Thomas Graham’s Diary – 13th April 1939
In this diary entry, Thomas Graham refers to the man who would become Britain’s wartime Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. Thomas was a great supporter of Churchill and approved of his […]
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Thomas Graham’s Diary – 7th & 8th April 1939
In his next diary entry, Thomas makes reference to a brief but important military campaign that would push Europe closer to full scale war. On 7th April 1939, Italy invaded […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 6th April 1939
Thomas Graham’s dairy entry for the 6th April makes a reference to the annexation of Austria by Germany in March 1938. Thomas took a keen interest in current affairs 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 […]
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 – 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 – 27th January 1939
After the previous day’s entry mentioning the likelyhood of a victory for General Franco in the Spanish Civil War, Thomas talks at greater length about the conflict here. He appears […]