Bowes, Bounds and Bombs – Brownlow Road during WWII

by Richard Matz

Nov 1, 2021

The WWII bomb at Bounds Green which caused the death of 19 civilians in the underground station on 13 October 1940 has been well covered on this and other local websites. However, Brownlow Road suffered heavily from further bomb damage throughout the war. In the then and now photos above (published by Gary Boudier in the Enfield Past & Present in Photos FB page), the blast appears to be caused by conventional high explosives, and it’s likely that this happened during the Blitz of 1940-1.

 

The article below details the even more devastating impact and casualties of a V2 rocket hit on 14th December 1944, further along down on the opposite side the road towards the A406 (where the Synagogue is now). Typically a V2 blast left a massive crater about 30m wide and 8m deep, and they traveled at a supersonic speed that gave no indication of their imminent arrival. Lest we forget...

 

Missile Strike - Brownlow Road

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    Colin Younger

    Would there be an issue if I copied parts of this to post on to the Friends of Broomfield Park website in connection with Remembrance Service on 11 November? 

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    Nov 8, 2021

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      Michael Downey

      Hi,Do you remember what the name of Patels Chemist on the corner of Brownlow Road and the North Circular/Bowes Road when this happened.

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      Nov 16, 2021

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        Roger Haynes

        That is amazing. We lived in Queens Road (I was born 1946 and lived there until 1958) and our little garden backed onto what may have been these flats. I had no knowledge of these being flattened. They must have built the flats very quickly after the war. Maybe these were not the same flats. The ones I knew were just below the shops which are opposite Bounds Green Underground Station???? Roger

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        Dec 2, 2021