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The War at Home
As discussed earlier, the war directly effected the town of Fraserburgh significantly through the bombing of both its streets and buildings and its fishing fleet. To protect the residents of the town in the event of an invasion, a division of the home guard was established by Major Charles Fraser, a WWI veteran who received the military cross for his bravery. When in his 90s Major Fraser was interviewed by Jim Taylor and recounted his days spent in the home guard during WWII. Major Fraser also had an interest in amateur dramatics and put on plays to entertain the and educate the people of the town during the war years and was later integral in establishing Fraserburgh Junior Arts society in the 1950s following the end of the conflict.
Clip of Jim Taylor’s interview of Major Fraser (full length interview available in the archive.