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This story was told to East Ayrshire Library staff at a tea party on 11th June 2004 by Winnie Campbell.

The story is about her adventures with her husband who was in the Army.

In 1939 Winnie’s husband was the Ayrshire Yeomanry (Earl Of Carrick’s Own) which were recognised as the Royal Artillery. Winnie joined her husband where he was stationed. In 1940 they were shifted to Norfolk in the Wash. Winnie went down to stay by train. The line was bombed at Peterborough – and the passengers had to get out and walk the length of the tunnel. Winnie was three months pregnant and a Belgian woman promised to look after her and they walked arm-in-arm until they got another train. She was there for three months and they watched the planes coming over and bombing. Their landlady shouted one day to get down and it turned out one of the planes was firing at the children. The pilot was brought down and suffered when he was caught. They all used to go out and look at the bomb craters. It got so bad that the wives of the officers and bombadiers were ordered home for their own safety.

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