Carradale

[Malky]

Well Morenish,

Did you buy that harvester for the croft?

And what about the wuffler? No croft is complete without a wuffler.

Malky

[Sanyanya]

Is that not 'Pop Baker's' Wuffler? I am sure my mother used to spend the day sitting on it when he was wuffling the hay!

[gladrags]

Not sure if this is the right place to post this. It's a picture of a postcard that is for sale on ebay. Doesn't say how old it is.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CARRADALE-Campbel ... dZViewItem

[jdcarra]

Not sure if this is the right place to post this. It's a picture of a postcard that is for sale on ebay. Doesn't say how old it is.

There is one on the http://www.the-carradale-goat.co.uk/ website under bygone days, dating the pier about the turn of the 19th century.

[gladrags]

Thanks jdcarra now I know about the Carradale site I can have a look.

[SARID]

Cuach mentioned rid squirrels the ither day, and Ah haav tae say its a while since Ah last spotted wan. There wis an article in the Paper a couple o' days ago that "squirrel pox" his been found on an estate in Galloway. This disease is deadly tae rid squirrels, and harmless tae greys, and this morning I read that the area north o' Blair Atholl and Strathdon is grey squirrel free , and regarded as a santuary fur the rid variety.
Wild panic when a grey wis very recently spotted on the ootskirts o' Inverness so the cry his gone out tae catch the fugitive.SNH think the grey got a lift on a hay lorry comin up from the central belt.
Any sight or sound o' that denged cuckoo? Surely wi somewhere lake Carradil tae spend the Summer she winna waste time hingin about Drumlemen
Am havin a bit o' a job mindin how tae spell some follks names------ so apologies if a got some wrong.

[chuckiebay]

Can any o' yez make a stab at guessin who any o' these folk are. Ah wid say the wan wi 'es back tae us must be a Paterson becos he is standin jeest lake George the Baker used tae. The man wi the wife cood be a Galbraith or he looks a wee bit lake Alasdair the Hotel or maybe he's a McKinlay from Whitestone. Ah mind there wis a big tall man from there when ah wis wee. Wis it Charlie McKinlay? Can any o' yez improve on that?

[cuach]

Och aye, Sarid Ah remember gatherin' and eatin' sooracks. None o' the no liking salads when we were wee. When ah get these mixed salad packs from Tesco ah often wonder if there are sooracks among them. They'll have a fancy name now. Ah remember going down to the wee burn that runs oot o' the well on Portrigh road to get water cress to put on a Baker's roll with butter. It was lovely. The water cress is still there , so are the rolls but ah wouldna risk eatin' the cress now.

[Beachcomber]

Can any o' yez make a stab at guessin who any o' these folk are.

The boat carries the registration CN51. Anyone know its name or who owned it?

[SARID]

Ah wis keen tae tae find oot how tae post pictures on the Forum, an as a result a’ve been on a wild steep learning curve the day. Ah “downloaded” Davie P’s instructions, an tae be on the safe side,Ah hired a private tutor tae keep me right, (turned oot, he wis a bit carnaptions, an hanna a loat o’ patience ).
Howiver, am hopin A’ve had success, an yeez will enjoy seein Wal dressed up, ready fur a night in the “Cruban”
Am right pleased tae see the Bakers business is goin from strength tae strengh even tae the extent o’bein
Able tae update their mode o’ transport. Does anybody recognise anybody in the lineup ? Somewan’s Greatgranny or Grandpa is bound tae be there.
Am away tae hae a wee liedoon, tae help recovery from the exertions A’ve pit ma poor brain through the day.
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk182/Sarid36/TheBakersShop.jpg
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk182/Sarid36/WalPaterson.jpg

[SARID]

The Anthony Woodd Gallery in Edinburgh (anthonywoodd.com) has a painting entitled "Carradale Kintyre " for sale in the Gallery. It is actually a painting of a fishing boat in the Burn, and you can see the Point in the background. I wonder if the boat was one built by Mathew Macdougall ?
The painting is oil on canvas, and measures 36 by 54
The artist was Robert Weir Allan , born in Glasgow , and lived 1842------ 1949
If you have a spare £ 14.500, the picture can be yours !!

[Bitter End]

two herrin skiffs an the Euphemia at the Hole Sarid ? Ah'l be leevin the purchase o the pentin tae yersell .Itl be jist grand hingin oan yer wall an a real conservation piece or maybe a conversation piece! Ach Aye

[SARID]

A'd be interested tae know whit ye can tell us aboot the "Euphemia", Bitter End. A've niver heard o her.

[chuckiebay]

Ah'm wunderin who's in the line up. Is the man on the left THEJohn Paterson founder o' the bakers or is it his faither who stairted the shop. He had it furst in the front room in Airds Cottage an he wis that mean he wid crack the boilings wi' ees teeth tae get the weight exact. Ah don't think later generations were as bad but ah shoodna be givin' them ideas.

The first lassie in from the left ah wis thinkin might be a young Maggie from Dunolly at Portrigh who wis a daughter and worked in the shop.

[SARID]

Now then, Chuckiebay" A've bin studyin the old picture o'the folk on the quay at Carradil.
The fella on the left foreground,I wid say is a Paterson, and could well be Walter Paterson, Bayview ( Wal's Fether ) He bought herring on behalf o' a Glesca fishmerchant, an wis doon the quay tae meet the Steamer ivery day.( His ither job wis "Inspector O' Poor " and wan o' his responsibilities in relation tae that wis, when some poor cratur had tae go intae the Poorhoose (Witchburn ) or wis destitute ,he had tae get the Parish the Pauper wis born in, tae meet the expences incurred )
Anyway, tae get back tae the quay!Walter's wife knew tae pit the potatoes on as the Steamer passed Pirnmill, and then she wis sure the dinner wid be ready by the time he waaked up the quay brae.
The wee bay at the fit o' the Spoot Wid is called "Faillie's Port ", named efter the old fella who wis cracking the boilings wi his wallies. "Faillie" I'm told, is a corruption o' " Faither ", and wis pronounced that way by wan o, his weans.