Extract
from e-mail June 2002, Graham Hutchison, Perth, Western
Australia,
(e-mail : tba )
"What an
absolutely fantastic website. Since discovering it fairly recently,
I can hardly stay away, what with old (and new) photographs,
guestbook entries etc I have been swamped with waves of nostalgia.
It is a long long time since I have been home.
The best part of the first 22 years of my life would have been spent
predominantly around Brigton. Initially in Mckeith St until the age
of 4 or 5, then to Dunclutha Street near Dalmarnock Power
station. The really sad thing for me is that most of the major
landmarks of my early life have gone.
1. The original Springfield primary school, gone.
2. Riverside Secondary
school, gone.
3. William Wilkie in Fordneuk
St where I served my apprenticeship, gone.
Maybe I’m jinxed, because even though most of Dunclutha St
is still standing, would you believe that my close has apparently
been demolished due to subsidence!"
WEBMASTER .... Graham,
Dalmarnock Power Station has long gone also!! I'd be interested to
hear from you....now that you can see your old street.........has
your close been demolished?
Extract
from e-mail Sept. 2002, Graham Hutchison, Perth, Western
Australia,
"Sorry it has taken so long to
respond to you re demolition my close.....yes it has been
demolished!
.......... the lamposts shown were often
used as goalposts when we couldna play fitba roon the back because
somebody had hung their washin. This was always a bit of a gamble
as the wummin in the prefab on the opposite side o the street wid
confiscate oor ba in it went intae her gairden.
Thanks again Will, and keep up the
good work."
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Extract
from e-mail August 2002, Margaret Dunlop (nee McEwan), Edmonton,
Canada.
".....I
miss Dalmarnock very much. Found my old friend Jackie Weir on your site,
and an old neighbour Graham Hutchison, I lived at #25 Dunclutha St, Jackie
Weir and Graham Hutchison lived at #15. Thanks for the picture of
Dunlcutha Street, it brought back a lot of good memories. My mother lived
there for over 30 years before moving to Nairn......"
(e-mail :tba )
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