An Old Book... and a bit of family history.

Greetings...

Over the weekend I decided to put the Great Library at Morrison Towers into some order...

While looking through... sorry tidying... the many books I came across this little volume...

So... A little bit of family history.

During the Second World War my grandmother worked or possibly managed the cafeteria/tearoom at the Falkirk ice rink... My mother would help out at times but mostly she would skate... She was an excellent skater who won a number of gold medals... 

She also got to know members of  the 1st Polish Armoured Division who were stationed in the area during the war... I believe they would have been part of the HQ 1st Polish Corps.

This book was given as a souvenir to my mother... I am guessing after the war.

Ena is of course my mother... sadly I don’t know anything about Roman.

Here are a few more pages from the book...

Here is a little bit more information on the 1st Polish Armoured Division and their stay in Scotland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Armoured_Division_(Poland)

https://liberationroute.com/belgium/stories/t/the-1st-polish-armored-division

http://polishscottishheritage.co.uk/?heritage_item=hero-amongst-us

https://www.polishforcesinbritain.info/Locations.htm#Loc_T3

http://www.mapascotland.org/story-of-the-map/milestones/

http://www.peebles-theroyalburgh.info/great-polish-map-of-scotland

I remember my mother saying that many of the lads who she new from the ice rink chose to stay in Scotland after the war but I don’t think she kept in touch...

I was hoping to have a bit of a paint-fest this weekend but as I was finishing tidying the books I managed to pull a muscle in my back...

Not picking up a massive volume on Napoleonic uniforms but an Osprey book on the Byzantine Armies 1118-1461... more of a 40 page pamphlet really... age... isn’t it wonderful.

Hopefully it will have eased off by tomorrow...

All the best.   Aly