What was the most
scary event in the war…and other events?
N:
We saw a German plane getting guided into Dyce airport
during the war and I remember that. And the bombing in
Woodside as well …that was scary.
I: Just
when the bombs dropped- it was it was scary. I lay on
the floor with a tin helmet on frightened to go out to
the first aid post.
E:
I don’t remember.
If
you had a shelter, what was it like?
N: Brick…, square
building with wooden seats inside… very damp and
cold.
I: A dark dingy smelly
place. It was horrible; about 26 people used to go into
it. You had to light a candle to see and have any light.
It wasn’t a nice place to be in.
E: We had a brick shelter
in our back garden – same as Norma’s.
Did
any of your family go to fight?
N: Yes I had a brother
and my dad and my two sisters – one was a fitter
in the railway; one was an engineer in the tool works,
Fraserburgh - she worked there.
I: Well I had a brother
in law in the army; I had two cousins in the army; my
farther was in the RAF- in the latter part of the war
and my future husband was in the army.
E: No, none of my family
was in the war.
Did
you have a job in the war?
N: No I was too young, but I used to deliver papers though.
E: Oh yes I worked in Stevenson’s laundry, I had
to work, on Seaforth Road and I was there from 1934 till
I left in 1945.
Anything else?
N:
…A lot of friendliness during the war. I remember
one time my aunt lived beside Middlefield school and they
were down at my house in Woodside and when they got home
they saw the bombs land in Middlefield school –
it split the school in two and that was a terrible time
for them because they just lived at the bottom of the
school. That was another bad time at the school that I
remember.
I remember all my family being away – and my aunts
and uncle, there was quite a lot of them used to come
and visit us 3 times a week to keep us company because
my dad was in both wars –the first and the second
war and then he came out of the war –he was demobbed
from and he went into the home guard that was the army
that looked after the people at home.
I: When
the black out started first you could not see a thing
in front of you.
Projects 
Projects
. WWII Timeline . Wifies
at War index
