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Living in Luss Village

Luss, the Village c1931

We just moved to a place outside village called Yewtree Lodge. About 1yr later we moved into village to a house called Rhu House. My brother, sister & I went to Luss Primary School where our Head Teacher was called Mrs Gamble. The other teacher was Mrs Taylor, her dad owned The Highland Arts Shop in village which is now owned by her brother Duncan Taylor. My dinner lady was called Mrs Macdonald. Mrs Taylor left and along came a teacher called Mrs Nonabell. We lived in the village until 1983 when my dad lost his job on Luss Estates through ill health. This village is where I was most happy in life. I went up to visit 2004 and things ...read more here
A memory of Luss contributed by Tony McCreadie

Boat,s bats and millions of rhododendrons

Carrick Castle WAS my childhood. we lived in Glasgow and most weekends my dad would either drive us up - I was usually car sick on the windy twisty bumpy roads - or we'd sail up in the boat from Bowling. That was the best way cos then my sister and brothers could take the speedboat over to "our" island -no wonder I was obsessed with the Famous Five and Kirrin Island!
One evening we were "attacked" (according to my mother) by bats - there were about 3 teeny wee pipistrelles if memory serves - tho my mum was convinced they were vampires and freaked us all out by screaming like a banshee! We used to stay at Hazel Cottage ...read more here
A memory of Carrick Castle contributed by First Name Last Name

on the seafront

i went to school at the hermitage acadamy for about a year because my dad was in the navy at the time stationed at rosneath. my parents and i used to walk along the seafront and have tea and ice cream in tony,s ice cream parlour. there are wonderful views over the gareloch here ,you can see rosneath point from the front.
A memory of Helensburgh contributed by nigel holgate

Happy Days

I came to live in Ardpeaton Lodge at the age of 2 when my father was transferred from Wales to Coulport. At that time the Lodge was owned by the MOD along with Ardpeaton House which was further up the drive. Two years later the House was converted into 5 flats and we were moved out of the Lodge and moved into one of the ground floor flats. I lived there for several years and went to the local school in Kilcreggan and then on to the Hermitage in Helensburgh when I was 12. They were the happiest years of my life. All the neighbours were like relatives
A memory of Ardpeaton contributed by Carole Squier

Extracts From Tarbet & Dunbartonshire books

Tarbet, Loch Lomond, the Pier 1899

Loch Lomond became a popular destination for day trippers from around Clydeside, especially after the opening of the Dumbarton & Balloch Joint Railway. The loch itself was served by the steamers of the Loch Lomond Steam Boat Company, whose first ship, the ‘Prince of Wales’, was built at Port Glasgow in 1858. Tarbet lies at the eastern end of a narrow neck of land that extends from Arrochar on Loch Long.
An extract from from"Scotland".

Tarbet, Loch Lomond, the Pier 1899

Loch Lomond became a popular destination for day trippers from around Clydeside, especially after the opening of the Dumbarton & Balloch Joint Railway. The loch itself was served by the steamers of the Loch Lomond Steam Boat Company, whose first ship, the ‘Prince of Wales’, was built at Port Glasgow in 1858. Tarbet lies at the eastern end of a narrow neck of land that extends from Arrochar on Loch Long.
An extract from from"Scotland Photographic Memories".