WW2 children

On Tuesday John and Isobel paid a visit to our class. They were both children living in Coatbridge during WW2.

John spoke to us for roughly twenty minutes about the Blitz, Anderson Shelters and Rationing. Then we asked our visitors questions and shared some of our hard work with them.

It was really interesting to hear real accounts of WW2 from a child’s perspective.

Max thought it was a great experience having two WW2 children in our classroom. He said, “This is a one of a kind generation of people to speak to.”

Matthew thought it was quite odd that the one bomb that landed in Coatbridge was roughly 200 yards from where John was seeking shelter.

Evan thought it was amazing how many times the people of Coatbridge had to go into the Anderson shelter. John said he was only in the Anderson shelter about six times in total. The longest time he was in the Anderson shelter was for 6 hours. This was the night of the Clydebank Blitz. John and his family were there until 4am.

John and Isobel were very impressed with our behaviour, knowledge and listening skills.