Forfar - Henry Michie's Coos in the Greens - Not in our Back Yard, this time...! August 1950
Photo courtesy of Alex B. Whyte.
Juist aboot a'body fae West the toon efter the War minds Henry Michie's coos and how they were aye far they wirna supposed tae be - in fowk's gairdens maistly. Here in this photo they're up in the West Greens, instead o' doon be the Loch far Jack Michie wanted them tae be. An' if the kye were spotted gaein' up or doon Albert Street, a' the bairns tried tae be the first tae come oot wi'
"The wind blew
The skitter flew
Oot o' the erse
O' Henry Michie's coo."
Happy days, but no fir wir grannies.....
And for those of a more topographical bent, You can see the backs of the east end of the Charles Street (north) houses top right of the photo, before the demolition of the 1960s,
Forfar - Henry Michie's Coos in the Greens - Not in our Back Yard, this time...! August 1950
Photo courtesy of Alex B. Whyte.
Juist aboot a'body fae West the toon efter the War minds Henry Michie's coos and how they were aye far they wirna supposed tae be - in fowk's gairdens maistly. Here in this photo they're up in the West Greens, instead o' doon be the Loch far Jack Michie wanted them tae be. An' if the kye were spotted gaein' up or doon Albert Street, a' the bairns tried tae be the first tae come oot wi'
"The wind blew
The skitter flew
Oot o' the erse
O' Henry Michie's coo."
Happy days, but no fir wir grannies.....
And for those of a more topographical bent, You can see the backs of the east end of the Charles Street (north) houses top right of the photo, before the demolition of the 1960s,