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Would his parents christian names be William and Elizabeth?

There is a Robert McCreadie on the census for Ardrossan in 1901 aged 5 or 6 (the details are difficult to read) but living at 32 Barr Lane. Working that back, there is a birth entry for a Robert McCreadie born June 3rd 1895 at 10 Barr Lane which would tie in with the age. I have found on the registe...

A few weeks ago someone asked me if I could remember the water trough on the roadside in front of the war memorial gardens on Glasgow street, next to the steps up to the hill. I 'thought' I could remember it but for some daft reason 'wee pal' popped into my head when we had this discussion because I...

hi Cindy Like most folks I have regualrly heard the phrase 'after the banns'. I always thought it was unique to Scotland but I now understand it is used UK-wide. This is a better definition (from wikipedia.org) than I could ever come up with:- "The banns of marriage or, simply "the banns&q...

hello Cindy. All of the information you are looking for is available online from http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ - I have plenty of search credits left so checked out the details for you and found the following:- When, Where and How Married:- On the seventeenth day of April 1868 at Boglemart Stre...

Thanks Hughie - the jigsaw is all fitting together now. One more thign that came to mind today. Was it Rab's piggery that was on the road the other side of Dalry Road from the original Metallic office building? I remember the low level hut-like buildings running along that road and I'm sure a pigger...

The 4th picture reminded me of the trees in the grounds of Stanley School. Totally forgot about those. Also, it's great to see the countryside behind the town, following the road towards the Busbie dam just after Primrose Glen (I think that's what we called it) and the old quarry next to it. In the ...

Great pictures Bob. Thanks for posting them. Bringing backs lots of memories from my childhood (in the late 1950's). That's a crackin' shot of the gas works!

maggie, Wee Shuggie is on holiday for a week but will contact you when he gets back next weekend.