Clydebank Blitz

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There's a programme about it on Sunday.
They just had a trailer on for it and were talking to two people who survived it.
Although I didn't know either of the people they spoke to I did recognize the two main places the man was in. The 'tunnel' under the railway and the open area with the high-flat behind him. That was just a stone's throw from where I used to live.

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kattymieowwMember 10 years

I'm in Glasgow..the East End,I remember my mum talking about how the "Forge" a steel and iron foundry in the East end was targeted and a few bombs dropped ,none hit it,but one hit a road nearby and some tenement houses.It's now a shopping mall.

3/11/1112:04 PM

CagneyMember

Oooh I'm gonna watch that. I'm from the north....Springburn and don't really know much about this so it'll be good to find out more

3/11/1112:09 PM

pirate1111Member

im really interested in blitz stuff
ta for the info
gotta go
taxi's here
Mwwwwwah

3/11/1112:09 PM

Former Member

I will try to watch that Fluffy

What channel is it on please, dont have a mag x

3/11/1112:09 PM

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy ThingMember VIP10 yearsModerator

DOCUMENTARY: Clydebank Blitz
On: BBC 1 Scotland (1)
Date: Sunday 13th March 2011 (starting in 1 day)
Time: 18:00 to 19:00 (1 hour long)

Documentary about the intense bombing suffered by Clydebank over two nights in March 1941, which saw such severe devastation that only seven properties were left undamaged and the population fell from almost 60000 to a little over 2000. The incident was kept quiet due to wartime censorship, but now some of the people who survived the attack recall the harrowing events of one of Britain's worst bombing raids and Scotland's biggest civilian disaster.
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles)
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Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=96076

Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.

Hmm, don't know how it thinks it'll be starting in one day!

3/11/1112:16 PM

Yogi19Member 10 years

Thanks for telling us about this, Fluffy. I'll set my V+ to record it.

3/11/1112:19 PM

Former Member

Thanks fluffy x

3/11/1112:20 PM

Former Member

These bombed-out men, women and children are queuing on Dumbarton Road, Clydebank, at the entrance to Sommerville Street, for special buses to take them to reception areas in Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire. The passing cars were probably filled with other evacuees. (Photo courtesy of West Dunbartonshire Libraries: Clydebank Library)

3/11/112:38 PM

Former Member

Because of worries that water might be contaminated, Clydebank's domestic water supply was treated with twice the normal quantity of chlorine. People were warned to boil all drinking water before use. However, water carts from Glasgow delivered supplies of clean drinking water. Because of the mass exodus from the burgh in the immediate aftermath of the raids, only three lorries were required to bring in water each day. (Photo courtesy of West Dunbartonshire Libraries: Clydebank

3/11/112:39 PM

Former Member

Overnewton is an area of Glasgow between Anderston and Partick. (Photo courtesy

3/11/112:43 PM

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy ThingMember VIP10 yearsModerator

My grandfather was in the fireservice and so was his eldest son, My dad (2nd son) was in the navy. The 3rd son and the daughter (4th child) had been evacuated to America - to their mother's family.

3/11/112:53 PM

Former Member

Originally Posted by kattymieoww:

Was that in Parkhead katty?

Beardmores?

3/11/116:08 PM

kattymieowwMember 10 years

Yes Velvet,I'm old enough to remember the big steel Jackhammers pounding away and the "trains" crossing the roads from the foundries.

I was very young then.

3/11/118:34 PM

Former Member

My grandfather was an engineer in there during the war and after

3/12/1110:44 AM

cologne 1Member Memoriam

I'd really like to see that, but I don't suppose it's on iplayer. Does anybody know? Thank you.

3/12/1110:52 AM

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy ThingMember VIP10 yearsModerator

I'm not 100% sure Cologne, but I think all programmes are unless they specifically say they aren't.

3/12/1111:27 AM

cologne 1Member Memoriam

Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:

I'm not 100% sure Cologne, but I think all programmes are unless they specifically say they aren't.

Thanks fluffy, I just wondered about the restriction of the Scottish TV. I'll look for it.

3/12/1111:30 AM

Cold SweatMember 10 years

My gran had her home in Whitecrook bombed during the Clydebank blitz. She went to stay with relations the following night... and their home was bombed.

3/12/1111:52 AM

Former Member

Originally Posted by cologne 1:

Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:

I'm not 100% sure Cologne, but I think all programmes are unless they specifically say they aren't.

Thanks fluffy, I just wondered about the restriction of the Scottish TV. I'll look for it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/e...zlw/Clydebank_Blitz/

3/12/112:46 PM

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy ThingMember VIP10 yearsModerator

Clydebank during the blitz

3/13/115:46 AM

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy ThingMember VIP10 yearsModerator

The aftermath

3/13/115:49 AM

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy ThingMember VIP10 yearsModerator

Up until the regeneration and refurbishment of Clydebank in the '80s, there were still areas of 'missing' houses and 'shored up' building ends.

3/13/115:55 AM

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy ThingMember VIP10 yearsModerator

Tom McKendrick, the artist, was my nextdoor neighbour.

3/13/1111:40 AM

ScottyMember 10 years

I just caught the last few of minutes Fluffs, I thought it was on at 7pm.
Very moving about the tattie in his hand.

I`ll watch it on catch up.

3/13/1112:09 PM

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy ThingMember VIP10 yearsModerator

There was a lot of it very moving, but it'll affect different people in different ways I guess.

3/13/1112:14 PM

Yogi19Member 10 years

Such a traumatic thing to have lived through.

No wonder their memories of those two nights are still so strong and clear, even after 70 years.

3/13/112:18 PM

Former Member

Caught up with it on BBCI player. I didnt realise the extent of the devastation, whole families wiped out and over 1200 estimated as killed

The bombers coming back a second time was beyond belief. It was very moving, i was nearly in tears at the man telling the story of the potato , the wee boy was playing with

3/15/112:39 AM

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