Remembrance day commemorations in Yate
YATE Town Council, St Mary’s Church and the Royal British Legion joined together on Remembrance Sunday to remember those who have lost their lives…
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Service held to commemorate 80th anniversary of Parnall bombings in Yate
A small group gathered to commemorate the Parnall bombings Today marks the 80th anniversary of the second of two German raids on a factory in Yate during World War Two. 55 men and women lost their lives with 170 others injured at Parnall Aircraft on Station Road when two bombs were dropped on the landmark factory across two raids in 1941. German pilots spotted the factory by chance and the first bombing took place on February 27, with 51 people dying. Just one week later, the Germans attacked again, targetting the factory and killing four more innocent civilians. In 1950, a permanen...
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