From: Lucy Duncan Email: dlwdistributors@telkomsa.net Sent : 09 March 2005 19:55:44 I enjoyed the web site  here in  the town of  George, Cape Province South Africa where I am visiting my son and family.  I came to  South Africa  from Dumbarton at the end of  1946 and have lived here ever since,  having had five trips back to Bonnie Scotland since then, the last one in 1989 with my husband, John Duncan, who was born of Scottish parents in South Africa, in 1921.  My name was Lucy  Nash and I lived at 114 Glasgow Road (Grange Place). I went to Knoxland School and have two school photos. with teachers Miss Lorimer and Miss Dougal.  I know the names of all the pupils in the photos. but unfortunately I haven't  got them with me.  Maybe next time I visit  my son I will bring the photos., that is if I receive any response to this.  When I attended Knoxland School it was in Bruce Street.  The Headmaster was Mr. Harvey and we were all scared of him as he was very strict.  He retired whenI was about nine years old and was replaced by Mr. Cross. I was really sad to see that the building had been knocked down when I  was last there in 1989.  My best friend was Maisie Birkmyre -  now Maisie Mills - and living in Australia.  We have kept in touch over the years and write to each other regularly, often reminiscing about our school days and our bicycle rides to the baths in Helensburgh  in the school summer holidays.  I have very happy memories of living in Dumbarton and consider myself a true "daughter of the Rock". I am now 81 years old and wonder if any of my school friends are still around.  I attended Knoxland Church , also sadly gone, and was an enthusiastic member of the Sunday school and the Brownies and Guides (6th  Dumbarton)..  My grandfather,William Nash, worked at Denny's, as did his six sons.  He and my grandmother lived at 9 Knoxland Square - a wonderful place to play in (with the bandstand where the Town Band used to come and play in summer evenings) and where there were great slides in the winter when the puddles froze! Cheerio, Lucy Duncan

From: Brian Kennedy Email: bkennedy@njac.aaa.com Hi! My Aunt Jean Kennedy MacDonald gave me these photos when I visited her in Drumchapel in 1970. The family shot is about 100 years old and shows my great grandparents James and Elizabeth Baird Kennedy and their first five (of ten) kids. The kid standing on the right is my grandpa Jimmy who served with the Argyll (the other shots) in WWI. He and his wife Marie Oliver immigrated to Canada and then the States in the twenties. They were from Brigend. I have a ton of second cousins in Scotland but I've lost touch. If anyone sees this who is a descendant of my Aunt Peggy Forsythe, Aunt Jean MacDonald, Uncle Davy Kennedy, Sandy, Jackie, or (in the Detroit area) Betsy Allen) drop me a line! Brian Kennedy 64B Seafoam Ave Winfield Park NJ 07036 USA

Re. this message from Brian Kennedy, which accompanied the photos now on Visitors' Gallery 7 Can you help Brian get back in touch with his descendants? A nice PS to our appeal...the following day we got this message from Brian: I've already been contacted by Shirley and Shani McFall from Vancouver BC. They are the grandaughters of Peggy Kennedy Forsythe my great Aunt and thus my second cousins. I met them when we were kids but lost touch. Shirley just happened to stop by your site and saw my photos and letter! It's like magic!

From: Colin Stark Email: cstark@npsnet.com Sent : 01 February 2005 11:54:39 Subject : More Than A Memory Hello. I am in Dumbarton for a few weeks from Vancouver Canada. I saw your photos from Archie Hood, and then at the D'bton Burns Club supper last Friday, Gordon McIntyre, my cousin and a classmate of Archie's, had the photo of Dumbarton Academy with all the names bar one. I was in Archie's mother's class at Knoxland, and used to play football with Archie, my brother Angus, and others in Kerr's Park (now gone). I will send you at least one old photo of Knoxland School when I get back to Canada. Could you possibly forward this email to Archie, since Gordon and I would like to get in touch with him. Many thanks Colin

Re. this message from Colin Stark Can anyone help? If you have Archie Hood's email address (or if you're visiting the site, Archie) could you please forward it on. Thank-you!

From: Brian Kennedy Email: bkennedy@njac.aaa.com Sent : 01 February 2005 21:40:54 Subject : Photos It's a great site! I have always loved old photos and have been able to get a lot from older relatives. I have a fair amount of old Dumbarton and a few postcards as well.  I have one great shot (I should scan it in) of my cousin Alistair Kennedy at about five years old standing with his mother at the entrance of their air raid shelter around 1940. He's in a kilt and tam and his mum is smiling away. On the back there's a note that's more serious though; "Here's Alistair guarding his mother at our air raid shelter. Many a night we had in it when Jerry was over." I've only visited Dumbarton once but would love to return.  Keep up the good work!  Brian Kennedy

From: Olive and Leonard Bills Email: olivecfury@bigpond.com.au Sent : 30 January 2005 15:19:00 Subject : Dumbarton ancestry Have read with great interest all through your site, it is incredibly interesting.  My grandparents and parents were all from Dumbarton. My greatgrandfather on my Dad's side  (Joe Wingate) held the first moving pictures on Dumbarton Common and later my Grandma Olive Burden went on to own the cinema in Dumbarton.  My grandfather John Drummond apparently had the Chemist in Dumbarton throughout the war years until he eventually sold to Boots.  My mother Catherine and all her brothers (Ian Campbell and Robert Drummond) all attended Dumbarton Academy.  If there is any information on any of these people please let me know especially photos as there house was bombed and they lost almost alll their personal effects. Yours Sincerely Liv Bills

From: The Mullens Email: themullens@sympatico.ca Sent : 22 January 2005 19:42:54 Subject : Thank you This is a fabulous site.  Out of curiosity I popped into your site and believe it or not you have a picture of my father Tommy Conboy sitting in the front row St. Patrick's Choir 1931.  Thank you for the wonderful warm feeling it gave me to see this picture.  I will now be dropping in on a regular basis.  I will also see if I can find some old photo to send to you.  Say hi to all in Dumbarton from Mary Mullen (Conboy) now living in Canada.

Name: Campbell Morgan E-mail: campbell.morgan@btopenworld.com City: Dumbarton Country: Scotland Homepage: Date: 15-Jan-2005 16:01:57 Message: Hello there to all you Dumbarton people all over the world. The auld toon is still to the fore and probably a lot changed from when many of you left here. Any one who recognises my name drop me an e-mail or even any of you who fancy a chat do the same.Best Regards To All Campbell. Name: Charlie Croft E-mail: City: Country: Homepage: Date: 31-Dec-2004 07:25:23 Message: Fantastic stuff. I think I met Bob McGregor a few years ago taking pictures in Alexandria, I may be wrong but I recognised his picture. I congratulated him on his work we owe men like him a great deal for the memories they restore to us. Name: Joe Dennie E-mail: joed@adam.com.au City: Adelaide Country: Australia Homepage: Date: 27-Dec-2004 18:01:33 Message: Hello, just looking up Bonhill where my Dad was born! Name: shona cooper E-mail: tartanloft@hotmail.com City: Peterborough Ontario Country: Canada Homepage: Date: 14-Dec-2004 08:01:46 Message: Hi there all you Dumbartonians I was just sitting here in theCancer Lodge in Kingston Ontario trying to bring up my E mail and would you believe all I could get was More than a memoryso I figured I should at least drop a wee note. well two more weeks till Christmas hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New year to you too Jim keep up the good work its a great site "Lang may yur lum ree" Shona Name: John Proctor E-mail: john@maneaonline.com City: Prague Country: Czech Republic Homepage: www.erpet.cz Date: 9-Dec-2004 21:36:11 Message: Nice to see a site about the real Dumbarton, not one of the American or Canadian copies. As I get older I seem to look back at my home town with a sort of longing!! Well done guys, help with anything if I can. Name: Kathleen Brown (nee Kerr) E-mail: cb311dub@eim.ae City: DUBAI Country: UAE Homepage: Date: 4-Dec-2004 06:57:22 Message: Looking forward to seeing what/who is on this site Name: Shona Cooper E-mail: tartanloft@hotmail.com City: Peterborough,Ont. Country: Canada Homepage: Date: 15-Nov-2004 21:42:36 Message: Hi Jim: its been a while but I am so glad to see how well the site has taken off so many more interesting photos I just loved the old photos of high St and Church St a whole lot of nostalgia there. I would love to see some photos of Old Kilpatrick or talk to anyone out there who might remember me Maiden name Illingworth married Hamih Cooper from Mclean Place. Name: Alice McGinlay E-mail: amoffatt8.wanadoo.co.uk City: Dumbarton Country: Scotland Homepage: Date: 11-Nov-2004 17:28:18 Message: Anyone out there remember wee Saint Pats and Notre Dame between the years 1954 and 1965 or when Clydebank Tech. opened, I was transferred from the Lennox Tech College at that time. Name: Paddy Seppenwoolde(McIntosh) E-mail: scotsreel@hotmail.com City: Brantford-Ontario Country: Canada Homepage: Date: 16-Oct-2004 18:18:32 Message: I left Bellsmyre in 1964 & would love to hear from anyone who remembers me. GREAT to find sites like this! Name: David Fitzpatrick E-mail: dfbowling@yahoo.co.uk City: Clydebank Country: Scotland Homepage: Date: 16-Sep-2004 11:03:31 Message: Dominick Fitzpatrick born 1877 in Mount Prospect,County Cavan moved to Dumbarton about 1900 he married Kathleen Riordan 1903 in Glasgow his children all born in Dumbarton Kathleen 1903,Michael 1904,David 1905,Dominick 1909,Elizabeth, Annie,Margaret and Ellen their parish was St Patricks Dumbarton if there is any family out there please get in touch David Fitzpatrick Back to More Than A Memory