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3 March 2000

Letter from Canada

Susanne sent us an e-mail from Ottawa -

...Just read your web site page for Feb. I must say I look forward to reading them all. I was very interested to note the comments about the snow that you had.

Of course, living here in Canada, snow is such a natural thing, it doesn't create the problems it does for you over there!

It brought to mind a photo, which my Mum sent to me, along with others of my childhood in Ayr, of the River Ayr, FROZEN OVER and what looks like quite a bit of snow on top of it.

It's a photo of my Mother, brother Tom, (A Former Holmston Pupil), and myself standing on the middle of the River Ayr. I'm Not sure which year it would be but since I have a brother born in 1948 , I would say it is before then, else he would be in the photo also. I'm sure some of your older former pupils could come up with a date!!. I would gladly send you a copy of the photo if you would like...

Yes, the photo would be interesting (but please send it electronically - your editors will write with details). David McRobbie also says he remembers enjoying skating on the River Ayr, when it froze in winter time. And Jim Fairlie remembers getting a row, in fact getting the belt, from the Head Teacher when he and other boys went down to the dam to watch the ice breaking up one year - follow this underlined link, to halfway down the page.

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