When the US military tried segregating the pubs in Bamber Bridge in 1943, the local Englishmen instead decided to hang up “Black soldiers only” signs on all pubs as protest

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Battle of Bamber Bridge During the Second World War, Bamber Bridge hosted American servicemen from the 1511th Quartermaster Truck regiment, part of the Eighth Air Force. Their base, Air Force Station 569 (nicknamed “Adam Hall”), was situated on Mounsey Road, part of which still exists now as home to 2376 (Bamber Bridge) Squadron of the […]

When the US military tried segregating the pubs in Bamber Bridge in 1943, the local Englishmen instead decided to hang up “Black soldiers only” signs on all pubs as protest Read More »