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sputnik · Single Fish Joined: 04 Oct 2008 Posts: 195

dorothy,the old baths in hall st and the new baths in bruce st have been closed down for many years now though both are still standing.i went to an art exhibition in the new baths last year ,it was very good but it felt weird with all this stuff on show in the pool where i learned to swim.welcome to clydebank is a good website that a lot of expat bankies contribute to.a few from canada as well.

dorothyP · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:18 am Post subject:

Sputnik: Thanks for that suggestion. I've checked out the Welcome to Clydebank site, and as you said, it's very good. Now I'll have to flit back and forth between it and here!

Best,

D. :)

harky2402 · Roll and sausage Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 47

Interesting reading this thread the last couple of days. I stay in Whitecrook too, have done for over 30 years now, moving from Dalmuir when I was 5 or 6 (memory too hazy now

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I went to Elgin St school so remember the biscuit factory, and Dawson & Downie. Never saw the pond actually used for boating, the only time ever saw water in it was when the Scottish weather was its usual wet. The park has changed a great deal since then.

Cheers,

Mark

Stuball · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:11 pm Post subject:

My mum went to Elgin st school....
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dorothyP · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:27 pm Post subject:

Let's see...Elgin Street School - I was in attendance between 1957? and 1962, then went to Braidfield for a year before being brought to Canada.

D. :)

HollowHorn · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:05 pm Post subject:

OHR for me, then on to St. Stephen's & St. Columba's. I wonder if we passed each other in our prams, D.

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dorothyP · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:15 pm Post subject:

Hah! Maybe we threw stones at each other! I'll bet we crossed paths at some point.

When I lived on Dunedin Terr. we were right at the corner and used to come out to see all the little "brides" and boys dressed up in their suits when they were trundling down to OHR for their confirmations.

Maybe you were one of those awful boys who used to shove me out of the way when I'd try to get pennies that the grown up grooms threw out the taxi windows after they'd got married.

Who knows? Who knows?

D. :)

sputnik · Single Fish Joined: 04 Oct 2008 Posts: 195

dorothy,im really sorry to keep giving you bad news but im afraid braidfield school is getting a visit from the bulldozer very soon.it has been annexed to clydebank high school to form what is being termed a superschool.st andrews high and st columbus are following suit.hollowhorn,im ex ohr an awe i left miller st as a tot in 1960.dorothy,ive just remembered theres a site called rootschat that may help with your wee request.

dorothyP · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:31 pm Post subject:

Good Lord, Sputnik! Is there no end?

Despite the fact that I loved going to Braidfield, I, once, almost burned the place to the ground. We were being taught how to make steam puddings in domestic science class. We were supposed to keep checking the pot to make sure there was still plenty of boiling water in it. I kept checking and checking, and then one time...it wasn't just dry, everything inside was burnt to a frazzle. Did the school inspector not come around JUST as I made the discovery! The teacher made me sit at the counter and eat every last charcoaled ounce of that steam pudding.

Now I love my food charcoaled, but couldn't remember how to make a steam pudding if my life was at stake.

Thanks for the referral, Sputnik. I'll follow up on it.

Hope you're well.

D. :)

HollowHorn · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:06 pm Post subject: