[jamesicus]

During Whitsuntide 1941, a three day holiday that encompassed Sunday 1 June through Tuesday 3 June in that year, the Manchester region underwent its second heaviest air raid of the war. Salford and Stretford suffered heavy destruction -- fourteen nurses were killed when the Salford Royal Hospital sustained a direct hit.

Trafford Park sustained HE bomb direct hits -- Manchester United's stands and grounds were severely damaged and the team had to use Manchester City's grounds until the end of the war. LCC stands and grounds were also severely damaged -- including a huge crater next to the test cricket pitch.