INT: We usually finish by asking what you would say were the high points and the low points in your life. Would you like to finish off by telling us that? JM: The high points of my life…. I got the MBE, which is something. INT: For your war work? JM: Not for my war… Continue Reading John Mackay – Reflection on life
INT: We usually finish by asking what you would say were the high points and the low points in your life. Would you like to finish off by telling us that? JM: The high points of my life…. I got the MBE, which is something. INT: For your war work? JM: Not for my war… Continue Reading John Mackay – After the war
So that was 1939 and it was 1946 before I actually took my uniform off. So, I joined the London Scottish and ended up that night on the Surrey Commercial Docks where we guarded the docks and moved around and round – West India Docks, Surrey Commercial Docks, and several other docks – I just… Continue Reading John Mackay – During the war
INT: Today is the second of July 2015 and I’m here in Broughty Ferry to speak to John MacKay. INT: So, John, can I begin by asking when you were born and where? JM: Not in Broughty Ferry. My name is John Stewart MacKay, and I was born in Glasgow in Shawlands in Peveril Avenue… Continue Reading John Mackay – Before the war