Edinburgh and Lothian

Bill Williams's War 1

I joined the 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards at the cavalry barracks in Colinton, Edinburgh and in September...

What Did You Do

Frequently, we were asked to be make believe casualties suffering from assumed bomb damage in an Air Raid,...

Mother's letters - 10

The train was late and Mabel met me as Ian had gone for a hair cut. I am so pleased to have...

Glimpses of War in Ardersier and Other Places

From her first memory of the radio broadcasts telling the country that a state of war existed to her work...

I Was There

Uncle George was my hero, and together we followed events in Europe with the same enthusiasm as small boys...

A Stenhousemuir Schoolboy's Memories of the War

They had been dropped near Stirling, one of them landing on the pitch of Stirling Albion Football Club. We...

Agnes' story part2

The bus was flying the British flag, but the German Youth Movement ignored our Heil Hitler sign as we...

Mother's letters - 2

Your letter to Florence took four weeks to come and just arrived before I came up here to visit Pat &...

War Games: Childhood memories in Edinburgh

For our little gang; Ian Ashley, Peter Bowen and Michael Buchan, a wee Bren-gun Carrier was a killing...

A Boy's-Eye View of War time in Edinburgh 1939-1945.

Favourite programmes included Garrison Theatyre, In Town Tonight, Bandwaggon, Happidrome, "Into...

My Involvements with the Luftwaffe 1939-1943

After a short time Aberdeen also fell victinm to Luftwaffe attacks aircraft based at Stavanger could reach...

Contrasts

Where I worked many of the young compositor apprentices were already Auxiliary members of the Edinburgh...

The First Air Raid: Over the Firth of Forth

I stopped to watch Junkers 88s etc. versus Spitfires, naval guns and shore artillery, but when the...

Fire Service

I was married on 10th May 1941 at St Bartholomew's Church Rock Ferry, to Darcy Hesketh and we held our...

Wartime Reminiscences

Mr Ross went into army cadets and became messenger for the local Home Guard, attached to a Greenock...

A Merry Dance

My worst memory is of the night the Germans flew over Edinburgh to bomb Glasgow... One old fellow from one...

BBC FAMILY HISTORY

Millie lived near the 4th road bridge in Edinborough this meant that they underwent heavy bombing because...

Volunteer

Early WW2 recollections of volunteering with a hint of ‘’whit`s in it fur me’’...

My Time in the War: AA Batteries in Dorset and Chatham

I joined in 1941 and travelled up to Dalkieth in Scotland for 6 weeks' training as a predictor and then...

Lunch-time in the Sergeants' Mess

On the first evening in the Sergeants’ mess an old Royal Scots Sergeant-Major saw my shoulder...

Sand Dunes

The beach probably about a mile in length was bounded by huge sand dunes. This didn't prevent a bunch...

Fruit Picking in Scotland

During Assembly one day, the Headmistress told us that pupils from all over Scotland were being recruited...

Milly Harris' War Experiences

Milly's husband also helped on the D Day Landings, cleaning up e.t.c. Milly remembers being very scared...

Our First Night Was Memorable

After training we were sent to Scotland as part of a new A.A Battery on the Craigentenny Golf Course,...

Carron Dock: Childhood Memories in Grangemouth

When I was old enough to start school I travelled up the tow path between the railway lines and the river...

The War for Me

He didn't want his wife and three children to be n Edinburgh in case of bombing, so he arranged for us...