Event    From 10/5/1941  To 11/5/1941

Old Bailey WW2 bomb

Categories: Property

A bomb landed on the Old Bailey on 10/11 May 1941 destroying the north-west corner. The mural shows the damaged building, which is also recorded in this photograph held by the Science Museum Group Collection © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum.

It's interesting to compare the two images. Moira, the artist, has show the Old Bailey's damage to be even worse than it was. And he's shown St Pauls in the background, correctly positioned, but we doubt it would have been possible to see it from the viewpoint of a person standing at street level.

Despite this damage administration of justice within the Old Bailey continued. The restored north-west corner was opened on the 14th October 1952.

Harry Dart and Harold Sheehy were members of staff who lost their lives in this bomb attack.

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