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« on: Saturday 11 February 12 22:22 GMT (UK) »
Hi everyone, my mother, who is 82 and lived through WW2 in Aberdeen, tells me that the Lads Club in Woodside was bombed one night when it was full of boys doing activities. Mum remembers that most of them were killed and that school was closed the next day because of the bombing. (That was standard procedure when bombing occurred the night before) A large number of the boys had attended both Woodside and Hilton School with her. Another time, when she was at Hilton School, there was a bombing and the students had to go into the air raid shelter. The teacher, Miss Bruce, had trained as a singer apparently, and to pass the time and to keep everyone calm had each student sing a song, one after the other.