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by Hughie
Sat Jun 02, 2007 7:18 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: The big rock on Ardrossan North Shore
Replies: 16
Views: 6002

Big Jumbo and wee Jumbo rocks were part of our play area during the summer school holiday months. We, Billy Eadie, Davie McGinn, Davie Muir, Francie Gribben and a few others had another rock which we christened "Favourite Rock" it was a wee bit nearer Ardrossan - I'm going to have a look f...
by Hughie
Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:48 pm
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: BMD & Archives 30 May 2007
Replies: 3
Views: 1896

Hi Tom, Loved that photo of the Cannon Hill Play ground, Hi George I remember one year the sledge run down there was so good that we ended up in that play area a few times. That was a very special year when the whole sledge run was pure ice - the cold spell had lasted so long. The moonlight nights ...
by Hughie
Thu May 31, 2007 8:24 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Arran - What's Your Recollections
Replies: 21
Views: 8304

Love Echuca George, we were considering retiring there but chose the seaside because it's nearer family. Had a good laugh at the story, I can just see Jan and Sarah scrubbing the floors. :) I remember Robertsons Motor boat that took the Sunday papers to Arran too. My recollection of Arran? Scarred! ...
by Hughie
Fri May 25, 2007 4:39 am
Forum: Computing & Forum related Issues
Topic: emailing
Replies: 3
Views: 2203

Now I'm with you Ellen :lol: Sounds like you are still using Internet Explorer 6. The Tab browsing that comes with IE7 and Firefox makes all that so much easier now. Below is a screenshot of the members view of this forum using Firefox. Added some pointers that show you can have a few sites open at ...
by Hughie
Thu May 24, 2007 10:25 am
Forum: Computing & Forum related Issues
Topic: emailing
Replies: 3
Views: 2203

Re: emailing

Hello Group. when I bring up the group and I want to put some thing in the group email, the photobucket or BBC take the Threetowners of the bottom bar and I have to copy what I want and hope when I put it in it Works. I cant put one in the bar as the next one takes the first out. Thank you Best wis...
by Hughie
Wed May 23, 2007 10:49 pm
Forum: Family Research (Genealogy) - Guest Posting Allowed.
Topic: Thanks to Hughie
Replies: 1
Views: 2398

Hi Jean,

Glad that was of help to you. Hope you've had a look in the "ASH" sticky topic at the top of this page for more recent family events - it's a gold mine. A few will find their own birth mentioned.
by Hughie
Tue May 22, 2007 10:06 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Cutty Sark on fire
Replies: 8
Views: 2234

Ellen also passed on the following to me - perhaps there might be a reprieve for the Carrick at Irvine - time will tell. The fire at Cutty Sark could mean just one clipper from the same period remains intact - and there are plans for it to be demolished. The City of Adelaide was built in 1864 and, l...
by Hughie
Sun May 20, 2007 9:05 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Local Adverts 1938
Replies: 8
Views: 3384

Local Adverts 1938

These adverts where part of a 1938 Booklet about the history of Ardrossan Fire Brigade
forwarded to me by George McGrattan a few years ago. The brigade story is published HERE

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Comments most welcome - do you remember any of these?
by Hughie
Sat May 19, 2007 1:39 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: An Earlier FA Cup Final
Replies: 0
Views: 540

An Earlier FA Cup Final

So this year's FA Cup Final is over - Chelsea 1 Manchester United 0 - How things have changed. The first FA Cup I remember watching was on a black & white TV (just checked on Google for the year) it was in 1961. Tottenham Hotspur versus Leicester City - all players would have been British. There...
by Hughie
Sat May 19, 2007 6:15 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: photos of Scotland
Replies: 5
Views: 2017

LOL Morag I had to go looking for your avatar 'cause it wasn't in the backup file I had when I republished the other day. David Young was also missing and I thought you had run away together. Onyway you're back and still looking sufistikated. :wink:
by Hughie
Sat May 19, 2007 12:49 am
Forum: Computing & Forum related Issues
Topic: Down Time - Server Maintenance
Replies: 3
Views: 2290

Hope all went well with the "housekeeping". Yes Catherine there was some stoor in the server going back about seven years and we were getting a few minor problems in page headers and stuff on the main site - not the forum. So we cleaned the lot out and republished the whole site - took ab...
by Hughie
Wed May 16, 2007 9:58 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Jist Tatties & Mince
Replies: 17
Views: 5487

Good news, you can buy Bisto in Geelong. A shop called "Chocolate Allsorts" 102 Lt Malop Street right next to where the fountain used to be. Hi Jim, I know exactly where that is just a few shops down from the two Reject or $2 Shops. Noticed last time I past they have Irn-Bru too. There is...