Before Argonner Barracks were built in 1937-38: open countryside, few houses.
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It was almost as rural as the site of Dannevoux Barracks, later Newcastle and later from 1960, Windsor Girls´ School.
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Dannevoux Barracks. Built 1936/37.
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Dannevoux Barracks, Artillery Regiment.
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22 April 1944, the largest air raid over Hamm. A Flying Fortress seen over Hamm. The future WBS clearly seen, peer closely for WGS. Both barracks escaped serious damage with the central section of one block at Argonner /Windsor School being hit: see the “bombed block” photos of the 1950s.
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July 1983. The school closes. A souvenir badge.
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