Mr Henderson lost his grandfather and grandmother: James Henderson MN 83 and Phyllis Henderson MN 91. For some reason his family did not go to Wilkinson's that night as they usually did. He recalls possibly being at the Boro cinema instead to watch Laurel and Hardy. When air raids were on the manager would come on to the stage and clear the house. Mr Henderson was later injured at home when a bomb fell on Addinson Street in the west end of the town.