Dad's Side

Granny and Grandpa McDowall - Ayr 1952

Grandpa McDowall - Ayr 1952

03 Grandpa McDowall in his garden - Ayr 1952

Grandpa in his garden - Ayr 1952

Sheena Morgan

My cousin Sheena, my father’s niece; one of the children of my father’s sister, Jean and her husband, Bill Kellock. (The others being Alec, Norman and Irene.)

Alec Kellock in his Navy uniform

Another picture of cousin Alec in tropical uniform

Dad and Alec on Croy Shore - 1954

Alec, Mum and Jeanette - Prestwick 1954

Mum and Jeanette - Prestwick 1954

Mum, Jeanette and our old car - Prestwick 1954

Mum, Me and Jeanette - Prestwick 1957

12 Me Maggie McLaughlan & Mum Ballantrae 1963

Me, Aunt Maggie and Mum - Ballantrae 1963

Maggie McLoughlan was my great aunt (my father’s aunt - on his father’s side, I believe). She resided in Wigtown with her husband Jack and in her later years lived in Stranraer at BellVilla House - a retirement home.

Dad and Alistair, my half-brother, his youngest son by his first wife.

Dad and Alistair - Preston 1951

Alistair on National Service

Alistair and Kath - Wedding Photo

Kath, Me and Mum - Outside 46 West View, 1955

Shirley Anne, Alex and Ian

Three of Alistair and Kath’s children (my niece and nephews). Ian was tragically knocked down and killed at the age of ten, on Ribbleton Avenue, Preston.