Locharbriggs

Read and share memories of Locharbriggs and Dumfriesshire inspired by Frith photos

year i was born

i was born on the 11 april at cresswell maternity hospital my maiden name is shields i lived at 15 knowehead road i started school in 1957 mr john young was the headmaster and mrs dickson was the secretary my memory of locharbriggs is when i started school
Contributed by janet freeburn

My Old School

This is a view which I know very well as it is taken from Hardgate School playground - the school that I attended from 1939 to 1946.   The little cottage on the left was occupied by Peter McAlister & his family and the next property was the School House. Mr Macnab, Mr Souter & Mr Forsyth were the headmasters living there during my school years.   We went there to do our gardening - a kind of "dig for victory".   There has since been another house built between these two otherwise the scene is virtually the same today.
A memory of Haugh Of Urr contributed by Jim Cook

My most memorable corner

I lived at Corbieton Cottage for 22 years between 1939 & 1961 and this is the view I saw as I came down the hill to go to school, to Sunday school, to Scouts, to the Kirk, to the pub, the Hall, the bowling, the dancing, the concerts et al.   On the left hand side, just out of picture is the big tree under which there was a seat and we all congregated there, young & old to hear the crac and put in our own tupenceworth.   The road straight in front is School Brae & goes up to the school, it is part of the Old Military Road from Castle Douglas to Dumfries.    Smith's shop was on the left ...read more here
A memory of Haugh Of Urr contributed by Jim Cook

Cummings in Kippford

My GGG Grandfather was a shipbuider in Kippford.  His name was John Cumming.
A memory of Kippford contributed by Wendy Roberts