Doune
I lived in Surrey but used to travel to Doune to visit Margaret & George Paterson who owned Watston Farm in Doune. Living in a city I loved going up to the farm for holidays and had my last visit to them in 1973 when I came over from Australia with my husband, son and daughter (where I moved to in 1963). I am visiting Scotland again in September 08 and look forward to revisiting Doune, Kippen and Stirling where I have happy memories of great holidays. Bette Schoots (nee Miller).
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RE: RE: Doune
Just a short comment. When we lived in Deanston - 1937 to mid 1940s, we had two farmers making milk deliveries to the residents. I recall George as a big, very quiet man who personally made deliveries of milk. If my memory serves me correctly, there was a pond/small lake in one of his fields, and one very hard winter, the pond became frozen and the ice was thick enough for a number of local men, including my father,to get out their curling rocks. They had quite a few games until the thaw started.
Comment from Fionn Young on Sunday, 28th November 2010.
RE: RE: Doune
My father was appointed as Headmaster of Deanston Public School in 1937. My mother did her grocery shopping at Macfarlanes in Doune until we left just after WW2. Mr Macfarlane was a very pleasant man, kept a good stock in spite of War time. I remember that my mother would take her grocery list in on a Tuesday, I think and her order was delivered on the Thursday - by a horse drawn covered wagon - the order neatly wrapped and packed in a large wooden box. No delivery van - it was Wartime! My mother ran an account which she settled at the end of each month and Mr Macfarlane always showed his appreciation for prompt pay
ment over the year, by giving a gift of a large box of fancy biscuits or bottle of wine
Then, the chemist shop was owned by Mr Ross - again a very pleasant man. My mother had prescriptions to be filled and as I was an asthmatic in those days, there were on-going prescriptions for me. A lady owned a Greengrocery shop and her name escapes me - Miss (Brock?). MacAlpine, the bakers - before the War they had a van that called. There was also Calders bakery - I got to know one of the sons, Robert (Bob), but that is another story. Doune had a very old Castle which was not open to the public in our time, as it was considered to be unsafe.
There were two Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) churches,one Church of England, one Roman Catholic Church and a Meeting Hall of a denomination, the name of which, I cannot recall. Doune was well served by the Christian faith!
Comment from Fionn Young on Friday, 4th March 2011.