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16 October 2014

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Air Raid w.w. 2 There are 2 messages in this section. George Paterson from Portland Oregon USA. Posted 29 Dec 2003. Whenever the anti-aircraft guns would down a German aircraft the local military would throw up a barbed wire fence around the plane and charge you 3p or 6p to come in the fence to observe the wreck. Maureen Cowan from Tannochside. Posted 2 Mar 2004. Dear George Enjoyed reading your messages to Forum. My mum remembers a bomb being dropped on the Fallside Road near Bothwell. The plane which dropped it was returning to Germany from Glasgow, and offloaded it over this small village. My husband and two sons attended the Academy, in the 1950's and 70's, and my grandson is now in his fourth year there. you would find it very different now, for one the belt is banned! The school has grown over the years and teaches subjects which were not even heard of in the forties. Hope to read more of your memories in the future. All the best Maureen.

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