The Castle

A Memory of St Mary's Isle.

I was 9 years old when I moved with my family to Kirkcudbright. My father worked for Sir Charles Hope Dunbar. We moved into his castle and had a rear section as our home. I am not sure of the date, about 1940 the castle caught alight and was burned to the ground this happned about 2am. I remember standing outside in my pj's watching windows breaking and the flames going up to the next level. We eventually moved to Park House Cottage where I lived until joining the navy in 1947.
I was office boy in the County Coucil office, the County Clerk was A. L. Bushnel.
I am now living in Tasmania (Australia)

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