May I add a comment? SANFL Juniors > Under 14 Division 2 South > Brighton Districts & Old Scholars > Brighton Bombers U14 Back to League Select Team Brighton Bombers U14 Colonel Light Gardens U14 Edwardstown U14 Flinders Park U14 Mitcham U14 Plympton JFC U14 SMOSH West Lakes U14 Unley JFC U14 Photos and articles about Brighton and Hove in the time of coronavirus. The first bomb (order could be reversed) fell at the junction of the small side street behind the Queen’s Hotel and East Street. http://www.culture24.org.uk/places+to+go/south+east/brighton+%26+hove/art29725, Privacy Statement - opens in a new window, Kathleen Phillips - evacuated to Brighton, The night Hitler missed the Royal Pavilion. The official page of the Brighton Districts and Old Scholars Football Club - the Brighton Bombers. The official website of the Australian Football League. David, the large water tank you mention above 5/12/07, was built into the deep crater left by the bomb that hit the western lawns of the Pavilion, I have a photo of it. Kings Road The 1946 map of the Brighton bombsites clearly shows the 5 bombs. Bitumen felt was placed over the windows and mittens were the order of the day so that the draftsmen could continue their important work during the cold winter month of December. (The street is actually called Kings Road as the Kings Road proper splits just by Doctor Brighton’s Public House. This is a facinating account of the raid that nearly accounted for the Pavilion. Geoff can’t remember how much damage was done in this densely packed area, but it was probably significant. Brighton U10(2020 U10 CRIPPS STJFL Junior) Fixture Results Ladder. © SportsTG. *, The award-winning people’s history of our city, Photo of Hanningtons after the bombing in 1940, From the private collection of Peter Groves, Photo of Lloyds Bank in 2005 where Geoff did his firewatching in 1940, Photo of Geoff in the Dyke Road Park Rose Garden, February 1943, Photo of Geoff in the Dyke Road Park Rose Garden, October 2005, over 60 years later. Is this the reason the site was derelict for decades? I was still working there on VE Day and if you read my account of that day you will see that the staff were allowed to go over to East Street to hear Mr Churchill’s speech. Southern Tasmanian Junior Football League. He was posted to CRE Scottish Command and then to DCRE at Dumbarton. The Gas Showroom, although now disused, was more recently home to the Music Library. Most badly damaged was the Lyon and Hall music shop, which was located on the junction of Kings Road and East Street, opposite The Savoy cinema. In 1994, BDOS joined the Southern Football League in the junior … It would, I am sure, be of interest to visitors to the site to be able to see the 1946 map ‘where the bombs fell’ in its entirety on the site. Ticket to Play available for the 2020 season. Damage in Kings Road and the south end of East Street was severe. The shock waves of the explosion were absorbed below ground level, limiting damage to both the Pavilion and the Dome, but a deep crater was left in the soft mud between the 2 historic buildings. Welcome to the 2020 Season at Brighton Junior Football Clubmore. Also known as the Brighton Bombers, BDOS competed in the South Australian Amateur Football League. The Lloyds building My father-in-law, Geoff Green, recalled the incident of that evening when Central Brighton suffered grave damage caused by 5 German bombs. In 1994 BDOS joined the Southern Football League in the junior grades, and were followed by the senior teams from the SAAFL in 1997. This is a fascinating story and one that I would love to hear more about. Brighton Districts and Old Scholars Football Club (BDOS) affectionately known as The Brighton Bombers has been in existence for 135 years. Training is planned to commence from Friday 14th August at 4.30pm with a short meeting before training outside the canteen. My information will not be shared with any third party (see our Privacy Statement - opens in a new window). The ground floor was the Lloyds Brighton Headquarters. Brighton U11 Blue(2020 U11 CRIPPS STJFL Junior) Fixture Results Ladder. German planes raided Brighton on several occassions causing 96 civillian fatalities and many injured. This area is now home to the new Jubilee Library. Required fields are marked *, I consent to my name and e-mail address being stored along with this comment, and to the website editors communicating with me by e-mail about the comment if necessary. Luckily, due to the very soft earth caused by autumn rain, the bomb buried itself deep in the soft ground before detonating. The Pavilion and the Dome The third bomb fell in the Royal Pavilion Gardens, between the Pavilion and the Dome. Although the broadcast is probably correct, whether this was really Hitler’s intention is unlikely. I’m pretty sure that the first bombs to be dropped on Brighton were in the Kemp Town area, very early in the morning, 15th July 1940! Geoff was unaware of it on the evening in question as he was not on rooftop fire watch, however it was big news the following morning when he arrived for work! The Lloyds Bank where you did your firewatching was where I started work after leaving school in 1944.