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Angus memories
Early Days in Ferryden
Kids used to run around bare footed. At the school in Ferryden we had slates, if you were good the teacher used to let you take the water bottle home to refill it, we used to clean the slates with water. Went on a picnic, the whole class on a horse and cart. Used to buy a bag of buckies for a penny, didn't eat them, just winkled them out with a pin for fun. Used to get candy apples from a Mrs Coull at the back of Ferryden. We used to go up the braes at the back of Ferryden and pinch the farmer's peas (I[still feel guilty). Used to love the beer boat coming and going, we called it 'the beery'. It was the SS 'Lochside', it used to ply between Newcastle and Montrose. There was still a few fishing boats in Ferryden then and you could see the salmon jumping in the river. It was a wonderfull place to grow up in and it's so sad to... Read more
The Weather
My parents, sister and I lived in Kinneff for a couple of years and I attended the little village school, Mr Hainings was the Head then. The weather was extreme, winters were full of snow and the lovely coal fire my mum to used to make, hours and hours were spent playing out in the summer, I remember one year when all the jelly fish arrived and we took a picnic and sat on the top watching them, another time there was a seal in the water. Wonderful place and wonderful memories.
Friends Who Lived in Greystone
My husband was in the Navy and we were stationed in Edzel from 1972 until 1975. We lived in Greystone in what was called 'The White House'. We had the greatest Scottish neighbours and I would so love to get in touch with them. My children and grandchildren are coming to Scotland June 13, 2009. We are so excited about going back to the place where we loved. Our neighbors were Hans and Rose Goetz. I have lost touch with them and would like to know if anyone knows them or their whereabouts.
Thank you for any information you can give me on the Goetz and their children.
Linda Vick
Evacuees
I attended school headed by Dominie Colvin and indeed ended up living there along with two other evacuees, having previously lived at East Crachie with the Ogilvie family. I learnt, among other things, to make snares and nets to catch rabbits. How to drive a tractor on the farm and other farm work. At the school we put on a school play, which was also put on in Forfar. At 10 years old it was a good war away from the city. In the winter our daily 1/3 pint of milk frequently got frozen, an early version of frozen lollies. We often walked to Forfar to go to the cinema and see Flash Gordon on Saturday, usually followed by chips in the High Street. I later worked for Dave Drummond at Backmuir farm Carmylie having taken a liking to the countryside. At that time the summers seemed endless and the weather fine. We often played in the stream/burn that runs in the hollow to the south below Crachie. The name... Read more
Nursing in Angus 1923 - 1958
This is what I know about my late aunt, Miss Margaret J.A. Urquhart,( 1898 -1977). Miss Urquhart spent 39 years nursing. When she retired, Miss Urquhart was Superintendent in the Domiciliary Service of the National Public Health for the County of Angus. Apparently the domiciliary service came into being with the nationalisation of the health services in 1948. Miss Urquhart supervised a staff of 36. She worked in direct liaison with the medical officer of health for the district. As for Miss Urquhart's non nursing activities , she was president of the Forfar branch of the Women's Citizens Association of Scotland, and was a member of the Women's Guild. Name: Margaret Jane Annabella Urquhart registration number A.8094 Address: 'Stirton', 71 Ireland Street, Carnoustie, Angus Date of registration: 22 June 1923 Trained at Arbroath Infirmary N.T., qualified 30 January 1923 [N.T. means that she was already in training or working as a nurse before the rules governing the registration of nurses came in around this time - later nurses qualified by examination after three years training] Her details remain... Read more
The Low/Davidson Family
My sister and I are from Canada and came to Scotland this past month, August, 2009, to see where our mother, Kathleen Low, and her family were born and raised in their youth. After many years of hearing them describe their homeland, we knew it instantly as soon as we saw the beautiful coast line and smelled the fresh sea air!
Our grandfather was William Herbert Low and he was born in Benholm. His father owned the large farm - Nether Benholm - in the late 1800's. William married Katie Davidson of Johnshaven in 1896 and they lived in Ibicui Cottage, which was her family home. (Katie's mother, Ann Douglas, married Captain David C. Davidson, who went down with his ship (the S.S.Montrose) off Helsinki in the late 1800's).
Grandma and Grandpa Low had five children: David, Annie, Grace and Kathleen (twins), and Winnifred. They left Scotland in 1913 to make a new life in Canada and, while on the voyage over, their youngest... Read more
Benholm Bothy
Responding to Judi Parry's memory of visiting Johnshaven and her mother's surname of Low, I hae a single census record (1901) of my great uncle David Low at the age of 19 being a blacksmith apprentice at the blacksmith's bothy, Benholm. He became a journeyman blacksmith based at Anstruther, Fife, for most of his life. I would be most interested in any information on this blacksmith's bothy or indeed of this branch of the Low family.
