Hello, i live in South Yorkshire but was born one "Snowy day" in February 1946 at Craigard Campbeltown, my mother was born in Islay but lived in Campbeltown (Bolgam st) untill she joined the "Wrens" during the war. She met my father who was in the navy (he served some of his time at the Nimrod in Campbeltown) and married him in 1944. I dont know (must ask mum one day) how i came to be born in Campbeltown and not West Bromwich in the midlands (dad's birth place) but i am certainly glad it was the "Wee Toon". I have not missed many annual holidays in Campbeltown in the last 65 years, when i was at school i spent all my six weeks hoilday there. One time i was up there so long i finished up going to the school near the gas works and stayed with my "grannie and aunties" in Daavar Ave. I had some great pal's (dont know if i am allowed to mention name's ?) at the time and enjoyed every minute of my time spent there, we got up to allsorts of trick's (as kids do) but it was great fun. How we managed to survive in those days before "Health & Safety" i dont know, i.e. climbing down and under the old quay or hiring a "punt" from O'hara's and rowing out nearly to Trench Point without a "life vest".
looking forwards to my hoildays in Campbeltown in a few weeks, and to catching up with family and friends.
You can take the man out of Campbeltown, but you can Never take Campbeltown out of the man.