Mary Ferguson lived in Gailes, near Irvine during the war and remembers bombs trying to hit the trains... Jack Niven was an engineer and before that he was a footballer at Bonnyton Square – he played for... My name is Jean Raymond and I worked in Ardeer Munitions Factory in Ayrshire for 2 to 3 years during World... May worked at Blackwood and Morton's until she was 18 then she moved to Glenfield and Kennedy, an... All Margaret's uncles were called up for action and she had 6 uncles... Jimmy was in the Royal Navy... She remembers soaking draughtsman paper – refilling the bucket lots of times – until a very... Margaret Cochrane remembers the North Staffs Regiment who were billeted in Newmilns, Ayrshire and accepted... Unemployed girls had to register with the Ministry and 400 girls were registered with 7 staff based near... German and Italian prisoner of war were used to supplement the farm labour. One German POW carved planes... Duncan Cameron Kennedy a 1st Mate in the Merchant Navy married Isabella Wallace Picken a Enginear's... In the dark days of 1940 we were marching through the streets of Ayr, Scotland, in hob nailed boots and... < Previous page| You are on page 2 of 2 | Next page >   | 1 | 2 |   | 
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