Published Date:
23 May 2009
By Staff Copy
I WAS born and brought up at the Turks Head in Eastborough in Scarborough. My family had the pub for many years and I remember a sea mine exploding on the beach in July 1940 during the Second World War.
Why? Because I was there. It was on the beach where Billy Hart's swings and roundabouts would have been and was being attended to by a Royal Navy mine disposal team of three – one officer and two ratings who, I guess, were making it safe. They had a fire and were burning out the wadding but they must have missed a detonator in it and up it went. It blew me off my feet. I remember Louis Archer, he was killed.
Also a policeman on the beach I think had a foot blown off.
There were several lads there, all who attended Friarage School like myself. I remember two brothers Ronnie and Denis Blogg and I was with a lad called Ronnie Heritage who later in life worked at the brewery on King Street. it's a long time ago but I remember it well. I would be 11 years old at the time.
After it blew up I ran home as fast as I could. My father played hell with me for being anywhere near it.
JE Grey
Grimston Road
Hunmanby
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Last Updated:
22 May 2009 9:27 AM
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Source:
Filey & Hunmanby Mercury
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Location:
Filey & Hunmanby
