I
was born and brought up in Manse Crescent. With old age the memory
cells dim but I think I can recall every family that lived in the
Crescent around 1956. Starting with the Swedish timber houses at No 2 and
working right back to the prefab at No 1:
Jimmy & Nellie Blyth -
Margaret, Jimmy, Maureen, Moira; Forbes & Agnes Gourlay - Ron, Doug,
Ann; Jim & Gert West - Maureen, Lorna, Sandra, Avril, Pamela; Jock
& Nancy Turner - Andy, Nancy, John; Jim & Bunt Donaldson - Edna,
Frances, Alma, Jimmy; Jim & Isa Whytock - Jim, Nick, Cath, Sandy;
Bill & Jean Morton - Bill, Sheena, Maurice, Phyllis, Brian,
Alan; Wull & Effie Cameron - Bill, Peter; Eck & Mrs Wann -
Tam, Sandy; Schoolteacher & Mrs Masson; Freddie & Mrs Strickland
- Rae, Calvin, Vernetta; Jock & Elsie Donaldson - Neil,
Lesley; Mr & Mrs Kennedy - Springer; Davy & Mrs
Jeffrey - Rab, Margaret, David, Jimmy; Carl & Jess Taylor - Mona,
Johnny; Jimmy & Mrs Devine - Jimmy, Agnes, Mattie, John, Kathleen; Mrs
Jo O'Brien -
Beeler, Jack, Geordie, May, Rene, Lillian, Ethel, Dave, Eck, Margaret, Bob, Helen, Ian; Jeck & Mrs Robertson -
Kate, Mary, Bob, Raymond, Norrie; Nurse Forsyth; Gordon & Alice Lennon -
Gordon, Bob, Duncan, Beatrice, Edwin; Jack & Ella Graham - Sandra,
Johnny, Dennis, Derek;
Mr & Mrs McLeod - David; Mr & Mrs McKerchar - Wilma, Carl, Lizzie,
Sandy, Edna;
Mr & Mrs Wiliamson - Snooks, Arthur, Nan, Marian, Andy; Mr & Mrs
Mair - Brenda, Alison; Bert & Mrs Slessor - Isobel;, Mr & Mrs
Haimes - Mary; Jimmy & Mrs Milne - Fiona; Charlie & Mina Wells -
Valerie; Jack & Jenny Gill; Ray & Ella Northcott -
Raymond, Graeme, Ronald;, Schoolteacher & Mrs Nicholson; Jimmy &
Mary Simpson - Fay, Jimmy, Doreen; Joe & Mrs Lawson - Malcolm.
Jim Donaldson - August 2005
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