Uncle Freddy: I think MK said he was described as "a piper to the end". And the "Rifleman" book had a description of a soldier, erect and stalwart, marching into battle at Alamein playing the pipers.
Victor Gregg: I've seen a photo of him taken at CVHF this year, so it could well have been him at the front. We owe so much to that generation and the generation before that.
Glen Michael : Oh yes, Glen Michael's Cartoon Cavalcade - a TV staple on a Sunday afternoon for our kids, who just loved the programme - Bugs Bunny, Spiderman and all the rest. We were once looking to move house and went to view one property and who should be the owners but Glen Michael and his wife, who showed us round. I seem to recall that the house had (sort-of) purple and burgundy walls - a nice home but too much redecorating for us. I should add that purple was a popular (trendy?) colour then - we had a purple carpet in one of our main rooms! Glen Michael's wife ran a small dress shop on the road from Prestwick to Ayr, as I recall.
North Ayrshire : I lived in Central Ayrshire but have so many memories of North Ayrshire - Ardrossan and the ferry to Arran; Largs, Nardini's, Kelburn Country Park and popping over to Millport; the sweep of the train station at Wemyss Bay down to the Rothesay ferry; dancing at the Seamill Hydro to "Lily The Pink"; a lock-in at a pub/hotel in West Kilbride when the police arrived and joined everyone for a drink; the Co-op butchers in Kilwinning with an old sign that said "Fleshing". One of my favourite views was when, having worked late, I would drive off my normal route and through Loans, to come down the hill towards Troon, with the sun going down behind Arran and the whole Firth of Clyde in front of me, from Ailsa Craig to the Cumbraes.
Flanders and Swannn/Ian Wallace : For superval : The Gnu Song (another about an animal); Transport of Delight (about London buses), Down Below (about London sewers); and The Gasman Cometh - more memories from the past.
