Glasgow and Argyll

Permanently Wet!

After a few weeks we were back in the relative warmth of our newly repaired house being looked after my...

Air raids and sweet rations: a war-time childhood in Glasgow

During the day we'd scour the streets for bits of shrapnel which were our wartime 'souvenirs'....

My Wartime Memories

Matty remembers the bombing of Clydebank in 1941 and the fire bombing of Ardeer Explosives Factory –...

Three Times Bombed: Birkenhead, Greenock and Devonport

Sidney Barnes" she called me, having got Sidi Barani into her head - I have head a healthy mistrust of...

If Hitler is Coming I Must be Dressed

16 years old and in hospital during the war I remember the nurses told me if a the water tower above the...

Surprise in a Suitcase

We went on the long journey to Rothesay in Scotland... Now Rothesay is a very hilly town....

Bill and Margaret Bissett

There I met Margaret, my brother in law's sister....

Wartime Romance

Emile Lucas was serving his country when he joined the French Navy during world war two, he was stationed...

The Greenock Blitz: 6th May 1941

I stayed at 13 Belville Street in the east end of Greenock and I was 14 at the time. The distillery was...

The Bombing at Barhead

We Scots made engines for spitfires; we thought that the 602 City of Glasgow Squadron were the best...

Glasgow Blitz

"This story was submitted to the People's War site by Alison Gowdy of BBC on behalf of and has been...

Bridesmaid's Dress

We found some white nylon - ex parachute nylon, no coupons were needed. She had worn a nylon wedding dress...

A Christmas Wedding

I had a rich fruit cake base for my wedding cake with three cardboard tiers. My wedding dress was borrowed...

Beer Saves the Day!!

Beer Saves the Day! As a youngster,I remember my father telling me stories of his boyhood in West Blackhall...

Looking After the Horses - My Dad - RAVC

He had contracted malaria and was quite unwell but he had the luck of the 'devil'.......a bomb...

Death of a Child

They lived in the heart of Glasgow - only a ten minute walk from the River Clyde and the busy shipyards......

Fire Watch at the Greenock Blitz

After the night of 6th May we were turned out to the distillery in Baker Street... Most of it was lying...

Rose

A bomb dropped between my aunt and uncle's house and my cousin Rose's house next door.She and her...

Observer Corps

My grandfather, a bank manager at Bothwell served with the Observer Corp during WW2. Also on duty was the...

My Friend Wore Her Hat Even in the Bath

JESSIE ROEBURY lived in Johnston Renfewshire where the blitz came very suddenly and unexpectedly. Once on...

William Wilson's departure on a Troopship

We were in a troopship at Princes Dock, Glasgow, in late October 1942... A year later we were in Italy and...

Midges

It is unnecessary to go into all the gruesome details but the lesson was quickly and very painfully...

Shelter

My mum and dad were As a child I remember being taken down to the Anderson shelter in the back garden. It...

V.E. Meetup

In 1943 my husband Sidney Terry was a British Naval Lieutenant... I approached two french officers and...

Drummonds Packaging, Greenock and the War

Then we did cigarette tins for the troops, meat cans for the troops....

Unexploded Bomb

As a young lad during WW2.I was always looking for souvenirs of the war.After a very heavy air raid the...