tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post7102087399704182540..comments2023-09-21T08:53:42.554+01:00Comments on blethers: Boats and bumfChristine McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-12146236939655113092008-08-20T12:18:00.000+01:002008-08-20T12:18:00.000+01:00Wow...such imagery! I could just imagine this and ...Wow...such imagery! I could just imagine this and had such a nice chuckle this morning...Katyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06558961417235143567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-6122198437787160832008-08-19T13:55:00.000+01:002008-08-19T13:55:00.000+01:00Ah, happy days! We used to watch one or other of t...Ah, happy days! We used to watch one or other of the Duchesses leaving Campbeltown of an afternoon, then return to the isolation that is Kintyre at any season. We did not, however, throw toilet rolls - nor even cut-up sheets of the Daily Record on a string. If we had been in a railway station, my dad would encourage us to cry "Wave yer train - yer maw's awa in a hanky!"<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, in a sudden access of tidiness, I've been going through assorted boxes and drawers and have discovered slides of the <I>Duchess of Montrose</I> sailing past Largs, the <I>King George V</I> coming in to Oban and, on film, the PS <I>Talisman</I> heading for Largs. It's like eating a madeleine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-42733716231862659722008-08-19T08:37:00.000+01:002008-08-19T08:37:00.000+01:00I love it! I never knew about the toilet rolls. Wh...I love it! I never knew about the toilet rolls. What fun.Dihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08984017404835261162noreply@blogger.com