'I met Elvis on his one visit to Scotland - it was like a dream'

It was the one and only time the King of Rock n' Roll ever set foot on Scottish soil - and 66 years later Anne Murphy can recall her meeting with Elvis Presley like it was yesterday. On 2 March 1960 the music legend was on his way back to America from military service in Germany when his flight stopped over to re-fuel at Prestwick International Airport. The flying visit to the Ayrshire town only lasted about 90 minutes and saw the singer pose for pictures with adoring fans. Among them was 16-year-old Anne, who told the BBC's Witness History programme how she made a frantic dash along with a friend to catch a glimpse of Elvis after being tipped off by a soldier she used to babysit for. She recalled how Elvis promised fans that he would return in the future - but, of course, he never did. The singer never performed in the UK during his career. However, for the dedicated fans who rushed to Prestwick Airport - at that time being used as an American military base - on that March evening, simply seeing the man in person was enough to leave them all shook up. "I was an office girl with a firm of solicitors and my mother phoned me," says Anne, who lived in Prestwick. "We didn't have a phon