T Ballentyne/Ballantyne, Ardrossan - RAF

[Penny Tray]

This photo, from the Imperial War Museum collection, shows a T Ballentyne, more probably Ballantyne, of Ardrossan, refuelling a Spitfire in Italy.

The only family of this name I remember at the moment included a Mr. Tommy Ballantye who lived in Stanley Road and had a mobile shop business?

Hopefully the photo is of interest to someone.

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[wellparkno9]

Hi PT, is there any way to enlarge the photo,cant see the mans face clearly.There was a Sanny Ballantine who kept a horse at the top of Wellpark Rd and he pulled a fruit wagon with it.I think he was the father of the one in Stanley Rd. Sam.

[Milda]

Sam ,it was Tommy who had the horse and cart at the top of Wellpark Rd. many a time I went up and met him and sat on the horses back till we reached our house.Sammy was his son and took over with a van and came up to our house when we moved to Pirnmill Rd..

[maggie T]

Sam,Milda I ,Think thayt might be wee Tommys death in the A/S.?

[wellparkno9]

Hi Milda, am I getting mixed up with Tommy and Sanny.Who was it that worked in the co-op mens dept.Was there no a Sanny worked there,Regards,Sam.

[Milda]

Hi Sam ,yes Sanny Ballantyne was the area manager,a lovely wee man he was too .

[Milda]

Margaret ,that Tommy would have died years ago ,I am sure.Och ,he would have been much older,look at the age of us now.

[maggie T]

Milda.It is Tommy i knew he had the shop in Ardrossan,at St,Margarets Road.Moira worked in the shop,i think his sons helped out,one of them is a bus driver.Sanny was Marade MaCreadies Man yes Milda he was a nice Man.

[Penny Tray]

Sam,

You're asking the wrong man technical questions Before posting I tried to increase the size of the picture myself by raising the zoom percentage and whilst I got a bigger photograph there was no better definition.

Maggie,

The fact that there is a Tommy Ballantyne's death intimated in the Herald this week is an complete coincidence. I posted at lunch-time today and didn't have access to Tom McGrattan's weekly BDM post until a few moments ago.

Having come across this photo I simply didn't want anyone with a family connection to the airman to miss seeing it, particularly since there seems to be facility to purchase these pictures from the Imperial War Museum.