I only got 4, I am ashamed to say.

I make my steak pie with diced beef, an onion, a few chopped mushrooms, gravy mix, a teaspoon of Worcestershire Sauce, H.P. Sauce & Tomato sauce, a pinch of ground mace and a few drops of Parisian essence to darken the gravy, plus salt & pepper to taste. I also use bought sheets of puff past...

What a lovely story and photos of the buzzard. I was just thinking about the garden of my home in Glencairn Street, Stevenston in the 1950's. I live in Australia and the older I become the more I yearn for the simple things I took for granted as a child. My father worked for ICI but he was a keen ga...

Dear Glenshena, Thank you for letting me know bout Lorna Coleman. I appreciate your post. How terribly, terribly sad. What an absolute tragedy. You imagine that people have led charmed lives and then learn about such loss. I am truly saddened. Sometimes we become so involved in our own lives that yo...

Re: Ingledene Hotel I went to Langside College and studied Catering and Hotelkeeping with Lorna Coleman from 1967 to 1969. I remember Mrs. Coleman and her wee dogs in the front lounge. It used to be THE place to go to on a Saturday night. One of the wee dogs got trampled on and was killed and I was ...

Dear Meg, You sound a really happy , lovely person. I just LOVED Ardrossan Academy. I had been bullied something shocking at Stevenston High School and I was so happy and proud to go to Adrossan Academy but when I look back I realise how obnoxious I was (and still can be!). My mother was a Scottish ...

Yes, Ad Astra (To The Stars) was the motto of Ardrossan Academy.

Latin was my worst subject at school and I had to look it up but it means "Through Adversity To The Skies" and it is used by the RAF, RAAF etc. A fitting tribute to a brave man. I thought I knew everything when I left college but I now know that I knew three parts of nothing!! Life experie...

I have thoroughly enjoyed the comments. Well done Meg for thinking to bring the dogs to school! I have had a good chuckle out of that. Bobnetau, what fun, like you I couldn't draw to save my life! I can't ever remember being taught by Kay but it is so lovely to have those memories. I do remember Kay...

Yes, that was Kay (Catherine) Smith. She had a boxer dog and it was just a lovely big gentle pup. After it died Kay bought Teko and I think he came to an untimely end under the wheels of a vehicle on the High Road, out the front of their house! I don't remember feeling much sadness at this event as ...

Alex Smith was my second cousin. His mother was Martha (McCallum) and Martha was the cousin of my adopted mother,Grace Dickie (nee Carruthers). I remember going to dinner at Alex & Kays house but I was very young. I remember a kindly quiet man who said very little as I am sure, looking back,that...

I had a laugh recently when I was taken to hospital by ambulance and I was waiting to see the emergency doctor when my mobile rang. It was a call from, let's call him "Clem from the Cem." He told me that he had received a cheque from me and he wanted to know about my "pre-need arrange...