LIKE everywhere else outside of people’s own homes, Clydebank has been quieter during the pandemic. But the stillness that hung over the town on Saturday seemed particularly noticeable, as memories turned to those who lost loved ones when the Luftwaffe’s bombs began to fall on Bankies and their homes and workplaces 80 years ago. The lockdown restrictions had long since meant that plans to properly commemorate the anniversary of the Blitz had been put on hold, hopefully to be staged later this year. But in order to ensure that two of the darkest days in Clydebank’s history were marked in some form, there were two small, solemn ceremonies held in the town on Saturday morning.
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CEREMONIES to remember the victims of the Clydebank Blitz will be postponed from their 80th anniversary in March because the pandemic. Laying of wreaths, presentation of medals, unveiling of a new plaque and a special concert have all been put off with lockdown restrictions likely to continue in some form through March 13 and 14. Hundreds died in the 1941 attacks and a working group of politicians and council officers were working on plans to remember the events and lives lost. Organisers said they hoped to be able to mark the anniversary in some fashion but have put off formal plans to November 2021.