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Civil Defence In Scotland
This is a wartime Air Raid precautions sign in Burntisland, Fife, pointing to a church across the road. This would have been used as an emergency hospital in the event of an air raid.
The entrance to the STARFISH bombing decoy control bunker just outside Kilsyth.These decoys were designed to encourage German bombers to bomb open countryside instead of towns.
The bunker was earth-covered both for protection and camouflage.
Plinths for the generator equipment. These sites worked by showing just enough light in the general blackout to fool bombers about their exact location. This site protected the burghs of Kilsyth and Denny, both of which had many iron foundries.
The roof escape hatch from the crew room. This opened onto the bunker's roof.
Looking down the entrance passage towards the blast wall covering the front.
The crew's room, showing the emergency escape hatch. There is also evidence of furniture having been wall-mounted in this room.
The remnants of a wartime National Fire Service information sign in Glasgow. It reads: EWS (Emergency Water Supply), 200 (yards), 800 (gallons).
Author Gordon Wilkie
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