Glasgow and Argyll

A taste of Salt

Dads annotations end here, however he had recorded that the “Strathmore” sailed from Freetown...

A Schoolboy's War: Near Glasgow

During the late 1930s, Auchinairn and Bishopbriggs were two small villages about one and a half miles from...

To and at Gibralter 42/43

This story records some of my recollections during WW2 I was at HMS Osprey the anti-submarine School at...

Delphine of the Dings War - The Phoney War

On the Sussex Street side, on the pavement, under the shop window was a small trap door with a tiny room...

"As Seen Through the Eyes of a Child" in Glasgow

Dad was in the army and mum worked shifts in the bus garage at Knightswood. My four brothers and I sleeping...

Some Memories, 1939-1945

Glenburn Street ran up from the junction of Ardgowan and Belhaven Streets at the Glen Bridge, and Clyde...

Eye Witness on Firedrake, Chatham to Glasgow and Iceland

We left Glasgow on July 8 and set sail for Iceland as escort to the Aircraft Carrier, Argus on its mission...

Greenock in Wartime

I was in Lily Martins school of dancing and Jack Short came up to ask for six tall girls to act as...

The War as I Knew It - Part 2

In the front room there was another bed in the wall, where my Aunt Jean was to sleep, an open-out settee...

My Younger Years

When we stayed with Nanna and Bram in Hitchin we would stand in their bedroom looking through the big bay...

Greenock and Ravenscraig Hospital during WW2

WARTIME and CANADIAN NAVY AT RAVENSCRAIG HOSPITAL. Some of the incendiary bombs used to land on...

War Work in Glasgow

We had a blue uniform very similar to the army ones with the same tackety boots and tin hats and we were...

Corvette commander on North Atlantic anti submarine duty - part 1

My first appointment was to the Anti submarine training base H.M.S. Nimrod in Campbeltown, Mull of Kintyre...

What is a kid like me doing in a place like this: The Blitz in Hornchurch

I remember things that went bump in the night; the blackout; being evacuated to Glasgow on a train filled...

The Childrens Convalescent Home: Greenock Blitz

We had a very good cook in this home and the food, with what rations were available was good wholesome...

My Experience in WWII

At one point, when taking refuge in a field hospital from German tanks outside Tunis, I was introduced to...

We Went to War in a Paddle Minesweeper

We had a mixed crew of seamen, some RN pensioners, some Hull deep-sea fishermen and one active service...

All Things Must Pass

Although being a driver/dispatch rider, my main job was as batman-driver to our Signals Officer, Second...

Flights of a Navigator

However, my flying was not as good and after a report by our German, I was checked by the Chief Instructor...

Greenock and the Blitz: Destruction of the Distillery

In fact my own brother was up on the hill near the distillery and they had a six months old baby buried...

The Blitz was all My Fault

My friend was to bring the statue but as she wasn't at school, the teacher asked me if I could collect...

Gourock's Wee Gas Lassie - a memoir of wartime in Gourock

So it was a big day when the gas lassie came to call, because once Mam got the rebate then she would...

My War - 1939-1940: Childhood Memories of Glasgow and South Wales

In Glasgow in 1940 the ships and docks in Clydebank were one of the targets of the Germans and I remember...

The Greenock Blitz - Loch Thom

My memories/recollections of the Greenock Blitz of 6th/7th May 1941 are about how it affected the Loch Thom...

One Woman's War - The Beginning

Southern Ireland had refused to support the blackout regulations imposed in Britain and a minor panic was...

A Childhood War in London and Glasgow

We boarded the Flying Scot and nine hourse later we were in Glasgow and at the house of an uncle with my...