Thirty Nine 45

Christine returns to Hotspur Street in Glasgow where she lived for most of her childhood.

Christine continues her story by describing the journey she and her mother took to Lockerbie and the new world and experiences that she found there.

Christine - "now quite an old woman" - sits at Tundergarth Parish Church as she prepares to visit Linnhall Farm and the school she was sent to in 1939. As the wind blows (apologies for the sound quality) Christine reflects on her childhood relationship with Lockerbie and what the name of Lockerbie now means to the world.

Christine returns to Linnhall Farm where she lived between September 1939 and the summer of 1942. As she sits in the kitchen a special visitor makes an unexpected entrance catching us all off guard.

Christine thinks back to September the 25th, 1949 the day she first arrived at what she knew as Bankshill School. She chats to Mary about her troublesome first few days and admires the changes to the school which is now known as Tundergarth Primary School.

Andrew Jeffrey tells us why the evacuation scheme was instituted by the Government.

The evacuation scheme brought different social classes together for the very first time. Andrew Jeffrey talks about some of the unforeseen side-effects on urban and rural communities.

Andrew Jeffrey talks about the failure of the evacuation and the problems caused by large numbers of children returning to the cities.

Andrew Jeffrey gives tips on where to find the best factual sources.

Christine talks about coming home to Hotspur Street and getting ready for their family holiday.

Andrew Jeffrey explains why the war time Government wanted people to stay at home during their holidays.

Christine Scott returns to St Andrews

Christine visits the Step Rock Pool in St. Andrews and reflects upon sharing her rubber ring with a little girl back in 1942.

Christine recalls her experience on the night of 6th August 1942. The night the bombs fell.

Christine describes what happened to the homes in Nelson Street, St. Andrews.

Christine visits the Western Roundel Cemetary in St Andrews where some of the victims killed in the bombing are buried.

Military historian Andrew Jeffrey explains what a “Tip and Run Raid” is and why the Luftwaffe had adopted this particular tactic.

Andrew Jeffrey visits RAF Douglas Wood one of a series of Chain Home air defence stations around the British coast.

Andrew Jeffrey tells us what the documents from the National Archives reveal about the Luftwaffe attack and the RAF response.

Historian Andrew Jeffrey compares the scale of the bombing that occurred in Nelson Street, Glasgow in March 1941 with the single plane attack on St Andrews in August 1942.

Andrew Jeffrey introduces us to one of the source documents that give us a blow by blow account of the ARP response to the St Andrews bombing.

Andrew Jeffrey is excited by the discovery of an album which records every air attack on Edinburgh during WWII.

Did the careless showing of a light really attract enemy bombers to hidden targets? Historian Andrew Jeffrey thinks not and casts doubt on the usefulness of the blackout.

Andrew Jeffrey talks about the role of the Ministry of Information.