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Where I Was Born.

I was born at home, home being 4 Pentland Crescent, Rosewell. The date was 17/05/1961. We always had a cat or a dog, or both. My dad had an aviary in the back garden, oh and we also had rabbits. It was a lovely old house but we moved to Poltonhall when I was eight. My best memories were of the lovely gala days in the park. And my dad used to look after Father O'Conell's animals and he took me with him. My sister Barbara did a charity run with Jimmy Saville and I got to meet him. My grandad was a signalman at Rosewell station, but I never met my grandparents as they both died before I was born. I have never been able to find a photograph of the station when it was running, so if anyone spots one can you let me know. Thaks for your time. Marion.

Written by Marion Ruth Charman. To send Marion Ruth Charman a private message, click here.

A memory of Rosewell in Midlothian shared on Wednesday, 29th December 2010.

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RE: RE: Where I Was Born.

My brother has a large picture of the railway station on his sitting room wall. He lives in Rosewell. His name is Robert Grant. I'll ask him where he got it from. Sadly I now live in England but I lived at 42 Prestonhall Crescent with brothers William, Robert, and Alex and sisters Marion, Liz, Moyra and Catherine from 1958 to 74, then I joined the RAF. Oh! the memories. I remember Jimmy and the concert behind the chapel that I watched for free, standing on my brother Will's pigeon hut.

Comment from Gary Grant on Saturday, 26th November 2011.

RE: RE: Where I Was Born.

Hi Marion this website has all photos of disused stations and Rosewell is one of them http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/r/rosewell_hawthornden/index.shtml, hope this link works as it has old photos of rosewell when the station was in use xx

Comment from Louise Howells on Saturday, 31st March 2012.

RE: RE: Where I Was Born.

Hi Marion this website has all photos of disused stations and Rosewell is one of them http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/r/rosewell_hawthornden/index.shtml, hope this link works as it has old photos of rosewell when the station was in use xx

Comment from Louise Howells on Saturday, 31st March 2012.

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