PASSENGERS waiting patiently at Oban train station pulled out their smartphones in delighted surprise on Tuesday, when a long line of Dunbeg Primary School pupils arrived in costume, pretending to be Second World War evacuees.
As part of a study project, the children put themselves in the shoes of their grandparents or great-grandparents, and imagined leaving Glasgow for the village of Taynuilt, where they were collected by three grannies from host families: Granny Mary, Nanny D and Granny Wilma.
Pupils dressed up in flat caps, sang wartime songs such as Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major, and carried their gas masks and ID cards around their necks, alongside packed lunches of ‘pretend Spam’ sandwiches and apples – which were rationed too.