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by Ann Thomson (nee McEwan)
Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:19 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Loyalty Poll - To stir you up.
Replies: 60
Views: 22085

Re: Loyalty Poll - To stir you up.

Saltcoats will always be my 1st choice. With Ardrossan 2nd and Stevenston in 3rd place. Best place for entertainment. In the 50's we had the "monkey-walk" on a Sunday evening, from top of Hamiton St., down Dockhead St. into Countess St. and back again, before going to either the West End C...
by Ann Thomson (nee McEwan)
Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:24 pm
Forum: Schools - The Schools we attended
Topic: saltcoats schools
Replies: 19
Views: 16623

Saltcoats Public School

Did any of you "girls" ever go on the school treks during the summer holidays, with Miss Porter and Miss Ramsay....Mr Brysons' secretary?? It was around 1954 to 1957. It was the same route each year, from Alloway to Ballantrae. We slept in schools on route, and the main attraction was Girv...
by Ann Thomson (nee McEwan)
Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:09 pm
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Just Joined? Please Introduce Yourself
Replies: 1034
Views: 1192481

Places of abode

Hi my name is Ann, lived at 25 Raise st...across from Mary Burns wee shop, and above the butchers and grocers till 1950, then moved to Rosa Pl. Saltcoats till 1960. Emigrated with family to New York then New Jersey. Met a fellow from Pollok and married in N.Y. 1968, then moved to Brooklyn where my e...