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One humorous incident lightens my memory of that solemn night. In the middle of all the mayhem a young, very drunk sailor came staggering along the dockside with a cigarette in one hand and a bottle in the other, singing "I Belong to Glasgow". He was quite oblivious to what was going on and was miraculously unscathed.
Apollo wrote:Although we see most of them free-standing in back gardens nowadays, Anderson shelters weren't supposed to offer protection themselves, and were supposed to buried 4 ft deep and covered with 15 in of earth over the roof.
Shelters were issued free to all householders who earned less than £250 a year, those with higher income were charged £7. 150,000 shelters were distributed from February 1939 to the outbreak of war. During the war another 2.1 million were added. Many were dug up after the war and converted into sheds.
This vertical aerial photograph of the area around Glasgow University was taken during World War II by the Royal Air Force.
Some of the 19th-century tenements seen in this view have since been demolished.
Vertical air photographs were taken by the RAF during photographic-reconnaissance training. These photographs were used to ascertain the accuracy of the pilot in photographing the target and to aid the skills of photographic interpretation.
If you look carefully, you can just see the barrage balloon which was stationed in Athole Gardens. I had heard of stories of this but had never really believed them.
Socceroo wrote:Rescue workers preparing to rescue young woman trapped in tenement in Glasgow for six days following Air Raid. Glasgow 1941.
Socceroo wrote:
Clydebank ablaze as viewed from the Boulevard looking south - March 1941
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