Inside the Anderson Shelter in the narrow back garden of 94 Westmoor Street, Charlton SE7 sat my big brother Alan; Alan was 5 years older than me. Sitting between us was our Mum with an arm around ...

My earliest war memory in Paisley is about going down to the 'Anderson' shelter at the bottom of the garden with my Dad, Mum and Sister. These shelters were very common and made of strong corrugated ...

One day our father got all the family together and explained that war seemed to be on the way and so the powers that be had decided to issue every family with a shelter for protection. Father said we ...