Nostalgic memories of Mossband Ho's local history
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Hi, we the Sharpe family lived at, 19 The Green, Mossband 1936 / 1956. Mam, Margaret and 8, children. Have fond memories and a few photos, of some of the kids, out on the green at Mossband. Would, love to put names to the faces, but finding this very difficult. Is there any chance you could assist in this endeavour? If so happy to, share them with you. If you have any, you ...see more
Response to the posting. "I would love to hear from anyone else who lived there, such as Sam Wallace, David Franklin and people in Gretna. Thank you, Francess Jones (I was Francess Daugherty then) I am Derek Sharpe the Sharpe family lived at The Green Mossband and went to Gretna High School. Recall many of the names you mention. Would love to chat, should you wish.
By going to my granny's and playing in the swing park. I came from Gretna and I had 2 sisters named Norah and Rona. I went to school with Sally Portues who married a soldier from Gretna called Gardner. She still lives in Gretna.
Does anyone have any school photos of the 1950s at Gretna Township School, later Gretna High School, Scotland?
These were great times, hard up maybe, but we were happy kids, lots of snow in winter yet we still went 3 miles in the bus to Gretna High School. My first job was in Carlisle, 8 miles away, in Woolworths, I loved it, also John Watts coffee merchants in Carlisle selling loose coffee and sugar, then Teesdales sweet factory for short term and Morton sun down sewing blankets and ironing, I ended up at Carlisle and ...see more
I recall the Suez crisis, my dad was a constable in Mossband and all the troops went to Suez and we sang "Lay Down Your Arms". We used to collect blackberries down Black Bank and go to the army pictures. We'd climb a tree with a rope and swing on it. I went to Church Elims in Gretna with my friends Moira Porteous and Mary Pearson. We were happy kids that never had a lot but had a great ...see more
I lived with my parents at 28 The Green, Mossband from around 1942 (when I was one year old) until 1949, when my Father, Edward Lovie (a WD constable) died from throat cancer. My memories are all fairly traumatic and include: a fatal train accident by the signal box in 1944. (date confirmed) Going to Gretna school and one day seeing the aftermath of one young lad who had been fatally run over outside ...see more
I lived in Mossband and went to Gretna Township School, later known as Gretna High. Times were hard but we enjoed our time there and kept ourselves occupied potato picking in Rockliffe and Todhills, rose hip collecting, and I remember the troops going to the Suez was a sad time. We had lots of friends in Gretna and Mossband. I went back few year ago, everything gone. Gretna is the same except for the shopping ...see more
I lived in Mossband in the 1950s, I left there 1958. I went to school in Gretna and remember Miss Davidson the English teacher and Mr Glasspool the science teacher and his wife too, Pop Liddle was the headmaster. We lived on the green at Mossband, my dad was a war department policeman and we used to go in a truck to see films in Longtown army camp. They were all RAOC or Pioneer regiments.I ...see more
My father was a serving soldier, serving at the RAOC camp until 1948. We lived in the YMCA building in the camp itself and it had a large functions hall attached where one of our officers once entertained the children at Christmas with a magic show. I remember the huge and long-lasting snowfall that stayed around for months into 1948 and the glaring red sunsets over the Cumbrian hills. I went to school in ...see more