Thomas Graham’s Diary – 1st – 4th April 1939
As we enter April 1939, Hitler and his threat to democracy is the focus of Thomas Graham’s next diary entry. Thomas is consistently critical of dictatorships in his diary and […]
Civil Defence Services and the threat from the air in WW2
The document of the month for April looks at records from our Perth County Council collection which focus on the air threat posed to communities across the country during World […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 26th March 1939
As a veteran of the Great War, you can see throughout Graham’s entries that he is frustrated and disappointed that another war of huge scale is becoming a closer reality […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 20th March 1939
Following on from his previous day’s entry, Thomas turns his attention to pondering the causes of the present situation, and what factors were most to blame for war inevitably breaking […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 19th March 1939
Graham’s next diary entry focuses on the subject of Russia and its leader for the first time. His description of the country’s “murderous ruler” clearly conveys his opinion of Joseph […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 17th March 1939
Appeasement is the focus of Thomas Graham’s next diary entry as Hitler invades Czechoslovakia. If you have missed why we are covering this diary an introduction can be found here: […]
Danger on the school run – training at the replica Atlantic Wall, Sheriffmuir, 1943
In the school records for Dunblane, there is a file of correspondence covering the years of the Second World War that include some remarkable letters about the period in 1943 […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 11th February 1939
In 1939, Liddell Hart was a military correspondent for the ‘The Times’ newspaper. Thomas Graham viewed Hart as far too pessimistic in his outlook on the war due to his […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 6th February 1939
In this diary entry, Thomas again refers to Mussolini, this time in the context of his attitude to France. The Fascist Grand Council is not a pejorative term, it is […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 3rd February 1939
As we enter February 1939, we the see the first appearance of another key figure of WW2. Thomas writes that a BBC report suggesting American President Franklin Roosevelt had been […]