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<\/p>\nThis is the diary of a loon born in Kemnay at Woolmanhill Infirmary fin Gerry wis bombing Aberdeen in 1941. The birth wis difficult for my mither an’ she was telt te pit he heid under a pilla’ and I wis taaken tae the air raid shelter in a humidicrib. A bairn wi a sair neck bit 70+ years later, neen the warse o’ the wear.<\/p>\n
Kemnay school, Scouts, Inverurie Academy, TC, Robert Gordons and then working life. Niver been nought for war except bein’ mairiet.<\/p>\n
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Dad is on the left hand side and I think that is Peter Innes, the grocer fae the fit o’ Kendal Road next tae the Gilbert’s hoose. The photo wis takken in front o’ the Forsyth Hoose . ‘At looks like Brucy Reid fae the Knowe. He wis Dad’s best man fin Dad an Mam were marriet at the Burnett Arms.<\/p>\n
My Grandfather Sunny Daun had bad luck wi’ a Poll Mare<\/p>\n
1 July – 30 September 1908
\nWomen visit Mosshead to view Mary’s marriage presents; on 8 July Mary weds Alexander Gauld in the U.F.C. Kemnay – the reception is held in the Burnett Arms Hotel; they provide tea for all the folk who decorated the Church for Mary’s wedding; attends prayer meeting and Deacons’ Court; a lady missionary from Old Calabar gives an account of mission work there at Church – ‘she was not heard very well’; attends funeral of Mrs Mackay of Roquharold; attends Highland and Agricultural Society’s show in Aberdeen – ‘I thought it was a grand show a sple[n]did display of cattle & horses and Implement’s’; they thrash with the steam mill; attends prayer meeting and meeting of Session; wins prizes for horses at the Cluny Cattle Show; distributes communion cards and has communion at Church; attends the Cattle Show at Echt – ‘a very poor show it was’; attends prayer meeting and Deacons’ Court; attends the Lawerance Fair, Old Rayne; writes letter to Mr Emslie; sells the Poll mare to Daun for \u00a315; Mr Anderson of Ardconnon buys Poll’s foal for \u00a317..10; counts money received at Deacons’ Court; Alec and Mary take train to Manchester; assists with the steam thrashing mill at Dalmadilly; goes to Dalmadilly to sympathise with Mr and Mrs Daun after they lose the Poll mare when another animal kicks her and breaks a leg; attends George Tindal’s funeral at Craigearn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is the diary of a loon born in Kemnay at Woolmanhill Infirmary fin Gerry wis bombing Aberdeen in 1941. The birth wis difficult for my mither an’ she was telt te pit he heid under a pilla’ and I wis taaken tae the air raid shelter in a humidicrib. A bairn wi a sair … Continue reading “A Kemnay Loon’s Diary”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubbylane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubbylane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubbylane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubbylane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubbylane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/dubbylane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276,"href":"https:\/\/dubbylane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubbylane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}