Rosneath, Castle 1901
Rosneath, Castle 1901 Ref: 47488
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Year: 1953
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 off the pier by the ferry inn is the inn still there? my dad made me a sailing boat {model}and i used to sail it in the burn behind the house and in the gareloch . after about 2 weeks i began to talk like the natives but when i arrived home in england it soon went.i have great memories of the loch the village and the surrounding countryside and i was sorry to go home.i came back about 20 years later,. but it had all changed its never the same is it . Posted: 11/01/2008 20:22 by Nigel Holgate |
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Year: 1960
Summer Holidays
My Grandfather was the doctor for Kilcreggan from 1953 -1970.He and my grandmother lived at Kenilworth which was on the Shore Road.He was called John Campbell Miller.Our family holidayed there every year during the 1960s. We used to arrive on the morning boat from Gourock.We spent 2 weeks there every Easter and 1 month there every Summer.TutTut was a favourite of ours.Another favourite was the Italian Icecream shop called Rossi's Posted: 03/12/2007 16:49 by Ann Liddell |
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Year: 1947
Happy Days
I came to live in Ardpeaton Lodge at the age of 2 when my father was transferred from Wales to Coulport. At that time the Lodge was owned by the MOD along with Ardpeaton House which was further up the drive. Two years later the House was converted into 5 flats and we were moved out of the Lodge and moved into one of the ground floor flats. I lived there for several years and went to the local school in Kilcreggan and then on to the Hermitage in Helensburgh when I was 12. They were the happiest years of my life. All the neighbours were like relatives Last edited: 14/04/2008 19:25 by Carole Squier |
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Year: 1953
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. Posted: 12/01/2008 15:42 by Nigel Holgate |
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 Gourock, Kempock Street 1900 (ref: 45978) |
Year: 1964
Granny Kempocks Stone
I moved from Port Glasgow when I was 5 to live with my gran. She had a small two room flat on Kempock Street just below Granny Kempock's Stone. I seem to recall that you went through an opening/archway which took you through into a large open space which I think used to be old stables and it was from here there were stairs that took you up to the flat. I also remember the Continental Cafe was just across the road from the flat. There was a small alleyway that took you up the step hill to Granny Kempock's, and we used to go this way when we were going to school. I lived here for a year or so before moving to the new flats (1966 or 67) in Larkfield Road, no 67 I seem to recall was where we moved to. I remember the summers queuing up to get into the swimming baths when I was a bit older. I left Gourock to live in Port Glasgow in the early 1970s but still came to school in Gourock until I left in 1975 after which I moved to England and I am still living here now. I have very fond memories of growing up in Gourock. Last edited: 05/05/2008 16:36 by Carol Cassin(mcmanus) |
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