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This story was submitted to the People鈥檚 War site by Mairi Campbell of the 大象传媒 on behalf of Gordon Carlisle Chairman of the Glasgow Old Peoples Welfare Association and has been added to the site with his permission. The author fully understands the sites terms and conditions.

I鈥檓 now 67 years (young as Sheena Likes to say) but one of my clearest recollections of the war years in Girvan was my Father listening to his radio 鈥� a crystal set 鈥� in his garage and turning to me and shouting 鈥渢hat鈥檚 it the war is over!鈥� He鈥檇 picked up on his receiver the first news of the surrender broadcast from Lunaberg Heath. He hung out two flags on the roof of our bungalow 鈥� The Union Jack and the Russian flag 鈥� and I marched up and downour roof shouting to all who passed by that the war was over and of course most people did not believe me. It was a very joyous day in our family although my father was still worried about the absence of news of my brother in the far east who was feared lost, but some months later her arrived home unexpectedly. It was such a shock to my grandmother, who lived with us and had been in bad health that the shock of seeing the son she had believed had been killed that she herself died. It was a time of great sadness and joy for so many and for our family we experienced both.

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