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by joantoyboy
Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:23 pm
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Down The Bath Rocks
Replies: 7
Views: 4360

Re: Down The Bath Rocks

no i was never in the cottage but my husband tommy murphy was there all the time as a boy, harry england lost a leg in ww1 :cry:
by joantoyboy
Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:18 pm
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Glebelands
Replies: 4
Views: 2416

Re: Glebelands

when i went to st., mary,s during the war italian prisoners of war were digging a victory garden at the glebe cannon o,conner would tell us off for being there and yelling at the prisoners :roll:
by joantoyboy
Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:22 pm
Forum: Family Research (Genealogy) - Guest Posting Allowed.
Topic: Oilskin Workers
Replies: 8
Views: 5270

Re: Oilskin Workers

had a friend rose mathieson worked at the oilskin works that was in the 1940,s had a raincoat that came from there cost me 5shillings
by joantoyboy
Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:05 pm
Forum: Threetowners' Photo Album
Topic: Some current pics of ICI
Replies: 51
Views: 22262

Re: Some current pics of ICI

i used to work in the wire shop jock mccoll was the foreman, then in the gaslers and on to the black powder, those were the days.
by joantoyboy
Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:56 pm
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Down The Bath Rocks
Replies: 7
Views: 4360

Re: Down The Bath Rocks

you will see harry england mentioned he was my late husband,s grandfather. joan murphy
by joantoyboy
Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:17 pm
Forum: Recipes - Mostly Scottish
Topic: soda bread
Replies: 14
Views: 13691

rolls

does any one have a recipe for the rolls we used to by at howies the bakers i tell my american friends about them but they dont know what i am talking about .t5hanks joan
by joantoyboy
Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:35 pm
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Saltcoats Community Council Meeting
Replies: 6
Views: 4144

Re: Saltcoats Community Council Meeting

need to do something about the shore front etc., its a disgrace , during ww2 and on into the 60,s it was great what ever happend?
by joantoyboy
Tue Oct 05, 2010 5:15 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Scottish Pictures.
Replies: 6
Views: 2741

Re: Scottish Pictures.

does any one know what happenedto paddy,s market in glasgow got many agood bargain there?
by joantoyboy
Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:34 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Photos of Scotland
Replies: 3
Views: 1704

Re: Photos of Scotland

wonderful pictures makes makes me wish iwas there.
by joantoyboy
Tue Sep 21, 2010 7:02 pm
Forum: Threetowners' Photo Album
Topic: 25 Windmill Street Saltcoats
Replies: 13
Views: 10931

Re: 25 Windmill Street Saltcoats

i think they were cousinsthe grandfather mccallum had a horse and cart for delivering the coal the horse was a clydsdale
by joantoyboy
Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:42 pm
Forum: Threetowners' Photo Album
Topic: 25 Windmill Street Saltcoats
Replies: 13
Views: 10931

Re: 25 Windmill Street Saltcoats

forgot to mention my friend georgie mccallum and her brothers and sisters lived on the top floor of 25 windmill st and her granda mccallum the coal man lived on the bottom flat ,do you remember them?
by joantoyboy
Tue Sep 14, 2010 7:57 pm
Forum: Threetowners' Photo Album
Topic: 25 Windmill Street Saltcoats
Replies: 13
Views: 10931

Re: 25 Windmill Street Saltcoats

the house of ill repute was the marigold hotel and abie stern owned it he lived there most of the time i lived at 47 windmill st