Isobel was born in Glasgow and was married to Kenneth Candlish when she moved to Duns. Isobel's husband, Ken, worked in the legal Department of Berwick County Council becoming County Clerk. Although they lived in Duns for many years she was born in Glasgow and a child during the Clydebank bombing of WW2. Here she talks about being sent to get 'messages' for her mother through the bombed city streets.