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by June McBride
Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:38 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Ardoch Crescent - Split from: Stevenston Point
Replies: 53
Views: 20286

Re: Ardoch Crescent - Split from: Stevenston Point

Right enough June though I think Marion wasn't Catholic, I don't know if this helps or hinders! They were good neighbours, Marion was a die hard Elvis fan! Did Bill's sis not move down the street? The names will come to me. probably 2 am! Morag, do you mean Tom's sister? If so, yes, down at the bot...
by June McBride
Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:51 pm
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: " A Saunter roon Stinstin"
Replies: 739
Views: 226643

Re: " A Saunter roon Stinstin"

Just to let those from Stevenston know, there is a Facebook page called "Stevenston Ayrshire - Then and Now" if you want to google it. Nothing as grand as this site :)

June
by June McBride
Sun May 29, 2011 4:51 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: " A Saunter roon Stinstin"
Replies: 739
Views: 226643

Re: " A Saunter roon Stinstin"

Isn't that the gateway to the rec - the shortcut to new street and Moorpark Rd. West? circa 1960?
I certainly looks like the entraceway the way it was in the earlyb sixties. There was a gas station across from it, and across from that, a small grocery store, which later became a video rental store..
by June McBride
Tue May 24, 2011 6:55 pm
Forum: Family Research (Genealogy) - Guest Posting Allowed.
Topic: 3 ARDROSSAN ROAD, SALTCOATS
Replies: 24
Views: 19503

Re: 3 ARDROSSAN ROAD, SALTCOATS

Hi Meg,

That was actually my business email and was on the web everywhere, so I wasn't worried. I have now changed to another email adress, also business, so I don't mind anyone knowing it. Besides, my husband is ex military and visits the pistol range weekly. :)
by June McBride
Mon May 16, 2011 3:26 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Ardoch Crescent - Split from: Stevenston Point
Replies: 53
Views: 20286

Re: Ardoch Crescent - Split from: Stevenston Point

Hi Morag, Tom McGuire (myn uncle) was a Catholic, but big Marion (my aunt) was not. However, they brought the children (my cousins) up as Catholics and they went to Catholic Church and School at St. John's. What, if any, religious organization the family attended after that is not clear to me. Do yo...
by June McBride
Mon May 16, 2011 12:03 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Ardoch Crescent - Split from: Stevenston Point
Replies: 53
Views: 20286

Re: Ardoch Crescent - Split from: Stevenston Point

Hello, Little Plum, My McGuires were mostly from Saltcoats. Bill McGuire was my grandfather, and lived on Ardeer Cresc. He wroked at Ardeer, but before that was a bus and taxi driver. He was a hobbyist mechanic. His brother Jack (john) had a garage in Dalry and was a mechanic. There were other McGui...
by June McBride
Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:35 am
Forum: Family Research (Genealogy) - Guest Posting Allowed.
Topic: coo-rooden
Replies: 9
Views: 3530

Re: coo-rooden

Boddydarg is right, New St. used to be called coo rodden, coo - cow, and rodden - road. I found this doing research on stevenston's history. There was a burn or stream near where thr cross is now, and people watered their animals there and allowed them to graze. Used to be, familes had a cow or chic...
by June McBride
Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:28 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: " A Saunter roon Stinstin"
Replies: 739
Views: 226643

Re: " A Saunter roon Stinstin"

What is the botanical name for the root? I's love to grow it if possible! :) Do you remember some referring to liquorice as allacreesh? And aI knew someone who called Drambuie 'sugar ally watter' Hi Morag, the name is Glycyrrhiza glabra. It is easy to grow in full sun here in the Ottawa valley. It ...
by June McBride
Sun Apr 24, 2011 7:15 pm
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: " A Saunter roon Stinstin"
Replies: 739
Views: 226643

Re: " A Saunter roon Stinstin"

I don't really remember anything on the railway side of the road. On the other side there was a side street about halfway along where you could get the liquorice root for a ha'penny, :shock: I remember walking to St. John'sschool from Morrison Ave with my cousin Billy and he stopped into that shop ...
by June McBride
Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:44 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Ardoch Crescent - Split from: Stevenston Point
Replies: 53
Views: 20286

Re: Ardoch Crescent - Split from: Stevenston Point

http://i.imgur.com/Kk2OWmD.jpg I hope this has worked o k This is a post card that my wife borrowed from a old lady in Kilwinning, scribbled on the back was granny cleaning the windows at 22 Ardoch crescent. (1920,s) My gran lived in 21 Ardoch. Isa McGuire, Husband will McGuire, John, Betty, Tom an...
by June McBride
Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:06 am
Forum: Schools - The Schools we attended
Topic: St. John's - class of 1948
Replies: 36
Views: 24019

Re: St. John's - class of 1948

Re: June McBride June might have been a year younger; - not sure. I think she is a Threetowner too. Hi John, I am indeed a three towner, but I wasn't born until 1954 :) I entered St. John's in 1959 in Miss Reid's Class and left in 1963 in Miss Rose Traynor's class. I have no class photos for those t...
by June McBride
Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:56 am
Forum: Schools - The Schools we attended
Topic: St John's 1965
Replies: 8
Views: 5347

Re: St John's 1963

Hi There,

Grace Barr was in primary one with me, but in 1963, we were in Miss Rose Traynor's class (primary 6) I left in October 1963 from that class to go to Canada. Maybe the photo was taken later on in 1963 after I left...Tommy Murphy was also in my class through the years.

June