couldham 1962

[wellparkno9]

can any body put a name to these vagabonds

[Penny Tray]

Sam,

I reckon you are second from the left; that you must have got the fags from "The Three Blind Mice", and it's Coodham Retreat you've been visiting, near Kilmarnock?

[wellparkno9]

no ,your wrang about me but right about Coodham,canny mind where we got the fags

[John Donnelly]

Aha, so you are one of the vagabonds.
Could that be big Sam, your cousin who was at St Mick's with me, 2nd from the right.

JD.

[wellparkno9]

no your wrong too John,the boys are all about 4 years younger than you

[sally40bags]

Sam, is that you in the middle? I recognise the faces but canny remember the names! Forgot we were ever that young lol

[wellparkno9]

yes thats me,just goes to show I havney changed.

[sally40bags]

Not wan wee bit Lol Love the old pics,do you still keep in touch with the guys in the photo? Is that one of the Hamilton twins on the end at the left?

[wellparkno9]

I still see Francie Gribbon in the Elms bar,I would have to go to a spiritulist meeting to talk to the others

[Catherine Belle]

I remember my grannie taking us to Coodham one year. Do not know why but it seemed important to her at the time. It was a day trip not a retreat. Who knows, maybe someone important was visiting that day. Anyway, the only thing that stuck out in my mind that day and to this day was that most of the priests were smoking! Up until that time I never knew that priests smoked...humans after all despite my Catholic school upbringing. LOL

[morag]

Seems we had annual retreats ...I remember just walking the lovely grounds.

[Catherine Belle]

.....I remember just walking the lovely grounds.

Yea, well. I missed that. The place was crowded the day we visited and my grannie would not let us wander....there were four of us...'nuff said.