Went to a movie last week titled "On the day" a documentary on a pipe band called the "Spirit of Scotland" consisting of the best individual pipers and drummers from around the world. The Band was brought together in Scotland, practised for a week and entered the world championsh...

I also took country dancing from Fanny Waters at Eglinton.
As well later on took country dancing from a Miss Glass in Stevenston
Can still do the pas de bas for maybe 20 seconds before exhaustion sets in

Robert

My Brother is married to Mary Mccallum from Saltcoats now living in Vancouver, B.C. who has two or three sisters Anna Reena and ? . Her father owned a coal delivery service - is this the same Mccallums?

Robert

Dont speak with your mouth full
Dont speak at the table unless your spoken to
Keep your elbows off the table
Always give up your seat on the bus to your elders

Robert

When we lived at 8 Rowanside Terrace my brothers and I used to take the home made "Bogie" and go down the North shore to collect seaweed for the garden. It was quite a long trip specially as it was uphill on the way back but the bogie got lighter as we went home as the water ran out of the...

I always liked the word scunner as in "A'm fair scunnered" or "wid yon yin no gie yi the scunner". I think these auld Scots words are so descriptive but hard to explain their real meaning to non-Scots.

Robert

Both my brothers apprenticed at SAl in the 50s

My brothers and I always went for our Sunday walk after attending Sunday School at the Park Church in Glasgow Street. We were never allowed to play soccer on Sunday however I would always take and squeeze a tennis ball in my hand and put it in my pocket so mother wouldnt see it. Invariably we would ...

Hi Hughie

Your no talkin about Gregor Robertson the mayor of Vancouver are you?
I live in Nanaimo.

Robert

Hi Meg Dads name was Robert but as usual was called Bobbie or Boabbie. Yes he was in the shell choir and I have the original of that picture. I also have a picture taken inside the shell canteen with 20 or 30 of the workers in it. As well a picture of the shell kids xmas party (not the same one as i...

Hi Meg I have sent the home guard picture to Hughie to post as I am totally incompetent computer-wise. My dad was also in a reserved occupation as he also worked at Shell Mex. Before we moved to Canada he was a foreman (of fitters and turners) and had been with them 17years after serving his time in...

Their seems to be some misunderstanding Hughie. The photos originated with George not with me. He had sent them to me and I sent him some of my father in the Home guard (camping up the country). My father was not in the mine watchers therefore he is not in any of the pictures. Anyway just thought I'...