Remembering the Arctic Convoys
Uisdean Vass shares his experiences researching into his family’s wartime stories. His father, Andrew “Percy” Vass was posthumously awarded the Arctic Star medal. By way […]
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WW2
The pillbox at South Bonar
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Second World War pillboxes
Eighty years ago, in 1940/41 more than 30 anti- invasion concrete structures were built around the Kyle of Sutherland and the Dornoch firth. These were
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Lord Mac Haw Haw
Few Scots ever admitted to listening to German propaganda radio broadcasts during the Second World War. A fewer still realized that the original Lord Haw
Wartime memories
We reproduce here some poignant first person accounts on everyday life during wartime. Taken from Sarah Horne’s Bonar Bridge booklets, printed in the year 2000.
Brothers in arms
Two world wars. Two war memorials. Two sets of siblings. Two Highland families: The Gordons and The Macleans.