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for gas attacks – and the area where the gas was `released’ was cordoned off to keep out civilians.

A decontamination squad was summoned and spectators watched as the men in masks and oilskins dealt with the gas.

At the same spot a “bomb” had also exploded causing a number of casualties causing an additional headache for the emergency services who also had to deal with injuries arising from incidents in other parts of the town.

Officials in the County Buildings and Springbank coordinated their exercise and they were kept in touch with events on the ground through a constant stream of messages.

Adverse weather conditions had

A legless Stirling war hero had helped his daughter become one of the best exponents of Scottish dancing in the country, the Observer of April 1939 reported.

Thomas Kelly came from a military family and lived in the town’s Broad Street before serving with great honour in World War One.

Despite his disability, he achieved great success as a dance instructor, assisting his daughter Catherine, of Old Kilpatrick.

Mr Kelly was in Erskine Hospital, the home for wounded ex-services personnel, but every week he was taken to his home where Catherine went through her dance routines under his critical eye.

And the partnership was clearly a success as Catherine won more than 200 medals and trophies in dance competitions across Scotland. Catherine was also an expert on bagpipes, a drummer, and member of Braemar Ladies Pipe Band, Coatbridge.