The Clydebank Blitz: Beneath The Embers: Interview with author, John MacLeod (Part 1 of 2)

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DVD available to buy now at http://www.theclydebankblitz.co.uk/

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The Clydebank Blitz: Interview with author, John MacLeod (Part 2 of 2)

A film of short films, featuring nine children and teenagers, who lived in Clydebank, Old Kilpatrick and Dumbarton, at the time of the Clydebank Blitz of 13 and 14 March 1941.

Director of Post-Blitz Clydebank and The Clydebank Blitz: Beneath The Embers, Iain McGuinness, talks to John MacLeod, a journalist for the Scottish Daily Mail, and the author of a new book, River of Fire: The Clydebank Blitz.

The interview was recorded on the site of the former 'Holy City,' in Clydebank, which was heavily bombed on 13 and 14 March 1941.

John speaks about growing up in nearby Scotstounhill, in the 1970s, in a house that still bore the scars of bomb damage; his motivation to write the book; the impact of censorship, from WWII, up until the present day (and the resulting national lack of awareness of the Clydebank Blitz); and his thoughts on the commemoration of the 70th anniversary, in March 2011.

(A wee update; my overzealous editing has led to a factual error, where I ask: "Earlier that day, you gave a talk at Clydebank Library. During your talk, you spoke about how Churchill, and the Queen, never visited Clydebank after the bombings, like they did in places such as London and Coventry. Why was this, do you think?" I should, of course, say 'the King and Queen.')

River of Fire: The Clydebank Blitz is published by Birlinn. It is available to order now, direct from the publisher, and from all good bookshops.

http://www.birlinn.co.uk/book/details/river-of-fire-9781843410492/

Photos courtesy of Birlinn Ltd. and Owen McGuigan.

http://www.birlinn.co.uk/

http://www.myclydebankphotos.co.uk/

Presented and edited by Iain McGuinness.

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[iainmcguinness]

@Softrockman Will do. There'll be more new content uploaded in the near future. All the best.

[Softrockman]

@iainmcguinness, Yes it was before the flats were built, I have just ordered a copy of John's book and hope to read it over Xmas, keep up the good work.

[iainmcguinness]

@Softrockman Ah, that's just down the road from where I live, in Mountblow! Was that before the 'high flats' were built?

[Softrockman]

I can remember playing in the bomb sites / ruins in Scott Street as a young child.