Bob Mackenzie – Immigration

Bob mentions what he can remember of his journey to Britain and his arrival in Selkirk. He goes on to describe his first introduction to the Mackenzie family of Forres. BM: I’m not sure where we joined the train and to this day I have never found out. Unfortunately there is a complete blank from… Continue Reading Bob Mackenzie – Immigration

Sidney Mayer – Immigration

Sidney describes the kindness of his new family – the Goldwaters. He talks about his early working life and his views on the Nazis. INT: They were lucky. So tell me about Scotland. What were your first impressions when you arrived? SM: When I came to Glasgow? Well, I was never in a big city… Continue Reading Sidney Mayer – Immigration

Rita McNeill – Immigration

Rita describes her journey from Germany to Britain and her continuing belief that her mother would be arriving there too. INT: You had escaped from the prisoner of…well the concentration camp, what happened then? RM: I was taken by my aunt to her home and I stayed there a week or so with my cousin… Continue Reading Rita McNeill – Immigration

Renate Mackay – Immigration

Renate explains that her father was in St Andrews in Scotland being interviewed for a job on the day the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia. Renate then talks about Lawrie Wardale, the man she calls her “Scarlet Pimpernel,” who brought her and her family to safety in St Andrews in Scotland.  INT: So, eventually you had to leave,… Continue Reading Renate Mackay – Immigration

Pat Anson – Immigration

I went to Bradford first to secure the job. Irene’s papers weren’t quite ready so she came 6 weeks afterwards. I still remember, I had never crossed the Channel of course. I went with the train to Holland and then with the boat over to Dover, then to London. In London some of those committee… Continue Reading Pat Anson – Immigration