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by PhilipD
Sun Feb 08, 2015 1:05 pm
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Kilmeny Hotel
Replies: 44
Views: 33208

Re: Kilmeny Hotel

I'm getting confused. I was sure that in the early 1970's 'Mrs Cameron' was managing the Ingledene? I remember her fondly as after a particularly wild 'concert night' that I'd organised at the Ingledene, starring Saltcoats' own "The Psychle", she barred me :-) The band were playing loud an...
by PhilipD
Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:00 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Colin hay's new TV Ad in Australia
Replies: 3
Views: 4138

Colin hay's new TV Ad in Australia

Hi Everyone, For those who remember Colin Hay from Ardrossan Academy Primary (or from his parents' Music Shop in Saltcoats, here is his latest Olympics TV ad for Telstra here in OZ. 'Down Under' is basically Australia's other National Anthem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd8sFivSpys&feature=en...
by PhilipD
Wed Jun 13, 2012 3:05 am
Forum: Schools - The Schools we attended
Topic: Ardrossan Academy Primary building
Replies: 46
Views: 39758

Re: Ardrossan Academy Primary building

Gawd, I can feel myself spiralling into nostalgia overload..... :-) Thanks Mick re the tat tie howking The Brothers Wilson, the billy tea, the 17/6 a day that rose to 1 pound a day!!! Did a pound note ever look as good as after a day at the tatties....and.....if I close my eases really tight, I can ...
by PhilipD
Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:49 am
Forum: Schools - The Schools we attended
Topic: Ardrossan Academy Primary building
Replies: 46
Views: 39758

Re: Ardrossan Academy Primary building

I've just surfed on here and I'm having flashbacks. I think I need to call a therapist. The mention of Miss Christie (was she room 5 or primary 5) is bringing me out in a cold sweat. I was at AA primary from about '58--'63 (Philip Darbyshire) and she was the personification of evil. I cannot remembe...