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Wartime Memories


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Sunnybank Primary School, Aberdeen

Working with a range of organisations and members of the community, residents of the area and veterans of WWII were interviewed by pupils. From these interviews the pupils prepared the following resources.


Meet the war veterans

Children interviewed OAPs about their wartime experiences and recorded interviews on camcorder and audio cassette. From this, pupils produced a Powerpoint presentation with digital photographs. You can view this in Powerpoint or html:

photo of war veteran  Mr  Edward Bewick

World War 2 documents

Sunnybank pupil Kieran shared with his class documents relating to his grandfather, William Tennant, who was a prisoner of war in Thailand. Together, the class produced a Powerpoint show containing photographs of these documents that tell the story of his wartime experiences. You can view this in Powerpoint or html:

photo of Australian Military forces soldiers pay book

World War 2 memorabilia

 

World War 2 veterans showed pupils some of the memorabilia they had kept from the war years. The pupils photographed objects and made powerpoint shows showing these mementos. You can view these in Powerpoint or html:

Photo of Edward Bewick in Naval uniform on HMS Hydra

Wartime stories

Pupils from Sunnybank collected stories from veterans about their lives during the war.

  • My Grandfather's war: [text & image]
  • How an ex pupil of Sunnybank school lived
    in the area during World War 2:
    [text]
  • Interview with Harry Mutch: [text]

 

Photo of Lachlan Duff in uniform

Wartime memories video

Pupils produced a video featuring veterans talking about their wartime experiences.

  1. War is declared: [video][transcript]
  2. Action: [video][transcript]
  3. The Biscuit tale: [video][transcript]
  4. Voluntary service: [video][transcript]
  5. Bombing of Aberdeen Part 1: [video][transcript]
  6. Bombing of Aberdeen Part 2: [video][transcript]
  7. Shelters: [video][transcript]
  8. Gas masks: [video][transcript]
  9. Keep smiling: [video][transcript]
  10. Rations: [video][transcript]
  11. School: [video][transcript]
  12. Prisoners of war: [video][transcript]
Photo of Mrs Mowat
   
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This project was created by Created by Sunnybank Primary School with assistance from sheltered housing residents, St. Stephen's Church parishioners and Ellon British Legion.
Published by the Scottish Library & Information Council.


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Date created:18 Oct 2005 Last updated:15 Nov 2005