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- Tommy Mac
- Article ID:听
- A1112617
- Contributed on:听
- 17 July 2003
At the mouth of every close, they built what were known as 'baffle walls'. They could not have named them better.
They were simply blocks of corrugated sheeting, built about seven feet high, two feet wide and seven feet across. They were then filled with bricks and sand. They were supposed to protect us all from the effects of a blast entering the close.
What they didn't take into account was that they were an awful hazard in the blackout. People walked into them, especially after they'd had a few drinks, and children ran out of the close straight into these 'baffle walls'. I think there were more people hurt from these structures than were ever hurt by bombing, in Glasgow at least.
What with the blackout and all, it was impossible to see them until it was too late. Then BANG! another broken bone. One of the more disastrous devices ever thought up by defence boffins.
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