Perhaps you mean "blithe" which means gay, happy or cheerful
Walter Blith was born in 1605.
Walter Blith has written: 'The English improver improved, or, The svrvey of hvsbandry svrveyed' -- subject(s): Agriculture, Early works to 1800 'The English improver; or, A new survey of husbandry...' -- subject(s): Agriculture, Early works to 1800
Walter Beall died on January 28, 1959 at the age of 59.
"Shalimar" (1980) "A Time to Die" (1982) "The Kingfisher" (1983). Made for television. "Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna" (1986). Made for television.
No - Blithfield was always intended as a drinking water reservoir, and was planned before 1939. It was formed by building a dam to block the river Blith. Its history is here: http://www.blithfieldeducationcentre.co.uk/reservoir.htm You may be thinking of the explosion at RAF Fauld in 1944, when an underground munitions dump exploded with the loss of about 75 lives: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Fauld_Explosion