http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/taxonomy/term/360/0 en http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/day-war-broke-out <p>The day war broke out it was one week to my 8th birthday and I spent it with my family. We were evacuated to Banchory, Aberdeenshire. We had never seen green fields or cows and we had to walk one and a half miles to school. I was amazed but loved it. We stayed for six years and did not want to come back.</p> Childhood War Years Eileen Alexander Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:26:39 +0000 fiona.christison 1269 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/cultural-shock-evacuees <p><span class='wysiwyg_imageupload image imgupl_floating_right imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border'><a href="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/wysiwyg_imageupload_lightbox_preset/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/farm.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/farm.png" alt="" title="" class="imagecache wysiwyg_imageupload imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border imagecache imagecache-medium" style="" width="230" height="165" /></a> <span class='image_meta'></span></span>I was born in D.R.I. on 27th June, 1931. I lived at 2 Park Lane with my six brothers and sisters in a one room attic. My father was in the army at outbreak of war. My mother and all of the family were sent to Banchory for the remainder of the war. It was a cultural shock for us. We had never seen cows in a field. We lived on a farm for six years. We were so happy then. We did not want to come home. We cried all the way back to Dundee.</p> Park Lane 1939-1945 Animals Childhood Evacuation War Years Eileen Alexander Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:42:38 +0000 lynne.davidson 609 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk