B.D., can I take a step back for a minute. Do you remember the wee shop at the start of Trelawney Terr. It was called Campbell Blairs. It sold the best apple and pear ice lollies anywhere. It sat on waste ground opposite a large red sandstone building which was part of Ardoch Cres. I remember Campb...

Hi Ward, Great to meet you ) I knew Helen - we called her auntie Ellen, she had long black hair and a wheezy chest, chronic asthma maybe. She brought us three girls little tartan purses to Stevenston where we lived when she visited from Belfast. She was referred to as my grandfather's (Bill McGuire,...

Hi Ward, I knew Eddie and Jean Graham; I stayed at their house as a child sometimes. My mother, Elizabeth McGuire and Eddie were cousins and Eddie and Jean visited our house in Stevenston. I am doing the genealogy and I think I know where you fit. I think your dad passed away fairly young did he not...

Hello, The family that lived at 3 Ardrossan Rd in Saltcoats were the McGuires. One of them married a Graham - Jean married Eddie Graham. John McGuire and mary Underwood McGuire were my great grandparents. One of their daughters married a Graham. (Bridget / Biddy) I knew the Grahams, Noreen, Theresa ...

Hi Rita, My apologies for that! Hope the pinky is ok. I do remember you, but not breaking your pinky, although I ought to have, that would have been traumatic for us both. It's terrific to hear from you. Where in the world are you living now? Were you related to Tommy Ferguson or Owen? (both in our ...

Betty My granny lived at 21 Ardoch crescent in front of Trelawney. Her name was Isabella Mcguire - wondering if you knew her. Her daughter Maureen Johnson lived there for many years after that. Hello June, welcome to the Threetowners. :) Your granny live at one end of the block and we lived at the ...

Hi Betty, My aunt Maureen lived there until several years ago when she bought a home in Ardrossan. Sadly, she passed away a few years ago. Her sister, Betty, was my mother; they had two brothers, John, who drowned at Ardeer point swimming when he was 16, and Tom, who later moved to Hawkhill place an...

Hello, Morag, That's too bad about the Lane from Hawkhill to the shops - I used to pick and eat gooseberries there on my way to get the Judy comic. June That's MEGA heid poster sonny boy! ILooking at that live coverage map it looks like Ardchoille and the lane leading up from Hawkhill pl to the shop...

Hi Betty, My granny lived at 21 Ardoch crescent in front of Trelawney. Her name was Isabella Mcguire - wondering if you knew her. Her daughter Maureen Johnson lived there for many years after that. June Hello Frank, Stevenston has changed a lot since I left there 30 years ago. But I do like to go ho...

I still have my scraps - my faves were the angel sets, then the fairie sets, then the glitter sets then the doubles. I have most of them in albums now, but still have a big collection between the leaves of a boobk(Roots). I have babies, flowers, disney, trains and busses, victorian, the ladies, nurs...

During a google search for James McFarlane, I came across a query from this website from a woman whose husband was related to him. I tried to send her the info via e-mail, but that address is no longer working. Mr McFarlane was my headmaster at St John's old school on Moorpark road from 1959 to 1964...