22-06-2013 at 09:06 PM.
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