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It was such a delight to find our house so clearly captured by the photographer in this composition! The barns pictured to the right of the church were bought by my husband and I in 1998. Originally they were grain storage barns, and in ...Read more

A memory of Sheviock in 1998 by Linda Shelton

Hi, I've put together a list of Glenboig nicknames - can you add to it? Here is a small selection of the nicknames. If you would like a copy of over 80+ Glenboig Nicknames, please send me an email. Also,i f you have any old ...Read more

A memory of Glenboig by Michael Condron

My name was Dorothy Nilsen, I fondly remember Glenmavis Primary School, in late 1950-1960s, and then on to Airdrie High. I lived in a little cottage, 205 Glenmavis Road, just past the Burn and before the ...Read more

A memory of Glenmavis in 1960 by Dorothy Tester

I was 10 years of age when this photograph was taken in 1955. Ecclefechan was the centre of the world to me at that age. I lived in Castle Acre and had the most wonderful childhood possible. I recall walking the burn under ...Read more

A memory of Ecclefechan in 1955 by Jim Donaldson

My family lived in Kinellar (Blackburn) before we emigrated to New Zealand in 1959. My sister and I went to Kinellar School, and my Dad, Bob Forbes, also attended the same school when he was a lad and has often talked about ...Read more

A memory of Kinellar in 1959

I was a boy 8 years of age when my family fled the bombing of Belfast to the small community of Cardy which is approx. 3 miles from Carrowdore on the road to Ballywalter. The year was 1940 and times were tough with worries of the war ...Read more

A memory of Carrowdore in 1940 by Joe Murphy

I remember the lad that used to have the hot dog bike on the burns every weekend, that was about 1963. I drove the buses down Chester in 1967. Good times, never to come back.

A memory of Chester-Le-Street in 1967 by David Kitching

I was born in Park Royal hospital in Feb 1952 then taken home to 70 Craven Park Road spitting distance from Harlesden police station. Just across the road from our family doctor, (Dr Curtis) not much bedside manor, ...Read more

A memory of Willesden by pjspence18

Our family of 3 children and Mammy and Daddy moved to the Spittal from Stonelaw Road when I was 5 years old.Great to have an inside toilet,bath and bedrooms,what a luxury also a kitchen with a cooker and even a fridge,after adding ...Read more

A memory of Rutherglen in 1948 by Jean Clark

My Mother was born in Graces Road in Aug 1893 in her parents house with her eight Bros/Sisters until she married my father in 1918, on leave from France. In 1920 they moved to Green Lane, Thornton Heath. I was Born in 1930. On special ...Read more

A memory of Camberwell by Brian Shiers