Betty McLean in Canada asks, “I am wondering if you have done any research on streets where there may have been air raid shelters? I think there was an Anderson shelter in the back garden in the house next door to 61 Welsh Drive where I lived with my parents and grandfather. I also […]
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 […]
On Sunday 18th January 2015, I was visited by George Park and his elderly mother and her sister at my home in High Blantyre. We shared a great afternoon where I was intrigued by some of the stories and tales they were able to tell me. George’s mother is in her 90s and originally from […]