Summer of '63 !

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Summer of '63 !

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Where we're you ?
What were you doing in the summer of '63 ?

I was 12 just going into Secondary School and the summer seemed to last forever.

I remember Buddy Holly etc, the fair and candy floss, and not much else !
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Scotty i was nipper finding my feet in Glasgow town then , I dont remember the heat or the freeze 63 :D the best year for me on the beach of the towns was 76 //perfect
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12, almost 13, About to go into 2nd year St. Mike's..Beatles..Cliff..
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Month of May we were heading out to Australia as immigrants , spent our first wedding anniversary in WA
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That was the year I graduated. Sat my finals in May and spent the rest of the summer just lazying around Ardrossan and waiting to start research for a Ph.D. in October. As a prize the University (Glasgow) paid for me to attend the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science which was in Aberdeen. There I met a 'bird' and we got married a year later. Next year is our 50th and already the kids? are planning something.
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Walking back to Ardrossan via the High Road from the bottom end of Stevenston late on the Summer nights with love in my heart. Wondering if it would be a good idea to (1) get married and (2) Migrate to Australia. For me they were two good decisions which came to fruition the following year. :)
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The summer of 1963 must have been a good one, because there are lots of pictures of me in summer frocks dating from that year ( all slides, alas ). I was just turned seven and getting over a bad winter of lots of illnesses, so I was ready to enjoy myself. That was the summer that my sister Anne went on an Ayshire French Summer School trip abroad, and afterwards we hosted a French girl called Monique, with lots of trips out to show her the beauties of the Ayrshire coast ( but I wasn't allowed to go on the boat trip to Rothesay, in case I was seasick.... :( ).

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Bad time for me. Failed school leaving certificate. Left school umemployed. On the other hand discovered good times and parties. Wee Ali
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Summer of '63 i was 2 1/2 and my wee brother had just been born. We lived in Pladda Road and i got bitten by a big dug. It is one of my first memories that dug. The wumman wrapped my hand in a tea towel, and gave me an apple. Still got the scar on my hand to this day
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lol!
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Was not born till summer 1966
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Passed my driving test for buses on Jan 9 th and spent 5 yrs with Western SMT. Can't believe that it was 50 yrs ago.

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