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Downhills air raid shelter attack

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The shelter which contained about 300 people, suffered a direct hit at about 10.30 pm on 19 September 1940. More than 100 people were injured in the attack. 42 people were killed:14 men, 24 women and 4 children below the aged of 6.  Tottenham Hotspur’s football ground was used as a temporary morgue.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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