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I can't pinpoint the year exactly, but it was definitely a year or two before 1953 which was the year I left the UK. I and three friends, student nurses at a hospital in Essex, decided on a holiday in Scotland. We chose Dollarbeg as ...Read more

A memory of Dollar in 1951 by Thelma Hurly

My mum Janet Lennox and her sister Marion lived and went to school for a while in Kirkconnel as my grandfather died when they were young so my gran went to stay with family for a while rather than staying in Manchester. We had ...Read more

A memory of Kirkconnel by lizpaton

Hi, I wonder if anyone remembers my childhood home in Main Street. I lived there with my mum, dad, granny and two sisters in the 1960,s and have many lovely memories of my childhood there, I have ...Read more

A memory of Balloch in 1962 by Jacqueline Mc Ewan

Ballagh cottage, part of the Haire family Armagh Manor estate, was a Dowager House - where Florence (Florries) Haire resided after the death of her more elderly in years husband, Major Haire. During ...Read more

A memory of Ballaghennie by Joan Haire Major

I was brought up in Glenboig. I went to the school that sank, what great memories I have of the old teachers, Mr Mcafee, Mr Gallacher, Mr O'Neill, Mrs Hughes, Mrs Deerie, Mrs Egan and Mrs Clinton in Room 1. I had moved away by the ...Read more

A memory of Glenboig by Maria Graham

My name is Barry Graham and I lived at 35 Cordale Road which was one of the prefabs, as they were know in Renton. I have two brothers, Colin and Freddy, Colin still lives in Dumbarton and Fred lives in Sydney, I myself live in Perth in ...Read more

A memory of Renton by Barry Graham

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, ...Read more

A memory of Kelloholm by Isabella Agnew

I was born in Lodge Ave.in 1949.My father Tom Kennedy was also born in Mortlake in 1904.He worked as a cooper at Watneys brewery.My brother Michael and I both attended Mary Magdalene school as did my Dad.We moved to the North in the 1950s.Happy memories.Jennifer Gallacher nee Kennedy

A memory of Mortlake by jennygallacher

Left Potter St School at 14 years of age. Two years later, without any particular aptitude or skills, I found my way to Marabelle Fabrics. Styled as a wharehouseman, I cycled from Field-End road everyday except Sundays. The ...Read more

A memory of Northwood in 1948 by Peter Giles

While studying and working in dreary damp Manchester in November 1967 I persuaded three friends in my Hall of Residence at the university to go away for the weekend to Glasgow. The attraction was a football match so we ...Read more

A memory of Loch Lomond in 1967 by John Howard Norfolk