‘The most popular shop in Campbeltown’
Duncan Brown’s toy shop provided many with their best childhood memories.
Duncan Brown’s toy shop provided many with their best childhood memories.
The conclusion of Duncan Brown’s Boyhood Memories of the Wee Toon.
The family of the late Duncan Brown has given the Courier permission to serialise his booklet, Boyhood Memories of the Wee Toon, in our Down Memory Lane pages.
The family of the late Duncan Brown has given the Courier permission to serialise his booklet, Boyhood Memories of the Wee Toon, in our Down Memory Lane pages.
This week comes the next chapter, titled Growing up in the thirties.
It is not just the price of cars which has changed but it is sad to think that we no longer have people like the old cart-wrights or so many businesses in the Longrow area and we only have a tiny fishing fleet at the pier!
Last week, we shared the first half of the booklet’s first chapter, titled Longrow and Town Centre, which we continue this week.
Duncan’s family has given the Courier permission to serialise the booklet in the Down Memory Lane feature over the next few weeks.
With the death of Duncan M Brown on August 11, a week after his 95th birthday, Campbeltown has lost a well-known and cherished son.
Duncan, now aged almost 95, reminisces about shops and industries, and shares numerous anecdotes from his childhood.