Nostalgic memories of Kirn's local history
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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.
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I too worked here as a school girl in the holidays.
I remember Heidi and Suzi well ( have a photo of them) Also a very nice Dutch girl, and an Australian called Margaret.
Rowena, who worked in the kitchen with one of the sisters. Margaret and Muriel I remember too. ( they were the real staff)
I worked a few summers and Christmas.
The manageress was a bit daunting. The first one was local, the second English.
Met so many ...see more
I worked at Dhalling Mhor for about 7 weeks during May & June 1975 while on a long holiday from Australia. Also sang in the choir at Kirn Parish Church during that time. Great memories of that beautiful spot.
I worked here for a number of years. Had many happy times late 60s early 70s
I was brought up in Enmore and lived there from 1934 till 1947. The hotel was owned by my grand parents. I lived there with my mother and father who worked in the hotel. I went to Dunoon Grammar School starting in 1938.
Hello, I am trying to find out more about the place my father was born in 1931 which was Cloch View, Kirn. I understand that it was a tenement in Hunter street with a view of the Cloch Lighthouse. My father's mother was called Lillian Rose Connor (married name Batchelor) her mother was called Margaret Connor married to the bootmaker Cornelius Connor. Margaret was living at Cloch View in 1925 and was still there when her ...see more
I lived in Kirn from 1933 to 1948 when we moved about one mile to Hunters's Quay. The pier was owned by Mr. Imrie and it cost 1p to get on or off. Next to the pier was the coal pier of solid construction and that is where children fished from. Puffers called to unload coal for Mr. Imrie's coal business. I often got the boat for Gourock and the the train to Glasgow. It is very sad that nothing remains of the pier which was such ...see more
I was just reading 'Formative years in Kirn'. Yes they were good. I used to fish off Kirn pier for cat fish for Mrs Drovandi's cat and in exchange she would give me an ice cube. I remember Reggie Brooks and the boats - We used to live in Borland Park. Then moved up to Argyle Terrace. I remember Edith McPhail, Jeanette Rankin, Dorcas Branches. Playing jump rope - playing ball on the nursery wall that was at the end of Argyle ...see more
I'm a navy brat ... I lived on the promenade in 1963 and used to watch the Polaris submarines come down the river and go into Holy Lock and tie up to the submarine tenders and dry docks for repairs. I was a young boy at the time and attended Scottish public schools. I loved this country, this town and this magical place of submarines, ships and ferrys, lighthouses and fog horns. There used to be a dinghy rental ...see more
My lifetime in Kirn ran from birth in 1948 until I left the area in 1968 to become a policeman in Newcastle upon Tyne. My family lived in Argyll Terrace (No. 8). I worked with George Fraser the grocer for at least seven years and spent summers with Reg Brooks and Hugh McLachlan at Kirn Lido, pushing boats out for 5 pounds a week and loving every minute. I used to catch the ropes at the pier for 2/6 a time and ...see more