The black and white photo is little baby Elizabeth Weaver and her Auntie Betty beside their ‘Anderson’ air raid shelter in the back garden. The photo is from the late 1940s, and Anderson Shelters had given way by then to become useful garden huts. Elizabeth said, “It used to warm up in the summer and […]
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1940’s Courting by the Shelter
Margaret Campbell shared this lovely family photo taken during the early 1940s. Margaret told me, “This is one of Mum & Dad taken from 1 Priory Rd with the old air raid shelter. The photo was taken during the Second World War when they were courting. The roof line of buildings behind were the shops […]
Air Raid Shelters & Wardens
Air Raid Shelters in Blantyre
In November 1940, the county council were forced to issue a statement about the provision of Air raid shelters. The County A.R.P. Controller (Mr W.H. Rodger,) in a report to the County Council, stated that the Government having meantime suspended the delivery of Anderson Steel air-raid shelters forced a situation where the Ministry of Home […]
1976 First day of School Term
I look back at this photo with fond memories. The little boy is me! The girl, my friend and neighbour, Lesley Addison. This was in the back garden of the Veverka home at Stonefield Crescent. Our old Anderson Shelter in the background and the beginning of mum’s beautiful gardens. I still cant believe I had […]