Parents in West Dunbartonshire have run up £14,500 of debt from unpaid school meals, according to a reply to a Freedom of Information request (designed by the Government to keep embarrassing information quiet) which revealed a staggering £1.1million is owed across of Scotland.
Dumbarton High Street – I think that’s my Auntie Betty McDermott/Doyle (Oor Lizzie) with the coat over her arm. The guy in the bunnet was way ahead of his time. Mobile phones were never even invented then and saft hats were like hens’ teeth. Love the hairstyles of women at the bus stop. Across the road there was quite a queue at the Store Butcher’s, as always. Big demand for black pudding, links, a pun of mince, tripe, potted hough and square sliced and plain and pan loaves. Wonder what the occasion was that they put the flags out for?
This nostalgic picture submitted to Facebook by Donald Chisholm brought back lots of memories and comments. Christina Hill said: “Great photo although I don’t recognise the houses to the far right” I was able to help there by telling her : “That’s Oxhill Place. I used to know nearly every family who lived in Brucehill. But then I was the paper boy for Hart’s Shop on the Brae, Big Jake’s as it later became known. Fair bit of Castlehill there too. The exiles will love this picture. And the Ashy, the Coos’ Park, the Sawny and the Cliff. There were never that many cars in Firthview or any other street for that matter around Brucehill in the Fifties.
Bill Heaney
Atmospheric picture on the River Clyde at Dumbarton at the confluence of the two rivers. Great shot by Michael Moffat.
In her ruling, Judge Lucy Wiseman said: “I considered it clear from the claimant’s evidence that he did not want to relinquish involvement with Barrhead Travel. I say this because it was clear that even in relation to the special projects, the claimant wanted to work in and from a Barrhead Travel office and to involve staff and resources as he saw fit, at various stages of those projects.”
Millarochy Bay and also Sallorchy Bay on Loch Lomond a couple of miles up the road and Rowardennan with some inclement weather.
