Carradale

[ionnsaigh]

What do you reckon - is that knee pads or something similar - what type of work required kneeling for long periods?

[general jack o'niell]

that'll be his bo yangs,

[general jack o'niell]

i'm glad inever got the sha nose, i got a fraser one instead, different sa'mill, same wid

[ionnsaigh]

Oh his bo yangs - right enough should have noticed his bo yangs

[general jack o'niell]

as a son of carradale, nay, son of the man pictured, used to say, "sarcasm is the lowest form of wit" if he said it once he said it a thousand times, for some reason always directed at me? could never figure out why, maybe the rest of the crew weren't up to the full wit, lucky if you got half if you joined them the gether!!!!

and multiplied by four!!

[SARID]

Ah wis speakin tae somwan the ither day who wis familiar wi goin home the Ride Her pal who wis from wan o' the boardinhooses, had tae go up tae Moineruadh efter School an get a basket fill wi eggs from Gen J's Granny. The pair o' them decided to go home The Ride. On the way they got a message that a Cameltin fellow who went by the name o' " Sticks " ( he came up from the toon tae sell sticks in the Village, hence the name ) wis comin after the pair o' them, and they took tae their heels. They claim they set the record fir the fastest time ifer taken tae come home by the Ride, and it's niver been broken ! Needless to say the poor fella wis nowhere near the place that partecular day. By the time they got to the Ballemenach Burn, nearly all the eggs were broken. The poor lassie wis in terrible trouble when she made it home nackered, an no doot got a good "skelpin------- a form o' punishment we were all familiar wi !!
Ah canna get over Cuach claimin she wis conveyed to an fro the School in a brake. A niver heard the lakes! Ah waaked every step o' the way aged 5 tae 12. That must hae been the start o' whit they are complainin aboot the day " weans no gettin enough exercise "

[general jack o'niell]

and the best oh rhode island red eggs they'd be too, one of my uncles used to claim they had to sleep in the henhoose in the summer when visitors were stayin in the hoose, they weren't as fancy as some over the village that had nice sheds oot the back, i remember only ever being inside one such shed once when my half cousin(or whatever weird carradale relationship the offspring of half brothers might be?) john was down visiting, don't think it would have been his fathers house, might have been an uncle's maybe willie's faithers?, he must have been the teachers favourite as a boy as he got called john and to avoid confusion my faither by his last middle name, being named after two brothers called, i've forgot which way roon it is, somedy will need to look the war memorial in the village, they were either john and murray allan, or john and allan murray, clean forgot which way roon it is, maybe sweltered will mind? thats his fill name efter ah

i've heard my granny had 5,000 hens but i don't think that can be right, she had enough for a certain CN skipper who is known to this site to christen him chicken george when roots was showing on telly some years ago. he should away back to st kilda where he came from

[chuckiebay]

GJ's Granny must hiv been in competeeshon wi' Wal for the sale o' eggs. Mind you maybe his egg selling wisna at it's peak at the time Sarid's talkin aboot becos he was a cuzeen o' aw the boarding hoose folk and surely they wid hav given him thir custom. Ah don't think they wir a' the best o'pals so maybe that explains it.

Wal wis the first tae start the deep litter method o' keepin hens but ah hav no idea if it wis a success or no.

Ah'm lake you Sarid ah don't mind iver gettin taken tae the scool in a brake. The wans from up the glens cam that way but the rest o' us jeest got a bus if it wis runnin. Mr Oman at the pier wid know as they were the wans wi the brakes.

[general jack o'niell]

i hear he's a few that hae nathin but brakes noo, mind u lack oh exhaust fumes will naw gie ye a coff in the mornin

[chuckiebay]

Ah've nivver herd o'Sticks but dae any o' yeez mind o' Clockie that used tae appear now an' then through the fifties. He would mend the odd clock and sleep in yon cave along the shore rod. Dus aneybuddy else know enything aboot'im? We wir a' a bit scared whin he wis aboot but fur no good reason.

There were two other folk that visited but they were salesmen. Wan wis McCormack and he took orders fur clothing. Who wis the other wan that came in the same era?

Ah'm gettin' as bad as the General fur postin' in the middle o' the nite.

[bubbly jock]

There were two other folk that visited but they were salesmen. Wan wis McCormack and he took orders fur clothing. Who wis the other wan that came in the same era?

Was that the man from Telford's?

bubbly

[Bitter End]

Coushie wi his bike an suitcases wis wan Ah remember, an amazin cretur.

[SARID]

The ither treveller wis Wylie . Mac Cormick wisna as slick a talker as Wylie Ah mind them both fine
Ah dont think pitting up speed signs will make aloat o' difference in CarradleThey are a kinda lawless loat (even if am wan masel ) Am takin aboot the "boy racers", an ah might add the lassie racers as well. They tear from wan end o' Carradle tae the ither.
Whits needed are "speed bumps" ivery 2 or 3 yerds----- That wid soort the loot o' them!
Its a peety they flattened oot the " hump backed " bridges. Folk over a Humped back at speed left folk concussed fur a week, niver mind whit it did tae the car.
Am convinced it wis the Kintyre hump backed bridges that gave the powers that be , the idea o' the speed bumps

[ionnsaigh]

Deid drunks oan the road here - speed bumps.

[general jack o'niell]

they have those already in the village, its speed bumps they want now. whats ah the news? i hear theres a man started up in the 2nd hand car trade? parkin ah ower the place, and the postie is lookin for danger money to deliver the mail, nevermind broken eggs.

for all attending the ringer evening, i'll naw be there so jist gie yersel yir character in the toilet mirror, so you don't feel laik yi missed oot on onythin, the rest of the evenin is yir ain as yir mither wid se