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On Thursday 13th March 1941 around 9 pm the sirens started over Glasgow (Clydeside) My Mum washed my hair that night and instead of going to the shelter because she thought I might catch cold after getting over meningitis we went under the double bed. Meantime my Dad was at the pictures and told that a bomb had landed on Bankhead (Primary) school so despite air-raid wardens blowing their whistles he half ran and half crawled home as our house was just round the corner from the school. We were all alright fortunately we only had doors blown off and windows blown in and water supply cut off altogether. There was 39 people killed as the school was used as a First Aid post and Air Raid wardens post. We were lucky. All my Mum could think of was the organ in the flat above and whether it would land on us! We used annexes and different halls in the area to beable to give us 1 HOUR'S schooling a day. This went on for about a year. There is a booklet written about this wartime event called 'Bankhead - The Story of a Primary School at War'

I remmber, not being able to get sweets. Mum gave us a paper bag holding sugar and pieces of rhubarb to dip in the sugar to try and make up for not getting any sweets.
Also sponges (cakes) made with powdered egg. My Uncle came to stay and he had a poorly tummy. My Mum gave him our only fresh egg. I thought that was unfair, I suppose I didn't realise at the time he was poorly.

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