Forfar - the West Greens towards Craig o' Loch Road circa early 1960s
Photo from the collection of Ernest Mann.
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The Macdonald (and my) home lies behind the shed on the far left (ground floor). It was occupied into the 1990s by my aunt Hannah. The flat above had three tenants of note: Wood, the butcher, his wife and two boys Robin and Roy, followed by Tom Porter and his wife, and later by the Fleming family, whose children were George, Harold and Frieda. After WW2, all the children played out in the street or in the Greens. My special pals were Ecky Whyte, Geordie Small, Jimmer Caird, and May Taylor from further down the road. The photo shows the old Albert Street in its death throes, (It even had a name change. It became 'Craig o' Loch Road', just as 'Albert Street' had changed from 'Horsewater Wynd'.) Although the group of council houses in the lower part (including ours) were to remain, the older biggins in the upper part were for the chop. The Greens too were to change radically. Here we see the beginning of their end as the site of the 'Ninies' - the source of ice-cold spring water in high summer - and as a drying green and a playground. Some of the land was used for housing and the swings and paddling pool were to disappear. Here a start is being made to demolishing the houses at the east end of Charles Street before the replacing them with the notorious flat - roofers of the 1960s.
Forfar - the West Greens towards Craig o' Loch Road circa early 1960s
Photo from the collection of Ernest Mann.
Best viewed by clicking 'All Sizes', then 'Large'.
The Macdonald (and my) home lies behind the shed on the far left (ground floor). It was occupied into the 1990s by my aunt Hannah. The flat above had three tenants of note: Wood, the butcher, his wife and two boys Robin and Roy, followed by Tom Porter and his wife, and later by the Fleming family, whose children were George, Harold and Frieda. After WW2, all the children played out in the street or in the Greens. My special pals were Ecky Whyte, Geordie Small, Jimmer Caird, and May Taylor from further down the road. The photo shows the old Albert Street in its death throes, (It even had a name change. It became 'Craig o' Loch Road', just as 'Albert Street' had changed from 'Horsewater Wynd'.) Although the group of council houses in the lower part (including ours) were to remain, the older biggins in the upper part were for the chop. The Greens too were to change radically. Here we see the beginning of their end as the site of the 'Ninies' - the source of ice-cold spring water in high summer - and as a drying green and a playground. Some of the land was used for housing and the swings and paddling pool were to disappear. Here a start is being made to demolishing the houses at the east end of Charles Street before the replacing them with the notorious flat - roofers of the 1960s.