大象传媒

This story was told to East Ayrshire Library staff by Winnie Brady during a Workshop at Patna Library on 28th November 2005

Winnie was born in Roslin Midlothian in 1932 and says
鈥淒uring the war years I took part in back garden concerts. All the children took part and it raised comfort funds for the soldiers. Adults organised it and the concerts included singing, dancing and sketches. During school hours we knitted scarves, gloves and socks for the soldiers using khaki wool. I also remember standing on neighbour鈥檚 stairs watching the searchlights picking out the aircraft over the Firth of Forth. There was also a bomb factory close to us in Roslin Glen. One bomb landed in marsh ground near bomb factory where my older sister worked.

I also remember rationing. You had to stand in queues to get meat when it was delivered to the co-operative store (co-op). Our family had 10 ration books spread between 3 different grocers' shops. Some stuff you only got every 3 months so if the books were spread out you had a better chance of getting your fair share. A boy who was evacuated to the village used to deliver the milk for the local farmer and always said he would be a vet. About 15 years ago I saw him on TV at a horse race meeting. He was one of the trainers. When we went out at night during the war we had to wear illuminated disks so we would be seen in the dark. There was a lot more camaraderie and people looked after one another.

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