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I'm from Bridge of Earn and joined the ATS in 1941 as a volunteer. I was stationed at the old barracks in Dunkeld Road, Perth. I was a typist for all the news about the Black Watch. I did this everyday and made up copy plates and had to hand turn 1,000s of copies.
I wa sin the office one day and this Black Watch soldier came running in and he was almost crying: "The Black Watch has been guarding those gates for years - and I've just seen and Argyll guarding the gates instead!" The regiments were amalgamated during the war, and he was dismayed at the break in tradition!
One day, everyone was forced to march in front of the major and he picked the best for a recruitment campaign. I was selected and a bunch of us were taken, along with Black Watch soldiers, by lorry to Dundee and Broughty Ferry. There was a big event at the Caird Hall in Dundee for that.
There was one occasion when I went to Crieff for a dance. But Crieff was out of bounds. I went with a friend to the Atholl Arms Hotel - there was 30 girls and 500 servicemen! We saw military police and hid from them. I was in uniform and an officer asked me dance. He said, "Are you from Crieff?" I said, oh, yes...! The following day the Sgt said, "I saw you on the Crieff bus yesterday!" Nothing happened, though.

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