20th March 1941, Leeds. Where?

Si · Post by Si » Fri 01 Jun, 2012 11:41 am

Caron wrote: Dewsbury Rd area ? Woodhouse Moor ? Otley Chevin ? (I'm not just guessing. I am reading where the gun sites were located). It does have a look of Otley Chevin to me. Strangely, for an anti-aircraft gun, it seems to have limited elevation, due to the armoured shield (a bit superfluous on a long-range anti-aircraft gun IMO.) The 40mm Bofors (like most AA guns) had an elevation of +90degrees (straight up) to -4degrees (for extremely low-level aircraft.)

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Fri 01 Jun, 2012 12:30 pm

chameleon wrote: Phill_dvsn wrote: Across Soldiers field?http://goo.gl/maps/1arnThe big house being on Old Park Road?It would make sense having ack ack guns there with the Blackburn factory producing air craft nearby on Roundhay Road. There is an old placement at he corner of the allotments LidgetPark Rd/ the 'no road' across Soldier's Field Phill Thanks for the confirmation Chameleon, I thought there might have been a gun stationed there. If it is Soldiers field, and the gun is where the allotments are, the big house would be on West Avenue/Park Avenue, certainly there are enough big houses around there.The fence seen on the 1941 photo certainly matches the fence where the gun was.http://goo.gl/maps/lgBHThe big house?http://goo.gl/maps/NT3y

Post by **chameleon** » Fri 01 Jun, 2012 3:03 pm

[quotenick="Phill_dvsn"] chameleon wrote: Phill_dvsn wrote: Across Soldiers field?The big house being on Old Park Road?It would make sense having ack ack guns there with the Blackburn factory producing air craft nearby on Roundhay Road. There is an old placement at he corner of the allotments LidgetPark Rd/ the 'no road' across Soldier's Field Phill Thanks for the confirmation Chameleon, I thought there might have been a gun stationed there. If it is Soldiers field, and the gun is where the allotments are, the big house would be on West Avenue/Park Avenue, certainly there are enough big houses around there.The fence seen on the 1941 photo certainly matches the fence where the gun was.The big house?It's a little further over than your streetview image Phill and quite descrete.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Fri 01 Jun, 2012 5:02 pm

Wouldn't there be some tram poles/overhead wires in between and the house doesn't look quite right to me.

Enquirer · Post by **Enquirer** » Sun 03 Jun, 2012 3:12 pm

I wonder if the house behind is Beechwood, off Elmete Lane (one of the homes of the Lupton family, ancestors of Prince William's wife, ther former Kate Middleton).My father was part of the battery on Wellington Hill in the early part of WWII, and one of the few houses he could see belonged to his in-laws.