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Shortly I hope to serialise a local novel on threetowners.com. The three towns have different names in the novel but you will recognise them. The period covered is 1890 through to the Mid 1950s.

The author is one of our own expatriates, born and raised in Stevenston.
Check back here or on our Home page for a link to the story.

Updated Link to Novel : http://www.threetowners.com/Book/prologue.htm

Feel free to pass it on to others who may be interested. There's a "Tell a Friend" link on the first page.

Any local "worthies" we'd recognise Hugh?

Jim McCreadie
Fremantle
WA

Jim McCreadie wrote:Any local "worthies" we'd recognise Hugh?

You'll have to read for yourself Jim. Hope you enjoy it.

Here it is : http://www.threetowners.com/Book/prologue.htm

Jim,

I went to a lot of trouble to disguise all the local worthies.

Seriously, it's pure fiction. You'll recognise places and streets, even though the names have been changed, but there are no characters who are based on real people. Anyhow, with the time-frame, anybody would have to have been your granny.

Read it and see for yourself. I'll be interested in any comments.

John D.

I just started reading it John. Looks interesting.

Catherine,

Hope you like it. If you get as much enjoyment reading it as I had writing it, you'll be all right.

Cheers, John D.

Another four chapters added today - will add more same time next week

http://www.threetowners.com/Book/prologue.htm

Hope you're enjoying John's writing as much as I am.

Four more chapters from the book have been added at : http://www.threetowners.com/Book/prologue.htm

Enjoy!

Chapters thirteen through Sixteen from the book have been added at : http://www.threetowners.com/Book/prologue.htm

Enjoy!

Catherine,

I just sent you a post about Sam McLellan by Willie Auld. I was nosing about the site the other week and saw your recollections. When you were in Hawthorn Drive, your backdoor backed onto ours in Castle Avenue. We lived at number 8. We moved there in 1948 or thereabouts. I don't think you stayed there very long. I only remember Billy Weaver, who was a fair bit older than me. My memory says that shortly after we arrived, the Collinses moved into your house. Sammy was in my class at St. John's.

I remember all the names you remember. Esther Carey was in my class, and Ian McKenna was great pals with my brother Gerrry.

BTW,I have acousin in NJ, in Bergenfield. She was born and brought up there, the daughter of my father's brother Dan who emigrated as a young man. I met her for the first time last year when we visited them there. She's 73 and I'm 64.

Is your Red Bank the birthplace of Count Basie, (I'm a great fan)? One of his numbers is, "The Kid from Red Bank."

John D.

Chapters seventeen through twenty have been added at : http://www.threetowners.com/Book/prologue.htm

Enjoy!

Hi John

Sorry for not responding sooner. Please forgive me, I get a wee bit doon in the dumps at times and words fail me. Writer's block..or something like it.
I loved reading your post!
You are right about me not living on Hawthorn Drive for very long. Shortly after we moved in with my granny, she flitted to Greenhead Ave. we lived right across the street from the Careys and McKennas.
Esther was a few years older than I was. Margaret was closer to my age, just a year older than I.

You mentioned your cousin in Bergenfield..That's much further north than where I am. Not too far though, that the next time you come over this way for a visit, (and I hope there'll be a next time) maybe we can arrange to meet?

And yes, John, "my" Red Bank is the birth place of Count Basie. He's a favourite of mine as well!
Red Bank is a lovely place. Wonderful old victorian homes...lots of shopping, entertainment and antique-ing to be had.

Still enjoying your novel, John. Cannae believe I once lived back tae back fae a future famous author an a didnae even know it!!

Catherine