| Comment | My gran lived in a room and kitchen in Partick before WW2. There were eight of them: her mother and father, and six children. There was a box bed in the kitchen recess, and the children slept in the room. Sadly, two of the children didn't survive beyond the age of 5, which was a harsh reality for all parents then. Outside toilet and a midden out the back. Shortly before the outbreak of WW2, they were re-housed in a 4-in-a-block in Knightswood. All of its windows were put out on the night of the Clydebank Blitz. Thankfully, they were all in an Anderson Shelter in the shared garden. Despite the hardship, she had very happy memories of the room and kitchen and considered herself privileged to not have been in a single end. |
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