If your photo, like mine, magnifies twice he's an easy figure to pick out in his 'whites'.

And, if I had een like a hoolit I'd maybe be able to pick out myself. I have a vague memory of Mr. Hamilton standing there one day while a photo was being taken.

It's one o'clock, it's Saturday and you're 12 years old. Where, in the Three Towns, are you likely to go this afternoon?

I'm off to see the Winton Rovers at Winton Park. To avoid paying, I know exactly where I'm going over the wall. I want to keep my money for a pie and Bovril at half-time.

Is the Gilbert Kean we're talking about the red headed boy?

Little Plum.

How about we start calling the wee yin 'HIS NIBS' instead of Bobbydarg .

Alex,

I saw that ship almost every day over a 15 year period and could not have told you its name. Sailing from Shieldhall should have been a clue but it was invariable known around the Govan area of Glasgow as SS CLUDGIE.

That looks like Mr. Hamilton, the Bathmaster, in the pool shot.

Little Plum,

Here he goes again!

My favourite was 'appleade', usually bought in the Palazzo Cafe or other chip shops.

I would like to point out though that 'ginger' was a luxury in my time. Youngsters today seem to think its an essential right to have it available at all time. Tap water doesn't appear to be their thing.

Having seen Sam's contribution, I'm more convinced than ever that the gardens were a tribute to Miss Ness when she reached the ripe old age of 100. And, yes, Dr. McCann did live in Ardrossan Road. He wasn't my doctor but as a representative of the emergency services, I can tell you without fear of c...

Robert,

There is still a shop on the site of the Toll Stores but its a modern building. I think it's now called the Alpine Stores (after Alpine Terrace which met Vernon Terrace at that location.

Susan, I've been looking forward to the start of this walk. Your very eloquent description of the town circa 1960 is a bonus. As I read through it my first question was going to be "How did Ness Gardens get its name?" and then you go and query this yourself. Something was running in my min...

Does this guy merit a mention. Unless my word search technique is wrong he doesn't ever appear to have been mentioned on Threetowners? http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nndb.com/people/663/000086405/ron-geesin-1-sized.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nndb.com/people/663/000086405/&...