From Enid Baxter's Scottish cookbook: 2 lb. oatmeal 1lb. shredded suet 2 onions salt and pepper pudding skins Soak skins in salted water, then rinse well in cold water. Toast the oatmeal lightly in the oven. Mince the onions. Add onoins and suet to the meal, with salt and pepper to taste. Mix well. ...

Ellen, I don't remember listening to the Archers but I did listen to the McFlannels when I was in High School. Margaret;

JAMES, Look at the school photos on 3towners. Central School 1940-41. There are 2 Tomeltys in that pic, a class or so above mine. I was at the Central 1935-1942. I'm pretty sure there was a Tomelty in my class. I remember Ishbel McCarroll, Philomena Welsh, Bridie McGinn, James Cochrane, Patrick O,Ha...

Hello again ,Liz. If you are the same Liz who posted to Topica, welcome back. you sent super pics of old Saltcoats and of Saltcoats Victoria when they won the Junior cup in 1925. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but welcome anyway. Margaret.

How about right said Fred let's ave a cuppa tea by Bernard Cribbins ? can I request that one from 60's hits? Margaret;

You're right, Harry!

There's nae life aboot the hoose when oor guid man's awa!

Margaret;

David,
Check "Bowdlerise" in Google. Margaret;

Ellen,
I didn't express myself well. My daughter's partner is O.K. The young soldier killed in Afghanistan was not in the band but loved pipe music and used to listen to the band practising. Margaret;

Ellen, Thanks for bringing that to my attention, particularly today when I read that a young soldier from our Montreal Black Watch Armoury had been killed in Afghanistan. My daughter is a piper with the Watch and her partner a drummer in the band. She said the young man loved the pipes and now the b...

James,
We were told not to swim at Sandilands because the sewage went out there and you could see the big pipe when the tide was out.This would be in the 40's. Margaret

Hi, Hugh,

Would that be the Clyde Valley Stompers? I remember dancing to them at the Westfield in Saltcoats around mid 50's. Margaret

Jimmy,
Thank you for that walk along memory lane. My grandchildren were impressed that nana had lived beside the sea. We didn't really appreciate the place till we left it! Margaret