I hope that my host will change smoothly over the next few days, though there may be changes to the background and I am uncertain whether images will transfer easily or will need inserted manually. I they need transferred manually I think that will take some time to achieve.

Sorry to announce to all my friends and distant relatives that Dad died on Sunday. He was well looked after at the care home and died without pain or fear. My sister and I attended him for his final night. Uncle Bill’s (Dad’s brother) widow, Martha, died in late October. She was a lovely, friendly…

I was balancing a few bags at my car boot today on leaving school and my computer bag, button undone, fell out on to the ground. Out came my Asus Transformer and it hit the ground. I thought it would be OK as it lives in a soft leather cover but apparently not. When I…

I hope to be in contact with decsendants of John Douglas, the eldest son of Charles Douglas the blacksmith. John moved to the Glasgow area where he was a railway carter. His wife had 13 children, many of whom died very young indeed. 

I’ve added a bit to the McRobbie page, based upon information supplied by Jan Dawson last year. My thanks to her. I’ve also tried to add information from James Quigley regarding a wartime mission but for some reason the text has not saved three times.

I’ve got the results of my DNA test from Ancestry. It confirms that Jean Davis and  I are close relatives and I think I’ve found a Hanlon relative on Mum’s side. I’ve sent messages to a Bennett and to an Adam as well. If there is anyone else reading who has taken the test maybe…

I hope to add bits of Dad’s wartime diary quite soon. Him keeping one, of course, was a breach of military law but lots of people did it and had his troopship been sunk en route to India the enemy would have been denied invaluable gossip abnout Deanna Durbin anyway.