Manse Crescent

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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