From: Bob Thomas To: threetowners @topica.com Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 I remember getting under the covers with my wee transistor radio and listening to Radio Luxemburg into the wee small hours which made for a great start to the school day! Talking of early TV, here in Canada last week they h...

From: Morag Black To: threetowners@topica.com Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 I remember the onion Johnnies though I've been told I'm dreaming! I always wondered how they managed to keep their balance. I'd a hard enough time without the onions! There was also an Indian man who went door to door selling...

From: "Jean Kelly" <jkelly5859@xx.com> To: <threetowners@topica.com> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 Hi everyone, I've just been reading about "the shores" along which we all seem to have played. We used to go to Stevenston shore. The sandhills were great places to play and hide. I ...

From: richard maxwell To: threetowners@topica.com Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 It's a well kept Scottish secret that we have the best beaches on the West coast. If the sun shone all the time, then it wouldn't be a secret? besides there's nothin like freezin yer buns off in mid-July. Who needs Spai...

From: MikeMorrison To: threetowners Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 A couple of memories I have, re. weddings, I remember when Bobby Lennox got married at St. Mary's It must have been a school day, as myself and Tich Irvine plugged school to go to see our hero Bobby as he came out of the church. The ...

From: "Alan&Elizabeth Scott" <alan@xx.co.uk> To: <threetowners@ topica.com> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 Hi all, I am going to enjoy the West Linton stories this week, we never got cause my mum had 7 o us so I could only dream. but we had a great story teller in oor class Mary Clark, She...

From: <hewmac@xx.com.au> To: <threetowners@topica.com> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 Topic Of The Week: March 9, 2001 "Doctors, District Nurses & Midwives" Possible discussion topics: -Personal recollections -Then versus now -Surgeries & Clinics -Nearby Hospitals -House births -Inoc...

From: <hewmac@xx.com.au> To: <threetowners@topica.com> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 Topic Of The Week: March 2, 2001 "Fish & Chip Shops" Possible discussion topics: -Personal recollections -Back then versus now -Fish, Haggis, or black pudding with chips? -Chip Vans (converted buses) ro...

From: <hewmac@xx.com.au> To: <threetowners@topica.com> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 9 Topic Of The Week: February 23, 2001 "Saltcoats Swimming Pool" Topic of the Week (TOTW) is simply a tool to promote conversation and bring up subjects which have not necessarily been covered before or ...

From: "Margaret Gemmell" <gemmell@xx.com.au> To: <threetowners@topica.com> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 My memories of visiting Glesga were when I was just in my teens. The excitement of the new rigout meant I didn't get much sleep the night before. There was a store called 'what every ...

From: djohn494@xx.com To: threetowners@topica.com Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 I am a native of Saltcoats and have lived in England for the last 20 years and am now resident in Chester. It was great to find your site and see photographs of my grandfather, Giovanni Cavani and my uncles as youngste...

From: <hewmac@xx.com.au> To: <threetowners@topica.com> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 The Herald has received a letter from a woman in Australia who is anxious to find out more about her Scottish heritage. Janet Lee (nee McKenzie) of Victoria, Australia told us that her grandfather, John Douglas Mc...