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Walkerburn wartime memories

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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scotland
People in story:Ìý
Edith Torrance (nee McCartney)
Location of story:Ìý
Walkerburn (30 miles south of Edinburgh)
Background to story:Ìý
Civilian
Article ID:Ìý
A4525580
Contributed on:Ìý
23 July 2005

This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Claire White of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scotland on behalf of Edith Torrance and has been added to the site with her permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.

In 1945/6 when Clydebank was blitzed a man came to our house in Walkerburn asking if we could take in homeless families. My mother agreed to take in an elderly couple and their two grandchildren. Our house (Fern Cottage) was really full!

Mr and Mrs Telford and their grandchildren were real Glasgow folk. Mr Telford had worked in the Singer sewing machine factory and they loved Walkerburn. They stayed with us for two months. After the Telfords we had Polish and English soldiers to stay. Our house was never quiet during the war years.

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