iOS - Android Prior to the onslaught of WW2, she worked “in service” to a family living in the town’s Hamilton Road but WW2 led to her “call up” to work, as part of the War Effort, as a welder in The Bridgework – oblivious to the enormity of the task.In her wartime memoirs she would often tell the story of the night when she stood with her neighbours, around where the Electric Bar stands today, and watched the sky light up in the distance, as the Luftwaffe mercilessly bombed Clydebank.Annie met her husband Charlie, who was home on leave from the Navy at the time, at a party in Watson Street.
A skilled seamstress at only 17-years old, the beautiful bride sewed her own wedding dress for their big day in November, 1943.The happy couple made.
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