Hi Adhania, Still loveyour name!! Did your McMillans make as far west as Louisiana? I know McMillans here, as well as a near neighbor named McMullen. If...
AnnetteShelton
mashelton@...
Apr 1, 2004 10:38 am
34710
In a message dated 3/31/2004 4:35:13 AM Central Standard Time, ... It's the one at Culloden I know. Is that not what the NOW call "The Well Of The Dead? We...
ScotHeritage@...
Apr 1, 2004 10:38 am
34711
In a message dated 3/31/2004 4:39:40 AM Central Standard Time, commodore8@... writes: Your pork is probably a bit too lean. Try adding some suit or get a...
ScotHeritage@...
Apr 1, 2004 10:40 am
34712
We get them from Canada (to Montana) for our Scots Games! Called "Hot Pies". Some times we get Hot Pea and Vinegar! Of course the Chips with vinegar in a...
AnneDunne@...
Apr 1, 2004 10:40 am
34713
Julianne My dad was evacuated to Kirkcudbright(?) (sorry I'm a southerner!) 1939/40 but I've just spoken to him and he said that was where his particular train...
Caroline Day
caroline.day2@...
Apr 1, 2004 10:42 am
34714
When I started school in Aberfeldy towards the end of the war we could only go for half a day as the there were still evacuees left in the area and the school...
Katherine Liney
kay@...
Apr 1, 2004 10:43 am
34715
Scottish Nationalist Television <A HREF="http://www.electricscotland.com/tvscots/index.htm">TV SCOTS</A> Bringing Scotland to the world <A...
ScotHeritage@...
Apr 1, 2004 10:43 am
34716
Most any where away from the possible air raids. The Gerries were after the shipbuilding industry, which at that time, almost covered the two sides of the...
Scottish Nationalist Television <A HREF="http://www.electricscotland.com/tvscots/index.htm">TV SCOTS</A> Bringing Scotland to the world <A...
ScotHeritage@...
Apr 1, 2004 11:42 am
34718
Only too well. In 1939 my father purchased a very large jar of cod liver oil and malt, and I had a spoonfull a day. Can still taste it. [Non-text...
butcher731@...
Apr 1, 2004 11:43 am
34719
Scottish Nationalist Television <A HREF="http://www.electricscotland.com/tvscots/index.htm">TV SCOTS</A> Bringing Scotland to the world <A...
ScotHeritage@...
Apr 1, 2004 11:43 am
34720
In a message dated 3/31/2004 8:34:54 AM Central Standard Time, ruralroote@... writes: Aye lassie I'm watching my intake also and every day it gets easier...
ScotHeritage@...
Apr 1, 2004 11:43 am
34721
Sometimes you would be evacuated by yourself, or maybe with your Mother especially if you were very young. She would have had to stretch her boobies...
Might yet come to that Lily, pretty bad these days...Gordie ... From: Lily To: scots-origins@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 3:02 PM Subject:...
In a message dated 3/31/2004 8:35:55 AM Central Standard Time, ruralroote@... writes: Original ... The memories are happier, the reality is that a half the...
ScotHeritage@...
Apr 1, 2004 11:44 am
34724
Hello, I have a pic of my dad's evacuation house and it says England on the back, but no city name. he said they didn't stay long, Grandma wanted to be home,...
Denise
dbeard@...
Apr 1, 2004 11:45 am
34725
She really enjoyed eating that fish just the way you described it. She would nibble on it most of the day. And she taught me to drink my tea hot with 3...
Anna Willson
ajwill3@...
Apr 1, 2004 11:45 am
34726
My mother used to sing some songs. She probably learned them from her father who was in the army. Or else they were music hall songs. They went something like:...
And on that vane.. Does anyone recall preserving eggs... I remember that in the 1940's in Scotland there were shortages and occasional gluts. During the...
David Carmichael
all@...
Apr 1, 2004 11:45 am
34728
Listers may be interested in the latest edition of "Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors". I have just purchsed it and I am impressed at the wealth of information...
Hi Moira Yes I remember my mum giving us Maltexo which was Malt and I used to like it. So you see we had that here in New Zealand as well.I was born in the...
I have a Dalzell, Agnes Dalzell married Hugh Roan , Hugh was in the Royal Scots Guards and their first child was Born when he was stationed in Coventry. ...
Hi, I'm a bit of a fraud really! I actually live in Birmingham, England not Inverness. Inverness is the name of my road - when I came to choose an email ...
LindaInverness@...
Apr 1, 2004 11:47 am
34733
Rena, I'm with you on this one ... mutton's a great favourite of mine too. If you are in the UK, you might want to try your local farmers market as a source of...
Gordie: My all-time favorites were Berwick Cockles and Dolly Mixtures. We were never evacuated. We had an air raid shelter at the foot of our garden. Each of...
Yeah, Smith's made a come-back with the blue bag.. but they made the mistake of putting the salt in a little blue packet - not the twist - which I thought was...
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