Edinburgh and Lothian

First Air Attack on Forth Bridge.

The train carried on without futher incident, only by this time the RAF fighters had become involved and...

My Dad's War

I would love to get in touch with anyone who remembers my Dad, Charles Arthur Brooke, who landed on the...

Garden Hut Courtesy of U.S.ARMY

My father John Thomson was an L.N.E.R. railway Inspector in charge of rail freight movements off loaded...

A Year in Edinburgh

My husband Jack volunteered for the RAF on April 6th 1940 and was sent to Edinburgh Turnhouse. Jack was...

Childhood in Wartime Edinburgh

I remember my parents taking me to a concert in Leith town hall. At about the same time the girl who was...

A Teacher's Memories of WW2

In January 1940 I was evacuated with Stockbridge School to Glenlivet, Banffshire. Also I did fire watching...

He Just Wanted to do His Bit

But when a friend who was now commanding HMS Saucy, a requisitioned tug stationed in Scotland, asked him to...

Childhood Recollections

Just after she qualified from Edinburgh she was posted to a battalion of ATS girls in Essex... The girls...

For My Dad

He received the usual war medals and also has the Dunkirk Medal and Certificate signed by the Mayor of...

1st Air Raid on Mainland Britain

ON the 16th October 1939 during the first air raid over mainland Britain a German aircraft was shot down...

Plane Crash in Haddington ( East Lothian Scotland )

He crashed landed on the land — A Shepard went to the crashed plane with a gun and two crew from the...

Smoke Bomb Factory

The factory made smoke bombs and ammunition....

Land Army's First Battle

Somehow, she got transferred to the land army and with another girl became a Land Girl....

Scottish Childhood Memories

There was also an incident near the Forth Road Bridge when German bombers were bombing Rosyth dockyards and...

First Dogfight of the War

My grandfather was in a reserved occupation - he worked for Scottish Oils in their laboratories, and he was...