Kilmarnock, Craufurdland Castle 1951
Photo ref:
K54003
Photo ref:
K54003
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Memories of Kilmarnock, Craufurdland Castle 1951
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I was born in Armour Street in Kilmarnock in 1959. Around 1963 we moved to Onthank. I went to Onthank School. My friend Bryce Herbert and I from about the age of 10 onwards used to go to Craufurdland Lake to fish for Perch and Pike. On Saturday mornings we would knock on the door of the castle in the picture. An upstairs window would open and we would shout up asking for permission to fish in the ...see more
Sometime in December of 1953 I was posted to Preswick Airport from London Airport, being a motor cycle Constable with what was then the Ministry of Civil Aviation Constabulary, for a tour of duty of one month, the police motor cycle, a 350cc Matchless was shipped from London by train. It had been reported that cars were mistaking the single runway for the main road to Glasgow, however during my tour I ...see more
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