- Contributed by听
- 91热爆 Scotland
- People in story:听
- Catherine (Cathy) Middleton
- Location of story:听
- Boness
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A4524310
- Contributed on:听
- 23 July 2005
This story was submitted to the People鈥檚 War site by Claire White of 91热爆 Scotland on behalf of Ian Middleton and has been added to the site with his permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
My gran was a bike messenger during the war. She saw the Germans trying to bomb a bridge in Edinburgh. They missed their target!
My gran was hit in the head by flying shrapnel whilst working during the war. She was on a bicycle at the time and luckily was wearing a helmet. She was knocked off the bike but fortunately she survived the experience. She still has the shrapnel which hit her and a scrap of parachute fabric dating from the war years.
My gran talked of her father serving in the Medical Corps in North Africa during the war. At a matinee cinema show in Boness she saw her father washing his clothes in North Africa on a news reel!
My gran also talks about witnessing a ship burning from stem to stem, but I don't know what this means!
I think my gran lost a boyfriend during the war but I don't know the details of that story.
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