..another thing which has come up in relation to Somerton, and its war memorials, as well as this memorial, of Portland stone, and its records of soldiers from the village,
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp17 ... samtkl.jpg
there is also a small memorial garden on the former site of this:-
(having a bit difficulty with links but if you go to britainfromabove and search Somerton, there are some excellent aerial photos from the 1930's of the Cow and Gate Factory)
That is the Cow and Gate milk factory, and on September 29th 1942 at around 8.20 a.m, it was destroyed in an air raid. With only the distinctive chimney left standing. This remained until the early 1960's.
There are many accounts of the event, with some giving full details of the local people who lost their lives in the raid. Most accounts suggest it was a single aircraft, and four bombs.
Regards Neil
ps.....
.....maybe its just my machinery but a simple link to
http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/about-project comes up with an unsecure connection message. The project itself set out to
The Britain from Above project
Britain from Above was a four year project aimed at conserving 95,000 of the oldest and most valuable photographs in the Aerofilms collection, those dating from 1919 to 1953. Once conserved, the images were scanned into digital format and made available on this website for the public to see. This project was made possible due to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and support from The Foyle Foundation and other donors. There are now over 95,000 images on the website. The website provides the opportunity to share and record your memories and knowledge about the places shown in the collection.
Very much a public domain resource but neither Firefox nor Edge on my machine like the link, and come up with that unsecure connection message.