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This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Jean Sharman on behalf of Margaret Pirie of Aberdeen and has been added to the site with his permission. The author fully understands the site’s terms and conditions.

I was born in 1917 and when I was 20 years of age I worked in Broadfords in Aberdeen making hosepipes, making material for the waterbottles, and tarpaulins for the navy.

I worked at Broadfords for 46 years in total.

I enjoyed the war. I used to come to the Beach Ballreoom in Aberdeen during all the war years and there were good dance bands but I can’t remember the names of any of them. There was soldiers stationed nearby during the war and they would come to the dances and I really enjoyed it all.

My brother was in Burma during the war. He was a Sergeant in the Marines and he got the military medal. He was lucky as he came through it all without being captured.

There was once when I was in Union Street and was caught in an air raid and it was a bit scary.

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