This way, he said, if the house was bombed during the night, "either me or my music would survive."
As a boy he was bombed out of his home three times during the Blitz.
It must, however, be the only case in which bricks were used to bomb the enemy during the war.
The factories and surrounding living areas were bombed several times during the war.
The possessions that had been stored in London were bombed during the war.
On November 27, 1992, the airport was bombed during a coup attempt.
It was bombed several times during the Troubles but has now been restored to its former glory.
Inspectors say only 6 to 12 of these were operational when the allies bombed the plant during the gulf war.
It was bombed by coalition aircraft during the 2011 Libyan civil war.
The club was bombed during the Blitz, in 1941, and never wholly recovered.