WWII "decoy city" near Torrance

[Vinegar Tom]

I was out for a walk this weekend with the brother-in-law guided by the fantastic new "Archeology Around Glasgow" book recently published by Glasgow Museums.

We started off at the Starfish decoy control bunker - it is near Torrance but closer to Milngavie.

Some of the photos are really badly shakey , but I think they are atmospheric .

[Vinegar Tom]

Correction - the bunker controlled the decoy city - you don't want to be decoying bombs onto your own bunker do you? The bunker is near Milngavie and directs enemy bombers to the decoy on Blairskaith Muir.

Professional stuff here http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/pls/portal/newcanmore.newcandig_details_gis?inumlink=232040

[Fireman]

I continue to live & learn!

Many years ago I chatted with an old Lennoxtown worthy (sadly no longer with us) who told me about this "village". The part that sticks out in my mind was he said it was built half scale to confuse the German pilots as to how high they were and make them think they were over parts of Glasgow. He also mentioned there were fires lit at night to draw attention to the area - can't say I'd be keen to being one of the fire lighters so the Germans could drop bombs on me!

Now I can't prove if this is fact or fiction, but it always seemed to make sense to me if the "village" was on high ground, but was supposed to be a part of Glasgow which would be lower down.