Alistair Mackintosh remembers when bombs were dropped on Foyers

And at first, everything was very quiet. It was like just now, when we have wars, they don't seem to come near us. But this one really did come, and when they heard about bombing Foyers, my father saw the plane - it was a Dornier and they called it the Flying Pencil. It was a long, long plane. It came along, dropped the bombs on Foyers and damaged the pipeline and it shows how - and I notice you children speak very clearly (it's a good thing) - there was a mistake made. Someone in Inverness said, 'They're dropping bombs on Fo-ers'. Didn't pronounce Foyers pro- And the enemy were allowed to get off because they thought it was Forres instead of Foyers. So if you speak clearly, it was very important. But as it was, they got the plane and the Germans were caught out in the Moray Firth. But it was a bad mistake: Foyers for Forres. But anyway, that passed.