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Living in Luss Village

Luss, the Village c1931

We just moved to a place outside village called Yewtree Lodge. About 1yr later we moved into village to a house called Rhu House. My brother, sister & I went to Luss Primary School where our Head Teacher was called Mrs Gamble. The other teacher was Mrs Taylor, her dad owned The Highland Arts Shop in village which is now owned by her brother Duncan Taylor. My dinner lady was called Mrs Macdonald. Mrs Taylor left and along came a teacher called Mrs Nonabell. We lived in the village until 1983 when my dad lost his job on Luss Estates through ill health. This village is where I was most happy in life. I went up to visit 2004 and things ...read more here
A memory of Luss contributed by Tony McCreadie

on the seafront

i went to school at the hermitage acadamy for about a year because my dad was in the navy at the time stationed at rosneath. my parents and i used to walk along the seafront and have tea and ice cream in tony,s ice cream parlour. there are wonderful views over the gareloch here ,you can see rosneath point from the front.
A memory of Helensburgh contributed by nigel holgate

********NORTHFIELD ROAD**************

Too many childhood memories to list. Too many childhood friends to list. I moved away with my family in 1960. And "WWW" has reunited so many of us in the last few years. We are all over the world now but can take a walk down "CYBER MEMORY LANE".
A memory of contributed by IRENE NELSON

13 years old

i moved here with my mum and dad in 1953 for a year . my dad was in the navy then,and served in the base there.we lived in heather cottage in the clachan opposite the post office.mr and mrs macarthur owned the cottage and we lived upstairs. i used to play with their son eric in the garden.we had great fun when it snowed sledging down the hill behind the house.i also made friends with the rector of the manse,s son only ive forgotten his name. i went to school at the hermitageacadamy in helensburgh by bus it is about 12 miles. we also used to go fishing ...read more here
A memory of Rosneath contributed by nigel holgate