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My girlfriend and I visited Douglas today. Morton's are a sept of the Clan Douglas and it was really great to visit a bit of the history. St Bride's is amazing inside and I found a couple of Morton's in the graveyard and war memorials. My girlfriend is Polish and it was amazing to see the Polish connection to the village as well. Lovely place :o)

I lived in the Glespin from 1967 until 1984. My Mum was Maimie and my big brother was Andy, then there was Sheila, myself and Arthur. We lived at 24 Hillview Crescent. Sadly Mum died in 2004 and Andy died very suddenly last November. Have been trying to contact a few people, Margaret Mitchell (who I know lives in Rigside), Kay Scanlon, Heather Ramage, Joan Borthwick, Ross Lindsay and Ian and Stephen Potter - any info would be great, thanks

looking forward to coming back to my wee village, bringing my girls to see where i was brought up, been over 6 years since i was last over coming in march for 7 weeks, hope to catch up with a few old mates. see you all soon.

Was devastated to hear the solidarity camp was torn apart yesterday, you did your best guys, its such a shame you didn't have more support! As I have two young children I thought about returning to the village and I wanted them to grow up with the same clean fresh air I grew up in but there is no chance of that now. I've heard people complain of what an eyesore the camp was, well lets see how happy they are with a dirty great big hole in the land and the pot holes in the roads!

Hello would just like to say that although I dont remember to much, I was born in the hospital in 1952 my mother Elizabeth Mckie former name Watton was married to Walter John Mckie he was a gamekeeper and worked for Lord Home on the estate anybody know of them have 2 sisters one lived in Rigside her name Peggy married to George Hay he worked in the coal pits