Early Years
I was born at 37, Ravenshill Road in 1955. I can remember a man on a bike sharpening knives and scissors on a grinding wheel attached to the front, also a man with a pony and trap would take you for a ride round the block for a penny. My friends at the time were Eric Rawson and Ian Bracken, I wonder where they are now. There was a burn that used to run down the back of the houses, my mam used to go mad if we played down there as we would have only been about 4 years old. I left West Denton to move to Westerhope in 1960.
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My parents moved to 37 Ravenshill Road in about 1973 when I was a year old, along with my twin sister, older brother and older sister. I have many fond memories of growing up in this house, which was always full of life. My dad made some changes by knocking the scullery and dining room into one, and putting in what was then a modern hatch. We too, used to play in the burn and make dens, we got told off for bringing clarts into the house. We once found some new born kittens in there and brought them home, but our mam made us take them back to the spot we found them. My twin sister and her husband bought the house from my parents, and on doing some work on the house pulled out the fire and fire place and found an old painting in there. It was a mystery, why and who put it there? I still miss this house but still have the great memories of growing up there.
Comment from Louise Lloyd on Friday, 23rd March 2012.