Bit of a Down Memory Lane theme to this but this I suppose is history too as I thought this picture was amazing when I saw it!
The picture is taken at Dalintober around 1958 and features Mr Shields Boats - anyone know anyone or any stories?
WC1 wrote:I think John Shields moved to Burnside Street after giving up a shop in Longrow where the Golden Ocean is now. The Bike Shop was on the right hand side and Beth McFadyen's fish and chip shop on the left hand side of what is now the Chinese restaurant's double frontage. Mr Shields would charge up the accumulator for your wireless as well as sell and repair bikes. I got my first brand-new bike there as a reward for getting the Dux prize in P7 of the old Kinloch School (Dalintober and Millknowe combined). Didn't he also do boat hiring from the slipway at the New Quay as well as having his roundabout at Dalintober Beach?
thep wrote:Is that why the children's boat down the front is called Jock's Boat? Is it after Mr Shields?
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