SUNDAY, September 21, 1941, was a busy day, with thousands of men registering, at various labour exchanges in Glasgow, for war-time civil defence duties. “Men in dungarees or wearing oil-stained suits and caps were more numerous than those in the neatly-pressed suits of the church-goer”, this newspaper reported. “Ministers, elders, and male members of congregations in the age groups from 45 to 59 were responsive to the call to preserve the home front against the ravages of fire, but the fact that so many men were in working clothes indicated the intensity of the war effort in factory and workshop”. Among the men signing on to be fire watchers (above) was an Indian docker.