David Drew

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David Drew

Postby bill » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:44 pm

British author,writer, editor, music publisher and recording producer spent his boyhood in Campbeltown.


http://www.singscript.plus.com/daviddre ... 930-50.htm


Nice picture on this page of R.M.S. Dalriada in 1938 leaving Campbeltown.
I know my Summer'll never come
I know I'll cry until my dying day has come
Let the Winter roll along
I've got nothing left but song
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Postby general jack o'niell » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:01 am

would this make him john mctaggart's brother? same mother?
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Postby bill » Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:39 pm

Half brother ?
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Postby ionnsaigh » Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:50 pm

Aye - although at one time, Scotland was a matriarchal society - The women's line is the only true one. A family of kids - can have different Dads - they all have the same Mother.
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Postby general jack o'niell » Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:56 pm

half brother, same mothers, very interesting man, my daughter enjoyed the pic of the train on the dual carraige way.
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Postby ionnsaigh » Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:59 pm

Dual carriage way to Kintyre - must have been a keek
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