Nostalgic memories of Kelloholm's local history
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I think this was the year my dear Uncle Jim Crawford died and left my Auntie Isa and my two cousins Helen and Isobel.....all very dear to us in memory. We used to visit them in Polmeur Road, cannot remember the number but it was an end house. My cousin, Isobel, used to take us to the swings and we went to the dances in Kirkconnel. In the afternoon we would start getting ready and wear rollers in our hair with a scarf ...see more
On 11th October 1950 I was born in the flat above Drife's butchers shop in Kirkconnel. My dad, Tommy, worked in the shop with Cameron Purvis and struggled to feed a family of three on the butcher's wage and eventually went down the Pit. He was brought up in Edinburgh and I suspect he would never have imagined that his career path would have centred on back breaking work in wet coal seams in ...see more
Brought up at 10 Polmuir Road from 1953 till 1962, I have great memories of the xmas times we had there; putting a stocking at the foot of the bed and a pillowslip for the goodies, my two sisters Moira and Mary playing with their dolls. The family name is McMillan and my dad worked in the pits at Kirconnell, we were friends with the Capbells from across the road.
My dad, Davie, had a big blue van and we used to ...see more
I was born to Janette (maiden name Fowler) and Charlie Ross in 1959 and lived at 13 Main Street and then 15 Guffock Road. My granny and grandad were Isabel and William Fowler(aka 'Slip Fowler' the bookie!). I too, remember long summers swimming up the Killie and longing to go to the Dead Man's pool, swam in the Coal Hole too. My great granny and grandpa were Maimie and Puffer Muirhead, they lived ...see more
Hi, a name search brought me to your link so I thought I'd write in with a request. I'm trying to track down information about my great grandmother who lived in Dumfries between 1900 and 1915.
My Granny, Mary Ann Sturgeon Templeton Rodger, married Will Rodger in 1934. They both worked at the Crighton Royal as mental nurses (1930 to 1960). My Gt Granny was Christina Ellen Templeton, born 1873 and ...see more
Brought up as a child in Kelloholm, lived in Burns Street, and although time has passed I still have memories that are dear to me. Who could forget Jenny Mulligan and Tib in the post office. I still may have relatives living there as my middle names are Hyslop Black, I believe there was a family of the Blacks living in Anderson Street who knew our family. My mother was Martha who had two sisters, Jean and Mary, ...see more
My cousins Helen and Isobel lived in Polmeur Road and they took us to the local dance.....as you say, it took all Saturday to prepare for the jiving at night......what a palaver, and we rolled our hair up in the big rollers and put a scarf over, something we would never have done back in Hemel (where we moved after leaving London).....but it was great fun.......all the kids were great and kept asking my Sister Mary ...see more
Just to add to my comments about growing up in Kelloholm, my mum Elizabeth went to Kelloholm school, it was built in 1925, and my mum was born in 1929. She used to go up Killie swiming when she was a girl. She had brothers and sisters staying in Kelloholm, a sister who stayed in Anderson Street, her name was Jeannette Pagan, married name was Anderson, married to John. She had another sister who stayed at ...see more
Reading through these messages bought back so many memories for me. My grandparents lived in Anderson Street. My grandfather was James Templeton (Jimmy) and my Nan was Katherine Templeton, they had 2 daughters Jean and Sadie. Jean Templeton married Walter Sumner (Wally) who had 3 daughters Erine, Helen and Morag, They also had a son Ronnie. I am the youngest daughter Morag, we also lived in ...see more
I have great memories of when I stayed in Kelloholm, we stayed at 14 Polmuir Road. Then we moved to 95 Greystone Avenue. My gran, we called her Maw, and Papa Herbert stayed 3 doors down the road, I remember when he got his free coal delivered, 1 ton, I used to help him take it in by a bucket, it took ages. My mum Elizabeth Pagan and dad Archibald they had 6 of us, 5 boys 1 girl. I used to go up the Killi ...see more