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Spot map of bombs dropped on the Tottenham Green
Ward, October 1940 – June 1941, with a scene from an
underground air raid shelter in Tottenham. One
parachute mine demolished several streets.

Some air raid shelters could not withstand the blitz - in
the Tottenham area of Downhills more than 40
civilians died as the result of a direct hit on a shelter.
Tottenham children were evacuated to the country, and
barrage balloons appeared above the district. It would
not have been surprising if such things inspired thought
of world’s end. As it turned out, both Richard Suter
and 10 Highweek Road survived the war, and outlived
its end by many years, whatever the psychological

impact of the blitz.

In my previous article on Suter’s work (see Micscape,
June 2010) I guessed that Highweek Road may have
been bombed: but it was completely spared, and still
intact in the early 1970s: the picture below shows it just
before demolition in preparation for re-development.

The Suter House at number 10 is towards the left end

of the terrace row shown above.

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