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Memories of Kirkcudbrightshire
Cummings in Kippford
My GGG Grandfather was a shipbuider in Kippford. His name was John Cumming.
Childhood Memories
Corra Castle is situated at Corra Farm, a quarter mile from Kirkgunzeon. As a child I went to collect the milk churns with my dad in the lorry and around all the other local farms and then took them into Dumfries Carnation Milk factory.
The Castle
I was 9 years old when I moved with my family to Kirkcudbright. My father worked for Sir Charles Hope Dunbar. We moved into his castle and had a rear section as our home. I am not sure of the date, about 1940 the castle caught alight and was burned to the ground this happned about 2am. I remember standing outside in my pj's watching windows breaking and the flames going up to the next level. We eventually moved to Park House Cottage where I lived until joining the navy in 1947. I was office boy in the County Coucil office, the County Clerk was A. L. Bushnel. I am now living in Tasmania (Australia)
Railway Station
Does anyone know when the little station cottage got turned into? My mother lived there with Margaret Brown and James Brown, Jimmy as he was known, in - what do you call the street?
Help Please
I am looking into the history of King Street in Castle Douglas and have been told there was a church, where exactly I am unsure, but if anyone could help with names or pictures I would very much appreciate it. I have heard that it was situated near what is now a convenience store.
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