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by georgeflemingard
Sat Jun 03, 2023 1:30 am
Forum: Threetowners' Photo Album
Topic: Does anyone recognize the folks in these photos
Replies: 4
Views: 3629

Re: Does anyone recognize the folks in these photos

Colin, all those girls were in my class at school, I remember your Mum, she was cleaver and sat at the back of the class. I was always stuck at the front where the teacher could keep an eye on the bad boys
by georgeflemingard
Fri Jun 02, 2023 12:52 am
Forum: Threetowners' Photo Album
Topic: Does anyone recognize the folks in these photos
Replies: 4
Views: 3629

Re: Does anyone recognize the folks in these photos

Colin,
In the bottom photo, starting bottom row. John Ramsay, David Baird, George Fleming
Middle row Myra Glugston, cant remember the girl next to Myra. But i am quite sure the girl above Myra is Grace Ramsay.
I notice your name is Baird, any relation to David in the bottom row.
by georgeflemingard
Sun May 21, 2023 3:55 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: North Shore, Ardrossan
Replies: 78
Views: 34278

Re: North Shore, Ardrossan

I to remember diving off big jumbo, but you had to make sure the tide was in far enough to have enough depth, otherwise it was easy to scrape your belly on the sand. I believe that lovely smell of the seaweed is a gas called, Dimethyl Sulphide, Its produced by seaweed and Phyto Plankton.{ The smell ...
by georgeflemingard
Thu May 28, 2020 7:34 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Cannon Hill - Goal Posts
Replies: 8
Views: 4091

Re: Cannon Hill - Goal Posts

your right Robert, you and I played at the same time we were probable in the same team, as we were all in the wee Glasgow street gang. But as far as I remember we had to put our jackets down as goal posts. No proper posts then, and there was some grass.
by georgeflemingard
Thu Apr 30, 2020 1:15 pm
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Tank traps dalry road
Replies: 19
Views: 8089

Re: Tank traps dalry road

I don't remember seeing these tank traps though I must have walked over them hundreds of times going to Eglington School. I do remember the barricade that was built across Glasgow street near where Barr street is, There were two barricade's really one from each side of the road overlapping in the mi...
by georgeflemingard
Fri Feb 14, 2020 4:24 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Jerry's Pier, Ardrossan
Replies: 24
Views: 13389

Re: Jerry's Pier, Ardrossan

I remember ships, tied up on the western side of jerry's pier, that's the opposite side from the lovely wee sandy beach, where we used to dig for rag worms to use as bait for the fishing. These boats would be {I assume} waiting for the tide to be right before the Coffer dam, {which also acted as a s...
by georgeflemingard
Mon Jan 27, 2020 2:16 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Happy Birthday Hughie
Replies: 20
Views: 7464

Re: Happy Birthday Hughie

Happy birthday Hughie, hope you had a good one, but I'm sure you did.
All the best
George F
by georgeflemingard
Mon Jan 27, 2020 2:12 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Happy birthday - Robert Cook
Replies: 10
Views: 4366

Re: Happy birthday - Robert Cook

Happy Birthday Robert, all the best to you and yours.
George, your old next door neighbour.
by georgeflemingard
Tue Jan 21, 2020 10:15 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Building near to Ardrossan Castle
Replies: 15
Views: 7039

Re: Building near to Ardrossan Castle

Its very strange, I and my pals played on the cannon Hill for years. probably a year or so before you Hughie, and I cant remember every seeing that building. I'm sure if we had seen it we would have been in there exploring.
by georgeflemingard
Mon Jan 13, 2020 11:18 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Photo of Kilmahew Street, Ardrossan in the 1950s or 1960s
Replies: 13
Views: 6946

Re: Photo of Kilmahew Street, Ardrossan in the 1950s or 1960s

Penny tray, That's brilliant. That confirms the research I have done and came to the conclusion that, the address of "The Ardrossan Rest" was indeed 37 Glasgow Street. It also confirms what my late Mother told me, that it was later called "Jock's Lodge" . I also found out that Ro...
by georgeflemingard
Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:47 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Post office Motor Bike
Replies: 6
Views: 4940

Re: Post office Motor Bike

Don't know about tommy having an accident, cant remember him having a limp. but its all so long ago. I don't recall any of the Bikes at the SMCC. I was a member there for a number of years but left in 1959 for national Service, so it could have been after my time. It was a great Club we had lots of ...
by georgeflemingard
Wed Feb 27, 2019 1:19 pm
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Post office Motor Bike
Replies: 6
Views: 4940

Post office Motor Bike

who amongst our members, remember when the Ardrossan post Office, Introduced motor bikes, I think it would be about 1953. At the time, I think the Motor Bikes were for the telegram Boys. The Bike was a 125cc BSA Bantam. I remember right, Tommy Ballantyne was one of the first to get one of these Bike...