Incredible lucky escape revealed of worker as bombs rained down on Sheffield's Marples pub during Blitz 80 years ago
Submitting... Rescue work at Marples Hotel after the Blitz "If she had stayed at work for her normal hours, she would have taken refuge in the shelter at Marples Hotel, which during the Sheffield Blitz took a direct hit and was completely demolished. The Marples took a direct hit at 11.44pm. The bomb probably plunged through the upper floors of the building, only detonating on floor-level impact right above the cellars. Mable, who died four years ago recalled standing in his back garden and watching the bombs fall over the city, was unable to get home and had to stay at her brothers for two d...
Source: thestar.co.uk