one i hadnt thought about in years was the DAIRY on parkhouse road which was right across from where i lived and i remember going to buy the dinky glass bottles of ORANGE JUICE there !! :D thanks for sharing with me ... //perfect Linda, You should find this topic from a few years ago interesting - ...

//perfect hughie THANKS FOR SHARING !!! Ross’s Dairy in Parkhouse Road Ardrossan stood on the site where until a few years ago the High Tide pub stood. Those from Saltcoats and Stevenston who are old enough will remember the building if they used the High Road going into Ardrossan - it was on the le...

A long-time friend has lived in the US for about twenty years (mostly in the 50th state).  Born in Glasgow and brought up in Edinburgh, he became even more Scottish as an ex pat.  In particular, he acquired a kilt, learned to play bagpipes and joined a pipe band.  When I met him recently, he was re...

jane wrote:Hello Hugh
Sorry not quite right try this one
http://www.atlanticnetworks.com/jessie.htm

THANKS FOR SHARING THIS LINK JANE !!!!!!!!!

Thank's for that Linda. Ditto, Sarah's comments, (regarding the something new every day). //perfect //perfect and thank you too richard ...isnt INTERNET WONDERFUL!!!!!!! i found this page by accident !!! brings back many many memories ..one i hadnt thought about in years was the DAIRY on parkhouse ...

Great post Linda, you learn something every day in the 3ts, looks like you had a great holiday , or had a great holiday.. yes i did Sarah cordoba is absolutely beautiful...i live 700 kilom south of buenos aires on the coast ...small town called PUNTA ALTA.. its nice to have the atlantic near by in ...

Linda/PT: Another Scottish/Argentinian connection was Alexander Watson Hutton. He is considered to be the founding father of Argentinian football. Here is a little bit about him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Watson_Hutton BTW Linda: I'll need to be having a word with my father-in-law, to ...

Linda, I think the ship you refer to was the NORVAL which arrived in Buenos Aires from Greenock on 9 July 1825. There is actually an advert in the Glasgow Herald of 4 February 1825 in the following terms (there are a couple of words I can't make out): DEPARTURE FOR BUENOS AYRES THE SHIP NORVAL 197 ...

Linda/PT: Another Scottish/Argentinian connection was Alexander Watson Hutton. He is considered to be the founding father of Argentinian football. Here is a little bit about him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Watson_Hutton BTW Linda: I'll need to be having a word with my father-in-law, to ...

My goodness Linda, I didn't know that Miss McKelvie even had such a thing as a belt; you must all have really annoyed her... I was just a couple of years behind you,and in my experience of Academy life the belting of girls was vanishingly rare. I'm not completely confident about what happened in th...

PT - two people, one thought :lol: Get behind me satan!!! Meg lollllllllllllll actually this land has more scottish history than you would believe here is a little info .. In 1825 a ship that had left glasgow arrived in argentina aboard were british coloniales who installed themselves in the locali...