Hello from down south

[Tosh]

HI
Andy McIntosh, (or Tosh to my friends) from Newark in Nottinghamshire.
I spent many happy summers in Carradale as a kid though I haven't been back for about 20 years.
My Dad was born in Carradale in 1932 and grew up in the bank house.
I showed him the 'Goat' website last time he visited and he was reminiscing like mad
He still gets to Carradale quite often so some of the locals probably know him.

I've been doing some family tree stuff recently and trying to work out when the McIntoshs first arrived in Carradale but the ealiest i have at the moment is 1820 but I've traced roots in Campbeltown back to 1666.

I'm going through some old slides at the moment that date from the mid sixties to the mid eighties and already tuning up some nice shots, Gary has already put a shot of Bairn's Pride on 'the Goat'

It would be great to hear from anyone who has done any family research that might tie in or any relations or folks that just want to chat.
Cheers
Tosh

PS isn't it time Fish played the MOKfest ?

[bill]

PS isn't it time Fish played the MOKfest ?

Naw,he's had his chips.

[Tosh]

PS isn't it time Fish played the MOKfest ?

Naw,he's had his chips.

Boom, tish

Actually if you'd seen the young lady he's marrying in the summer his chips must be still on the table

cheers
Tosh

[May Contain Nuts]

PS isn't it time Fish played the MOKfest ?

Naw,he's had his chips.

Actually if you'd seen the young lady he's marrying in the summer his chips must be still on the table

Not bad for an ex-Forestry chainsaw monkey.

There's hope for some of these boys yet

Actually, I'd pay good money to see Fish play again, or preferably the old Marillion line-up itself.

[Tosh]

PS isn't it time Fish played the MOKfest ?

Naw,he's had his chips.

Actually if you'd seen the young lady he's marrying in the summer his chips must be still on the table

Not bad for an ex-Forestry chainsaw monkey.

There's hope for some of these boys yet

Actually, I'd pay good money to see Fish play again, or preferably the old Marillion line-up itself.

He's touring his new album and celebrating 20 years of Clutching at Straws
http://www.the-company.com/gigs.htm
The closest you'll get to the old line up is the free gig in Aylesbury market square in August, special gusts have been hinted at

Tosh

[general jack o'niell]

wouldn't be a member of the "sprat" family by any chance?

[Tosh]

wouldn't be a member of the "sprat" family by any chance?

Me? naw, just the prat family

While we're on the subject of Fish I met StephenJ in Haddngton after asking him about his 'Company Kintyre' t-shirt and didn't realize he was a cousin until later, he wasn't the only one in said t-shirt who might the others have been, I seem to remember one of them being called Bazza Wazza.

Tosh

[abbey craig]

think youve lost the plaice general

[in command]

me thinks it's a red herring abbey

[Sweltered]

For Cod's sake will you pair stop the puns! I can see I'm gonna have to give you two a Pollacking. Yer both Skating on thin ice !

[general jack o'niell]

seemed like a perfectly reasonable question to me?

i was only asking if you were related to jack "jack sprat" Mcintosh, obviously not otherwise you would have known the reference, its just he was a childhood freen of me and sweltered's pa ye hear?

[Tosh]

seemed like a perfectly reasonable question to me?

i was only asking if you were related to jack "jack sprat" Mcintosh, obviously not otherwise you would have known the reference, its just he was a childhood freen of me and sweltered's pa ye hear?

The only Jack I can think of is my dad's cousin Jack, I think he moved away to Inverness for a bit then came back, Hi Mother was Catherine McIntosh if that helps, sprat reference means nothing to me though.

Tosh

[general jack o'niell]

might well be the same man, i'm sure some of the bochans on the carradale thread would know, i can only vaguely remember the jack i'm talking about, he was sharp featured, tall thin with jet black hair and a rather long pointed nose, if my memory from childhood isn't playing tricks on me. might be same person, i think he had at least one son, but it must be over 35 yrs ago so anything is possible, maybe one of my brothers would remember better than me. i will ask my mother, as its going to annoy me now.

oh, you never mentioned your fathers name? and are you related to duncan macintosh the fisherman?

[Tosh]

might well be the same man, i'm sure some of the bochans on the carradale thread would know, i can only vaguely remember the jack i'm talking about, he was sharp featured, tall thin with jet black hair and a rather long pointed nose, if my memory from childhood isn't playing tricks on me. might be same person, i think he had at least one son, but it must be over 35 yrs ago so anything is possible, maybe one of my brothers would remember better than me. i will ask my mother, as its going to annoy me now.

oh, you never mentioned your fathers name? and are you related to duncan macintosh the fisherman?

I think Duncan is a second cousin, I'm not sure, I'd have to check with my dad who to answer your other question is John Mcintosh, known to some as John the bank (as he lived in the bank house after moving up from the shore road)
He still gets back to the village fairly often and was up for a Ruby wedding a few weeks back.
He moved away to Tighnabruaich in the mid forties but his Dad(Archiebald) moved back later and Lived up at Broomfield.

cheers
Tosh

[general jack o'niell]

my whole clan moved to the town in the mid fifties after my grandfather died, i'm one of the "red shaws" as opposed to the "black shaws" which were the offspring of his first wife, i'm not even going to chance the spelling of where they used to live as i'd invariably get it wrong and have my knuckles wrapped by someone (moineuruadh?) i know its wrong spelling but with a name like that i could spend all day and only get it right by chance, especially if your cousin or one of that other lot saw it