Skint Knees: Reflections on a Scottish Childhood

During the Second World War, communities were knit together while enduring scarcity, rationing, and uncertainty—yet they adapted by being resourceful, optimistic, and persistent. And when peace finally returned, there was new hope that a more innocent era would reign. Neighbours and townspeople knew one another well; Victory gardens, planted during the war, were still cultivated with care; children played outdoors, unsupervised, from dawn til dusk, and enjoyed a sense of joyful freedom that...