Trekking out to sleep in a Piggery

18th July 1941: People cannot avoid the bombs in Hull - the most bombed city outside London - so take desperate measures to sleep safely

Hull was regularly bombed, partly because of its east coast location and partly because of its importance as a port and shipbuilding centre. Smouldering grain cascades slide into the river at Hull after the raid on the night of 7/9 May 1941.

The Blitz may have been temporarily over for Londoners, but intermittent raids continued around Britain. Hull was …