Caitlyn (P7C): Did you find the air raids frightening?

Mr Davidson: Yes, oh yes. Another time I was in Yarmouth, we went over to Lowestoft to stay with an aunt and during the war they used to sound the bells that there was an invasion. So in the middle of that night we could hear something like bells ringing, so we said, "Oh, there must be something up." But what it was, was out in the water there was a buoy and it was just rocking with the motion of the waves and that was making the bells sound off.

Gregor (P7S): What was your job when you were in the army?

Mr Davidson: I was a clerk. I learned to type. I went to an Army school and I learned to type, and then we were in a food supply base in Hamburg, and that's what it was, and I used to do all the logistics of it.

Ewan (P7C): Were you ever in an air raid shelter?

Mr Davidson: No, no. Not in an Anderson shelter, no. But I can remember, they used to dig out the ground and there used to be a metal plate over the top and you had to get steps to go down into them, but I was never in that, no.

Michael (P7S): Were any of your relatives soldiers in the war?

Mr Davidson: No, no, no.

Laura (P7C): Did you have to wear a gas mask?

Mr Davidson: I can remember when you used to have a gas mask in a box and that used to be round your neck and then you used to have to put them on. In the school, they used to say,"Right, put it on," and then they used to come round and test them. And your name and everything was on it, so if you ever left it somewhere then somebody knew who it belonged to.

Kirsty (P7C): Did you ever see a V1 or V2 bomb?

Mr Davidson: I saw a V2 bomb, aye. The V2 bomb was flying over and you used to hear the engine, pop, pop, popping and when they stopped popping you used to go all right, and then they used to come down and … Boom! That was it.

Stuart W (P7C): What did you do to keep yourself entertained?

Mr Davidson: We used to listen to the radio and the radio used to give you all the news from the war and what was happening and that.

Nicola (P7S): How old were you when the war was on?

Mr Davidson: I was just eleven or twelve when we moved up to Fraserburgh.

Reece (P7C): Were there any evacuees where you lived?

Mr Davidson: No, I don't remember any other evacuees. But I was an evacuee.

Kayleigh (P7S): Did you make any new friends during the war?

Mr Davidson: I made a lot of new friends and as I said, I joined the scouts so I made a lot of friends with that and we used to go to camp up beside Kemnay and Oyne, up beside Castle Fraser.

Grant (P7C): What was the scariest part of the war for you?

Mr Davidson: The scary part was when the German planes, when we were running across the field. That was really scary 'cause I thought well… if you don't get out of the road, I could get one in my back.

Sam G (P7S): Did you have any brothers or sisters?

Mr Davidson: No brothers. No sisters. A one and only. A lonely boy.

Laura (P7C): What was it like to wear a gas mask?

Mr Davidson: A bit scary. When you were breathing with it, you could always remember that it used to clamp onto your cheeks like that, with the suction. You had to have a sort of tension to get it all to stick together, so that it could stay on you.

Ewan (P7C): Did you listen to 'Children's Hour' on the radio?

Mr Davidson: Yes. I used to listen to that.

Gregor: Did you join the Army out of your own free will or were you told to?

Mr Davidson: No, I had to go in. They just said, "You're a HQ. You've got to go." And if you didn't go they would come and arrest you. You used to get a letter saying, "You have to report to 'such and such' at the Bridge of Don barracks," which is where I went and that was it.

Nicola (P7S): How long did you stay in Fraserburgh for?

Mr Davidson: I went to the Academy as I said and then it was about 1945 or 46 or thereabouts when I left. That's when I started to be an auctioneer. I was a fish salesman to auctioneer in Aberdeen and Fraserburgh.

Jan (P7S): Did you get a choice of what job to do in the war, in the Army?

Mr Davidson: When you went for an interview, they asked what you would like to do and I said, "I would like to join the Air Force." I thought the Air Force would be good. But they said, "Oh no. We've got enough people for the Air Force. You've got to go into the Army." And that was it. You did have a wee bit of a choice but on the other hand they just turned round and said, "You're going in the Army."

Stacey (P7S): What did your Dad work as?

Mr Davidson: My Father was in the fish trade as well. He was in the herring trade in Fraserburgh.

Jason (P7S): Was it exciting when you joined the Army?

Mr Davidson: Yes. It was a new experience for me and it wasn't a bad experience. I enjoyed the Army. It was an experience, and at one time I even had to manage to work a gun, shoot a gun and everything. Just for practice. Just to make sure you could do it.

Chris P (P7S): How old were you when you went to Germany?

Mr Davidson: I think you had to be sixteen to be called up or something like that.

Mrs McPhee: These people now hopefully have got information to start using. This is just the start of their project and they're going to be spending time trying to find other people who remember the war. I don't know - maybe there are people in your own family who remember it - might be worth checking out them. And we're going to see if there are any other people who have answered our advert in the paper.