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Wednesday 02/01/2012 6:10:47pm
Name:	Elsie Oscroft nee Hutchison
E-Mail:	elsetrev@talktalk.net
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Retford Nottinghamshire
Comments:	Hi Rab, Just browsing your great site again and can see so much has been added. We left Catrine in 1960.I am doing a family tree for our wee Grandson and have discovered that my Great Grandfather on Mum\92s side came to Catrine from Northampton--don't quite know why. They owned a shoe factory in Northampton, They live don St Cuthbert's Street until Mum and Dad married and then moved to Shawlands Street. My Grandmother was Elsie Langley. I remember that our neighbours were the Stirling\92s, Mary Marion and a brother whom I can't remember the name of. My parents fostered Marion when their parents died until Mary came back from India. Then it was the Elliot\92s, Peggy and Brusher and their family. It would be good to know if anyone is still there. Can I thank you for all your work on the site; you have given so much information to so many people. I hope you keep up the good work. It is very interesting.

Wednesday 01/25/2012 10:46:33pm
Name:	Peter Nicholson
E-Mail:	peternicholson@aapt.net.au
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Adelaide South Australia
Comments:	Great site. My G/F Alex Nicholson was born in Bridge Street Catrine, 19 Oct 1857 to John (Ironstone miner) and Janet (nee McKinnon). The family came here in 1862 and I am after any family or Catrine info\92 from that time.

Wednesday 01/25/2012 4:47:21pm
Name:	Colin Chisholm
E-Mail:	cuch@gcal.ac.uk
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Langbank, Renfrewshire
Comments:	I have some pictures of Catrine if you are looking to add to the collection

Sunday 01/22/2012 3:25:31pm
Name:	Jim Gillies.
E-Mail:	jgillies@blueyonder.co.uk
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Kirkcaldy, Fife.
Comments:	Born in St Cuthbert Street 1955. Great site, brought back loads of memories. Keep up the good work.

Sunday 01/15/2012 9:18:46pm
Name:	Jim Parker
E-Mail:	jimjoho@sky.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Bolton Lancashire
Comments:	Great site Rab; been browsing guest book every now and then to see what's new. Still have family in the village. namely Parkers and Gardiners, left in early seventies to Netherthird until 1987, been in Bolton since up to last year when we moved to Stoneclough by Radcliffe, Manchester, hope all is well in coturn and do drop me an email anyone who remembers me. Still manage back now and then and have a pint in the brewery bar and a visit to the top of the hill [ cemetery]

Monday 01/09/2012 4:58:55pm
Name:	Daniel Watson
E-Mail:	dannyboysammmy123@gmail.com
Referred By:	E-Mail
Location:	Lochgelly Fife
Comments:	Very interesting site. I applaud your efforts.

Sunday 10/23/2011 9:08:32pm
Name:	William Stojsavljevic
E-Mail:	nikosavic@hotmail.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Coventry England
Comments:	Born in Catrine 1952.

Thursday 10/06/2011 1:41:22pm
Name:	Flora Hunter (nee Seaton)
E-Mail:	Davhunter@supanet.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Arbroath
Comments:	My great, great grandfather, Hugh Reid Seaton was a draper in Catrine. I believe his wife; Margaret was involved in the business Seaton and Co. Hugh Reid Seaton died in 1873.

Monday 09/26/2011 9:10:53pm
Name:	Joan Secrest
E-Mail:	Joannie@barjoke.net
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Sanibel, Florida
Comments:	Just found an old death certificate that says that my great, great, great grandmother was born in Catrine Dec 24, 1825 and came over to America in the 1840s or so with her brother. Their name was McGill. I think Thomas and Janet were the parents of Thomas and Janet that went to the US. She and Thomas moved to Washington, D.C. and married there.

Saturday 09/24/2011 2:14:44pm
Name:	Stan Little
E-Mail:	stojsavljevic.stanko@ymail.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Coventry City
Comments:	Hey..does anyone know if bummer is still alive and kicking in Catrine, l think he lived somewhere in Shawlands street, would be grateful for any info...many thanks.

Wednesday 09/14/2011 5:28:17pm
Name:	Anne Blimkie
E-Mail:	flatrapidsroadrunner@gozoom.ca
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Arnprior, Ontario, Canada
Comments:	Hello. I'm very interested in Catrine, Ayrshire as my ancestors came over here from there in the late 1800's. Our name was Macklem but we have recently learned that their last name was Mecklam. WE understand the family were tailors at one time. My great, great grandfather had married a Kerr also from there. I hope to visit Catrine in 2013 when I make it to Scotland for the Edinburgh Marathon in May. I can't wait to see the country my ancestors hailed from. I hope I might be able to meet you when I visit!

Saturday 09/10/2011 3:07:27pm
Name:	Liz Wade nee Strathearn
E-Mail:	wade582@btinternet.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	West Midlands
Comments:	Thank you so much for this website. I am so interested as I have found that some of my ancestors were born in Catrine. The pictures show a beautiful village. Thanks again. Liz

Friday 08/26/2011 10:56:46am
Name:	Marie Hoffman
E-Mail:	tema70@hotmail.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Australia
Comments:	On a recent trip to Catrine searching for family history information, I was fortunate enough to have a cousin show me around, but this site is great. Well done. Marie

Monday 08/22/2011 7:36:51pm
Name:	John Stirling
E-Mail:	g0sfq@yahoo.co.uk
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Alness Ross-shire
Comments:	Hello Rab. Interesting web site. If anyone reading this know of any Stirling's living in wood Street in or around 1919 would appreciate any information. Best Regards John Stirling

Thursday 07/28/2011 2:14:30pm
Name:	carol young
E-Mail:	carolianyoung@btinternet.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	new forest
Comments:	my grandparents were peter Thom,(engineer,catrine cotton works )who married jean brown at gasworks cottages (cotton ?happer)in 1923.they went on to live at Ballochmyle terrace and had 2 children,Jane Gordon Galloway & peter roslyn thom.My mother who died in 2007 was Jane but always known as Jean.

Saturday 07/23/2011 5:19:19pm
Name:	Shaun Reynolds
E-Mail:	Shaun.Reynolds@diageo.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Catrine
Comments:	Rab good site. i have a an original picture of Catrine string band if you want to put it on your site let me know.

Friday 07/22/2011 2:41:05pm
Name:	Murray
E-Mail:	aattv06@bigpond.com
Referred By:	Friend
Location:	Adelaide South Australia
Comments:	Hope to bring home the ashes of a son of Catrine, Christopher McColl. Will be in Greenock 16 August. Am able to come to Catrine with another Scottish/Australian soldier. Regards Jock Clarkson

Friday 06/03/2011 7:53:45am
Name:	Brian McKenzie
E-Mail:	oldfaithful@netspace.net.au
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Hobart Tasmania Australia
Comments:	I am trying to locate relatives of the late John Christopher McColl born Catrine - Ayrshire, Scotland on 3 May 1938. John migrated to Australia and served with the Australian Army in the Vietnam War in 1965. John passed away on 29/06/2011 in Hobart and funeral was today. I would appreciated your help in contacting members of his family, Regards, Brian

Sunday 05/01/2011 1:45:52am
Name:	Stuart
E-Mail:	stuartbrown777@hotmail.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Strathaven
Comments:	Excellent site found by accident. Does anyone in Catrine know of a son to William Brown of New Cumnock (d 1967). I have no idea of his name - could be a Brown but..... He would be born probably between 1910 and 1920. Thanks.

Tuesday 04/19/2011 1:36:09pm
Name:	Billy Scott
E-Mail:	wscott488@btinternet.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Mauchline
Comments:	I have served the local fire service and been to coturn a few times in the last 30 years keep safe as that is me retired now at Mauchline all the best in your web site Bovver

Monday 04/18/2011 10:26:10pm
Name:	Jim McDowall
E-Mail:	jasmcdowall@live.co.uk
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Catrine
Comments:	Hi Rab Your site is great. Can I pass some info from Bob Meikle who is 94? It was his father who did the water colour on your Catrine house page. His father's initials should read gs. If it is not too cheeky bob is curious to know who you got the painting from. He has one almost exactly the same so his father must have done several of the same scene.

Sunday 04/17/2011 11:21:39pm
Name:	Andrea Telfer
E-Mail:	adgeek04@telus.net
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	British Columbia, Canada
Comments:	I was searching for my school class pic and came across my brother\92s class of 1957. My brother passed away in 1998, it was very heart-warming to see this picture. Thank you so much for this site.

Monday 04/04/2011 12:01:27am
Name:	Jim Galloway
E-Mail:	jamesgalloway50@hotmail.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	travelling around Australia
Comments:	Hi Rab it\92s been quite a while since I wrote to you,at the moment my wife and I are doing a trip around Australia in the caravan we left Adelaide, South Australia in July 2010 and have travelled around 25000 klm. We still have 3 months left on our trip and are now exploring the east side of the country after travelling around the west. I hope everyone in Catrine is well

Friday 04/01/2011 11:41:04am
Name:	Janine Sutter
E-Mail:	janine.sutter@hotmail.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Darwin NT Australia
Comments:	Looking for information re my grandfather William Bell who left Catrine in 1910 for Australia. Hope to visit Catrine in the next couple of years.

Thursday 03/17/2011 4:49:25pm
Name:	rab steele
E-Mail:	krsteele@talktalk.net
Referred By:	Friend
Location:	Catrine
Comments:	Nice to see the pleasant side of Catrine for a change lol

Tuesday 02/15/2011 4:32:28am
Name:	Jim Hutchison
E-Mail:	jim.hutch@yahoo.co.uk
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Mansfield Nottinghamshire
Comments:	Hi Rab This is the first time I have really looked up my old home town, I was born in 1956 and lived on Shawlands St. Till we moved to where I am now in 1960 (Dad got a job in the pits) although my big Sister has visited a few times, I must say you have a great site and it is really good to look at where I came from although I don't have too many memories of Catrine I remember I really enjoyed my first 4 years of life there! I don't remember many people up there but I am sure Hugh Brown lived over the road (we lived next door to Brusher & Peggy Elliot)It would be good to hear from anyone who was around there at that time. Keep up the good work Rab

Sunday 01/30/2011 9:56:34am
Name:	John Fulton
E-Mail:	jwmf05@blueyonder.co.uk
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Motherwell
Comments:	My father was born in Catrine and all of his side of the family still stay in Catrine, My uncle Bert died a while ago but my uncle Morris is still going strong. I stayed with my Gran & Papa , John and May Fulton when I was a kid. Have not been to see my relatives for a while but seeing this site, I will soon.

Sunday 01/30/2011 3:13:08am
Name:	Gloria Cathcart
E-Mail:	gloriagmc@shaw.ca
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Alberta, Canada
Comments:	It was great to visit your site. My great grandfather, James Kelly and some of his siblings were born while living on St. Cuthbert Street in Catrine. Three Kelly children were buried in the parish graveyard. Are there burial records for this graveyard? We visited Catrine and neighbouring communities in 2007 and would love to return. Gloria

Thursday 01/06/2011 7:38:27pm
Name:	Elsie Oscroft nee Hutchison
E-Mail:	elsetrev@talktalk.net
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Retford Nottinghamshire
Comments:	Hi Rab, Happy New Year to you and yours thanks for keeping up the good work. Can I ask you a favour? I got back in touch with a pal I used to go to school with in Catrine, through your web site, Netta McIlvaney (Janette Pelley now) she lives in Canada. We have tried to keep in touch and she came over to Scotland last summer. I didn't get to meet her as when I try to contact her at the email address she gave me my mails keep getting returned. I know she looks in on your site and hope she can get in touch again. I hope you don't think this is taking a liberty but if it wasn't for you we would never have made contact again. Thanks.

Saturday 12/25/2010 8:04:52pm
Name:	Jim Mc Coll
E-Mail:	annette.mccoll@sky.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Colwyn Bay North Wales
Comments:	Hi Rab love your web page. I hope to complete the Ayr river walk next year. I hit 60 in April and would do it in honour of my Mum, Olive, who died 2009 and loved Catrine and its surrounds. Could you advise me on when would be best and what footwear to use. I should hope to finish in 2 days so would require B@b, can you recommend a place? Best wishes and happy Christmas.

Friday 12/24/2010 9:23:23pm
Name:	Prof. David W R Purdie
E-Mail:	dwpurdie@ednet.co.uk
Referred By:	Friend
Location:	Edinburgh - but Ayrshire born...!
Comments:	ts: Rab ; Rab; Well done. Really most helpful and instructive. I've used material from your site for the Entries on; Catrine and on Prof Dugald Stewart for the new Edition of the Burns Encyclopaedia. I'd like to visit Catrine with you on one of my trips to Ayrshire next year - perhaps you could send me an email and we'll be in touch. David Purdie Editor-in-Chief,The Burns Encyclopaedia. .

Monday 11/15/2010 4:11:20pm
Name:	Alex Mackay
E-Mail:	alexmackay1@yahoo.co.uk
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Gosport. Hampshire
Comments:	Just found your web site, excellent. I lived at 23 St Cuthbert Street known locally as The Castle. I went to Catrine school when the dominie was Mr Thompson. Deputy was Mr Smith, Kate Begg was the headmistress of the infant school at the end of Newton Terrace. I also recognised the Janitor Tam Elliot. I started work on leaving school as a garden boy at Daldorch when it was owned by Mr Campbell. John Craig was the head gardener. I was then an apprentice tenter in the mill for three years before joining the Royal Navy. I served in the Royal Navy for 34 years retiring with the rank of commander. My father was born in Wood Street 1875, died 1964.His name was George (Geordie) I have a photograph of him playing in the Catrine band. The leader of the band was Charlie Parker. He preferred to call it Catrine Orchestra. The photograph was taken by the bridge at the and of Newton Terrace circa 1905. There maybe some of your readers will remember some of my chums, Bert Robertson, Willie Mackay, Hugh (shugie) Moorhead to name a few. Thank you for a nostalgic website. Alex

Tuesday 10/26/2010 10:52:13pm
Name:	William Nicol
E-Mail:	williamnicol567@msn.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Larges
Comments:	Rab- Great to see a photo of my dad Jim Trick Nicol!!!

Monday 10/25/2010 8:48:36pm
Name:	Robert Steele
E-Mail:	krsteele@talktalk.net
Referred By:	Friend
Location:	blackwood ave
Comments:	The Nephew

Sunday 10/03/2010 10:55:00pm
Name:	Robert Watts
E-Mail:	rowwatts@talktalk.net
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Salisbury Wiltshire
Comments:	My ancestor William Duncan blacksmith, lived in Catrine, doing family history.

Tuesday 09/28/2010 7:22:45pm
Name:	Elsie Oscroft nee Hutchison
E-Mail:	elstrev@talktalk.net
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Retford Nottinghamshire
Comments:	Hello again, I have just been going through some old papers of my Mum's and have found Gran's death certificate. She is buried in Catrine Cemetery and apparently we own that plot of land in perpetuity, so who knows maybe I'll return home at the end of my days. They used to live on St Cuthbert Street and moved to Shawlands Street in the early 50's. Having visited last year I was so sorry to see the state of the old place. I have two older brothers ,Geoff and Ian, a sister May younger than me she is on one of the 1957 school photos, and a younger brother, Jim who was only a bairn when we left for England. I did 1 year at Cumnock Academy, so many lovely memories. Keep up the good work Rab.

Sunday 09/05/2010 5:06:16pm
Name:	Carole and Peter Raisey
E-Mail:	cnanacarole@ntlworld.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Manchester England
Comments:	Just found my great great grandparents marriage at Sorn parish Catrine. It looks a lovely place and we hope to visit in October and stay at Catrine House Caravan Park

Monday 08/02/2010 10:07:57pm
Name:	Marlene Campbell
E-Mail:	marlenespeight@googlemail.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	blackwood ave Catrine
Comments:

Monday 08/02/2010 7:18:43pm
Name:	Colin Burns
E-Mail:	colin.burns@broadpark.no
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Norway
Comments:	Hi, I am thinking of moving to this area, and was wondering what kind of sports and activities are available in Catrine, or other areas nearby. I have lived abroad for 11 years, and looking for a nice place to stay. Hope somebody can take time and give me an answer. Cheers

Friday 07/30/2010 7:55:44am
Name:	Jean Dignam (Veale)
E-Mail:	jayvee@chariot.net.au
Referred By:	Friend
Location:	Adelaide South Australia
Comments:	My previous guestbook entry had the wrong eMail address. Some of my old friends tried to email me and had their mails returned. Sorry for the stuff-up.

Tuesday 07/27/2010 7:03:55pm
Name:	George Fowler
E-Mail:	g.fowler1@sky.com
Referred By:	Friend
Location:	Maltby S Yorkshire
Comments:	Rab a don' know u but my brother joined the RAF in the 60s with a Gordon Steele

Monday 07/26/2010 5:11:12pm
Name:	Jack Patterson
E-Mail:	jackpatterson960@hotmail.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Troon ,Ayrshire
Comments:	Hi Rab .Thanks for the time and effort you put into this site .I have just read through your guestbook and enjoyed some of my own memories as well as those of some of your other guests.It is nice to know that i have become part of that history, I am the waif in the 1955 school photy, I actually have that very print. I came up last summer /09 got a coffee from Peter Duncan ? and walked up thru' the Voe's and on up the water looking for "the boys hole " and "the wheel" don't know yet whether i found them. Keep up the good work. If anyone remembers me I'd love to hear from you.

Saturday 07/24/2010 9:15:53am
Name:	George Fowler
E-Mail:	g.fowler1@sky.com
Referred By:	Friend
Location:	Maltby, SYorkshire
Comments:	Nice to see my old home town, visited again in May 2008,Indian valley not so hot now

Monday 07/12/2010 6:25:26pm
Name:	David Christensen
E-Mail:	dgcp@earthlink.net
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Seattle, WA, USA
Comments:	Very nice site - thanks for your efforts!

Thursday 07/08/2010 0:42:09am
Name:	stan stojsavljevic.a.k.a. stan little
E-Mail:	stankostojsavljevic50@ymail.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	coventry city
Comments:	still a brilliant site rab keep popping back for a look,lot of changes since last there..would love to visit again see the old place especially pussy nancy,s in mauchline....all the best rab..

Monday 06/14/2010 7:47:47pm
Name:	Robin Stevenson
E-Mail:	robin_linda2001@yahoo.co.uk
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Ogden,Utah,USA
Comments:	Hi Rab, Looking at photos of Catrine House and saw the water colour of the lodge with the signature of G W Meikle. This would be Geordie Meikle the painter whose daughter Jessie married a John Kiltie and lived up the scheme. The family used to live in the big house at the entrance to the station.

Monday 06/14/2010 7:19:25pm
Name:	Robin Stevenson
E-Mail:	robin_linda2001@yahoo.co.uk
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Ogden,Utah,USA
Comments:	Had another look at your site, Rab, after having read it a long time ago. It is great to see and hear of folks and things from times past. I am now 69 and am in contact with Inglis Thomson, Wm Harvey, Douglas Hood from Catrine days. I would love to hear anything about more of my old school friends, Jean McCluckie, Betty Buchanan, Jean Oliphant, Roger (Spiv) Niven, Bruce Moncur or any oldies who remember me. I left Catrine old school in 1954 going to Cumnock Academy then in 1959 went to London to try and civilize the English. Now living in USA where all my three sons live, with their wives and children. My eldest son, Ian had just been diagnosed with Cancer on his spleen also Leukemia, so I am kept busy running him to hospital in Salt lake City twice a week. I am very interested in Family History and have helped many people all over the world trace their ancestors free of charge. I am happy to help anyone trace their Scottish ancestors, having got back to 1598 with my family. Through helping others I have actually found nine of my own living relatives that I did not know about before.Its more addictive than heroin and more fun.

Tuesday 05/25/2010 12:32:59am
Name:	Jackie Webber (Jaqueline Ross)
E-Mail:	jackie.webber@tesco.net
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Oxfordshire
Comments:	Just popped in to have a look at some of the old photos (I do every so often). Love the old school photos - especially of my uncle Jack(school janitor)

Saturday 05/15/2010 4:26:12pm
Name:	Brian W Grundy.
E-Mail:	briandunroamin83@btinternet.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Perthshire...
Comments:	Hi Rab....my name is Brian...I am 73 yrs old..was born at Seafield hospital Ayr..02/08/36...My late father FRED was manager at Catrine cotton mills...he was the one who saw the new stuff put into new mill...sadly I was sent to boarding school at 7 years of age---horrid place.-named GRESHAM HOUSE-- firstly at Dean Castle Kilmarnock then TREARNE HOUSE BEITH...our house was named ROSEBANK in riverside cottages second last..phone was catrine 238..my dad had wee Hillman minx reg AHS807.. The Mitchells who ran Bazzar shop were neighbours and last house had a lovely lady I knew as Miss Reid..hope these few memories help Rab..ps I lost my mum on 18/021940..she was only 33.I still miss her.. was sent to grandparents then in Manchester..on Xmas eve that year Germans bombed that city...very scary for a wee boy. sincerely B Grundy

Tuesday 05/11/2010 7:07:20am
Name:	Mary
E-Mail:	BRIONTINO@aol.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Florida(USA)
Comments:	Rcently, I was sent a copy of a postcard written by my Grandma to her nephew who was living on Wood St, Catrine (early 1900s). He was Matthew Waugh, son of John Leadbetter Waugh. So, I've been exploring Catrine websites for fun. Wish I'd really explored there on one of my visits to Scotland. Best wishes to Catrine!!

Thursday 04/22/2010 8:59:50am
Name:	Alexander McDougall Reynolds
E-Mail:	saintsinner6903@yahoo.co.uk
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Loch Lomond
Comments:	Fascinating site. I am directly descended from Hugh (c1865), Stewart (b.1887) and Alexander Reynolds (b.1924) from Catrine and Sorn. I'd love to hear from anyone who has any anecdotes, photos, entries of them and Glen Logan; Dundae Row, Meadowside Cottages, Catrine; Burns Cottages, Mauchline; Braefoot Cottage, Coach Rd, Catrine; also local names Strachan, Lightbody, McDougall, Lupin. Thanks again for a great site.

Tuesday 04/20/2010 10:02:42pm
Name:	Dianne Cameron
E-Mail:	djtapsat@gmail.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Toronto, Canada
Comments:	I found my grandfather (Willie Carson)in the picture of the church elders. A very nice surprise!

Tuesday 04/20/2010 5:33:54am
Name:	William Angus Muir
E-Mail:	billmuir1@msn.com
Referred By:	E-Mail
Location:	Peoria Arizona 85382
Comments:	Doreen and I plan to visit Catrine in July of this year. I understand my great great grandfather is buried in the Catrine Church Cemetery and does not have a stone marker. Please send me an email of a local company that could help me purchase and plant such a marker for all family members to see. Yours Sincerely Bill Muir

Saturday 04/17/2010 2:17:44am
Name:	Carol Most
E-Mail:	quadseas@sbcglobal.net
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Wheaton, Illinois, USA
Comments:	My husband is traveling to Catrine the week of May 9th, and will be doing some family research for me. How can I contact the parish church to be able to see the interior and any records? My grandmother, Mary Lennox Draffan, immigrated to the US with her parents at the turn of the century. She was baptized in the church, her parents were married there and her grandparents (my great greats) I believe are buried in the church cemetery. My family names are Draffan, Lenox and Campbell...anyone left in town by those names? Any info you can pass along is very much appreciated!

Tuesday 04/06/2010 7:20:58pm
Name:	Lynn
E-Mail:	lynnfauldsypu2moi@yahoo.co.uk
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Ayr
Comments:	Wanted to find out more about Catrine as hoping to buy a property there. Perhaps in years to come I myself will be part of Its history as after reading your website I made up my mind... Catrine's for me! Could you give me some advice? How do you find the country roads in winter? My Gran is awful worried if I move there that the roads will be bad? Lynn x

Monday 04/05/2010 12:39:49am
Name:	john mc connachie
E-Mail:	jassmak@hotmail.co.uk
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Weymouth Dorset
Comments:	great to look up Catrine again brings back a lot of memories

Wednesday 03/31/2010 12:43:40am
Name:	Ian Noyce
E-Mail:	ian_noyce@hotmail.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Hertfordshire
Comments:	Hi - I'm doing my fathers military career and he was billeted in a Pub called the BREWERY BAR a family called CAMPBELL in 1942 !! I know it\92s a long time ago - does it still exist and are there any of the family still around - can you help. Thanks Ian

Saturday 03/27/2010 11:28:09pm
Name:	Alex
E-Mail:	blueskyscotland@gmail.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Glasgow.
Comments:	It`s sites like this that make the internet worthwhile. None of that Facebook rubbish..! Just looking for info for a wee walk tomorrow along the River Ayr. Will be a report on our blog next week at Alex and Bob`s Blue Sky Scotland. I struggle with the fags myself :o)

Saturday 03/13/2010 6:48:41pm
Name:	Margaret Fraser (Cairns)
E-Mail:	minog1950@yahoo.co.uk
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Irvine
Comments:	I was born at the Mauchline Road in 1950 and lived there till 1971 when I got married , it would be great to hear from anyone who remembers me .Great site and good photos.

Thursday 03/11/2010 8:14:10pm
Name:	john sym
E-Mail:	johnrsym@aol.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Logan
Comments:	hi Rab good site, I keep surfing in from time to time to see if some old photos have been recently added I would love to see some old primary school photo`s it would be a blast from the past. You may not remember me I think it was late seventies I helped you deliver fruit&veg in an old blue Bedford van I might be wrong about the make of the van it was a long time ago. You may know my mum Lillian Richmond aka(big lil)

Wednesday 03/10/2010 11:15:36am
Name:	Jim Draper
E-Mail:	jim@scottishcancersupport.org.uk
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Newmilns
Comments:	Hi Rab, I'm Jim Draper and although I work for Scottish Cancer Support as Funding Manager, I, in fact, live in Catrine at 16, St. Cuthbert's Street. On the 27th June 2010 I am organising a sponsored Family Riverwalk from Catrine Mill Sq. to The Failford Inn where we are holding a Garden Party. This includes a Barbeque + Fun & Games + live music in the evening. Event starts at 12 noon at the Mill Sq. Hope you can attend. I am currently about to send out a VIP invite list to various MP's SMP's, local councillors + celebs from TV & Radio. I would like to use your fantastic picture of The River Ayr Way as an inset to the invite if you are O.K. with that. Please let me know if you have any objections. My home No. in addition to the above is 01290 551667

Monday 03/01/2010 8:24:58pm
Name:	Allan Gregory
E-Mail:	ukhandyman@ticali.co.uk
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Carlisle
Comments:	very good site .we are coming to Catrine house caravan site may 1 looking forward to it thanks to your pics. thank you Allan g.

Friday 02/19/2010 7:05:27pm
Name:	David Raeside
E-Mail:	david.raeside1@ntlworld.com
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Location:	Bracknell, Berkshire
Comments:	Excellent website Rab, I was born in Sorn but lived in Catrine from 1955 to 1961. My great grandfather owned the Red Lion and my father Jim Raeside now aged 99 still lives in Troon.

Thursday 02/18/2010 11:57:53pm
Name:	James Thomson
E-Mail:	jwctt@btinternetcom
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Location:	Berwick upon tweed
Comments:	I am the son in law of tomas a houston

Tuesday 02/16/2010 11:55:29pm
Name:	Steven Gilmour
E-Mail:
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Location:	Catrine
Comments:	Interesting to see what the place was like and what\92s changed

Monday 02/15/2010 8:52:44pm
Name:	Gary Blackwood
E-Mail:	amvanquish41@aol.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Mossblown Ayrshire
Comments:	Hi, I have just been looking at the web page and I found a picture of my cousin Jacky Blackwood. I was born in Catrine and my family still live in it Alec and Ann Blackwood

Monday 02/15/2010 9:47:45am
Name:	John Stirling
E-Mail:	g0sfq@yahoo.co.uk
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Alness Ross-shire
Comments:	Interesting web page. I am trying to find the location of my great Grandfather Alexander Stirling. On my grandfather\92s marriage certificate dated 1917 he has his address down as Wood Street Catrine. Would appreciate any information on either of them. Thank you.

Thursday 12/31/2009 9:22:20pm
Name:	Russell Samson
E-Mail:	russ.samson@shaw.ca
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	North Vancouver Canada
Comments:	My great grandmother was born in Catrine and grew up on Bridge Street. She was Agnes Fleming Crawford and I see my gr. gr. grandfather Robert Crawford is listed in the 1903 registery. I am sure there are other relatives in there too. I look forward to visiting Catrine in the next year or so. Thanks Russ

Tuesday 12/29/2009 3:52:36pm
Name:	MacLean Scott Taylor
E-Mail:	mta7563168@aol.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Jacksonville Illinois(summer)
Comments:	Lived in Catrine 1943 to 1957.moved to Illinois. Went back to school in Illinois. Worked for mobil oil in the states for 28 years. Was dux medallist 1951, always wondered what happened to the big board in the school hall with our names on it.

Friday 12/11/2009 6:53:44pm
Name:	Yvonne Rivera
E-Mail:	brigadoon2@yahoo.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	USA
Comments:	just looking around

Thursday 12/10/2009 2:18:35pm
Name:	Jack Scott
E-Mail:	jscott@hanoverdirect.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	hanover,pa.usa
Comments:	Loved your site. Lots of nice links and photos. My ancestors were from Sorn, Catrine. The names are Lennox and Sliman - they lived in Sorn before 1800. some of them worked at the Cotton Mill. Would love to visit the old place. Thanks for the website. jack

Tuesday 11/03/2009 3:58:28am
Name:	Terry McColl
E-Mail:	telmccoll@gmail.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Ottawa
Comments:	Good forum Rab, recognise a few names on here, like to remember the Catrine when we were growing up. Still great site Rab, big hello to anyone who would know me or my family.

Saturday 10/24/2009 2:35:49am
Name:	Jean Guthrie (nee Niven)
E-Mail:	spivvyniven@aol.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Cheshire
Comments:	Just popped in for a wee look as I miss the auld place. Been down here for over 30 years but Scotland and the Scots are still the best! Love seeing the auld photos, especially the one of the school janitor - he was always picking on me, and I was such a well-behaved girl at school!!! Play truant these days and you're likely to be stop-checked and searched by the police. Pinch apples and you've got a police record for life! I've got a couple of school photos taken in the 60's; memory's 'going' fast but I'll try and remember to send them to you Rab. Great site.

Monday 10/12/2009 4:53:16pm
Name:	Elsie Hutchison
E-Mail:	elsetrev@talktalk.net
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Location:	Nottinghamshire
Comments:	Hi Rab, I just can't keep away from your site. You have worked so hard to make so many of us feel good about growing up in Catrine. Thanks. Some great photos from my schooldays--ah what memories.

Saturday 09/19/2009 1:56:59pm
Name:	Don Gillies
E-Mail:	Janddal@clear.net.nz
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Wellington New Zealand
Comments:	Enjoyed your site. Visited Catrine July 2008. My great grandfather Solomon Gillies was born there and there is a plaque on the Church wall up on the hill. Enjoyed being in the area my family came from. Enjoyed Scotland!

Friday 08/28/2009 12:00:05am
Name:	Lawrence McCann jr
E-Mail:	lawrence_mccann@yahoo.co.uk
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Farnsworth Bolton Lancs,
Comments:	Hi Rab I hope I get it right this time so it was just great looking back and there was a lot of things that I have never seen Please keep up the good work that you are doing All the best Lawrence McCann Jr.

Wednesday 08/19/2009 6:34:15pm
Name:	Tina Gemmell
E-Mail:	gemmell.ancestors@sympatico.ca
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Ontario, Canada
Comments:	We really enjoyed visiting Catrine in 1995. My husband's 2nd great-grandparents lived there in the late 18th century. They were James Gemmill and Jean Hutchison and they had six children: Jennett bpt 1774 New Cumnock; Christina bpt 1776 Dundonald, m. William Hendrie, lived Gateside, Ayr; Mary bpt 1779 Dundonald; Hugh bpt 1782 Mauchline m. Eleanor Bowland, went to Co. Wicklow, Ireland; Robert bpt 1785, Mauchline, was a clothlapper in Glasgow by 1806; Peter bpt 1879 Catrine, served in the Royal Artillery until 1822, discharged at Woolwich; John bpt 1795 Catrine, went to Lanark Co., Upper Canada in 1821. Would love to exchange information with anyone who connects with this family, and hope to visit Catrine again one day. Thank you for creating such an interesting website about the community and it\92s history.

Thursday 08/13/2009 6:39:53pm
Name:	Alex McEwan
E-Mail:	sannyclug @aol.com
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Location:	New Cumnock
Comments:	born Catrine 1943 left 1962

Tuesday 07/14/2009 5:07:15pm
Name:	Robert Mackie Forrest {Jnr }
E-Mail:	Jun_Forrest88@yahoo.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Ayr
Comments:	My parents Robert Forrest, Grace Forrest,{Reid} were from Mauchline, Catrine area. I am their eldest son looking for any of their relations.

Thursday 07/09/2009 11:02:21pm
Name:	Brenda
E-Mail:	lake.woman@hotmail.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Canada
Comments:	If the McGavin/McGaan name rings a bell to anyone, would love to hear from you. All born Mill Street, Catrine 1800-1820. John McGavin, Baker moved to Old Cumnock, ran bakery there, married Jean McIntyre. Died Braeside Cottage 1893. Sister Janet McGavin married William Murdoch/Murdock.

Saturday 06/20/2009 7:42:13am
Name:	Barbara Wilde
E-Mail:	bardw@bigpond.com
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Location:	Tasmania, Australia
Comments:	Fascinating to read so much here. My McLintock ancestors (Adam McLintock, shoemaker, married locally born Jean Scot) were here between 1790 and 1820s. Some went from the Catrine Mill to Stanley in Perthshire, and thence to Glasgow. My Currie ancestor, Adam Currie and wife Anabella Wilson lived across the river at Townhead of Catrine as a farm servant in the early 1800s. The families were linked by marriage two generations later, in Glasgow in 1891! If anyone locally has links to these families I should be delighted to know.

Tuesday 05/26/2009 8:09:42pm
Name:	Willis Marshall
E-Mail:	willismarshall@hotmail.co.uk
Referred By:	Friend
Location:	Killyleagh N-Ireland
Comments:	Just returned from another visit to Catrine to see our friends, the Buntings. Super wee place with the kindest people in the world. See you all again soon. Willis Marshall

Friday 05/15/2009 2:50:37pm
Name:	Diana Lees
E-Mail:	dlees@post.harvard.edu
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Boston, MA
Comments:	Great site - so glad to find it. My great grandfather, Thomas Lees, was born in Catrine in mid 1800s.

Thursday 05/07/2009 5:02:53am
Name:	John McKenzie Hind Sr
E-Mail:	pat-johnhind@sbcglobal.net
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Location:	Dallas, Texas USA
Comments:	My great-great grandfather, William McKenzie was born in Catrine as was my great grandmother, Mary Hannah McKenzie born June 8, 1844. I hope to come visit one day perhaps in 2010.

Wednesday 05/06/2009 5:42:06pm
Name:	Ian Fowler
E-Mail:	ian@ccfinteriors.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Birmingham
Comments:	Lived in Catrine till i was 21 then moved to Birmingham been here ever since it was nice to look back at the photo's of the old place, now I know the site I\92ll look in more. PS been in Brum 30 years.

Tuesday 05/05/2009 1:10:53pm
Name:	Elsie Oscroft
E-Mail:	lsetrev@talktalk.net
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Nottinghamshire
Comments:	Hello there again Rab, I came up to have a visit in July last year. Brought the family up to show them around and had a good old look around the area. We walked around Catrine and oh my-they say you should never go back! We have been back before but it was a few years ago while my parents were alive and Catrine has changed so much!!I used to live on Shawlands Street(next door to Brusher Elliott)What has happened to it? There was Geoff Ian me May and Jim. We moved to England in 1960. I came back for a few holidays one with Christine McClelland, and the funny thing there is that her cousin was my best friend at school in Mansfield Nottinghamshire. I love to look in and hope maybe to get in touch with more of the old friends. Keep up the good work.

Friday 04/17/2009 7:37:11pm
Name:	Joyce Gray (nee Edgar) Mauchline
E-Mail:	thegrays@lantic.net
Referred By:	Friend
Location:	South Africa
Comments:	Love it...brings back many happy memories

Sunday 04/05/2009 9:42:11pm
Name:	Bill Morland
E-Mail:	morlandw@talktalk.net
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Ayr
Comments:	My Aunt Meg and Uncle Willie were licensees of the Volunteer Arms and lived above the pub. I am guessing at around the 1940-50 era. My grandfather was William Coyle, owner of the Snug Bar in Ayr and Cumnock. Meg was his daughter and the Snug in Cumnock was run by his daughter Isa with her husband Harry. If anyone can help with info or photos of either hostelry I would be extremely grateful as I am trying to piece together the family tree.

Thursday 03/12/2009 3:23:34pm
Name:	john mc connachie
E-Mail:	john.mcconnachie@tiscali.co.uk
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Location:	Weymouth Dorset England
Comments:	Hi rab you know me and my family they still live in Catrine I have got a very old school photograph with my auntie barney mc dowalls father and others e mail me your address I will send it up ps I am still doing gigs home and abroad I was sad to hear about tober great site

Thursday 03/12/2009 11:28:42am
Name:	Mike McCluskie
E-Mail:
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Location:	Shipley, West Yorkshire
Comments:	Thanks Rab for publishing my old school photos, I'm sure I've got some more around the house. Keep up the good work. You can take the man out of Catrine but you can't take Catrine out of the man!!

Monday 03/09/2009 1:11:30am
Name:	heather mckissock
E-Mail:	heatherwallace161@btinternet.com
Referred By:	E-Mail
Location:	st cuthbert st
Comments:	I was missing home and I found your site. You forget about how beautiful Catrine is when you leave. The history of Catrine always fascinated me. My gran told me wonderful stories as a child. Thank you for showing the world the best town " always home".

Friday 03/06/2009 0:09:42am
Name:	John Clark
E-Mail:	abracadabral@yahoo.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Annbank
Comments:	grandfather was ivie piper of barrshoose

Saturday 02/21/2009 4:57:19pm
Name:	Scottie
E-Mail:
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Location:	Stockholm
Comments:	Just a wee note I have made a page on facebook. If you are on there join up. Catrine Village In Scotland

Friday 02/20/2009 3:49:38pm
Name:	Evelyn O'reilly
E-Mail:	evelyn.oreilly08@gmail.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Ayrshire,
Comments:	Hi there, Just happened on your site in my search for my Waddell ancestor. I don't know if you can help, but maybe worth a try. My great-grandfather James Waddell was a dispatch rider in the Scots Guards when in London he met his wife, Margaret Brady, who was a Catholic, born in Dublin. James was Presbyterian, and his family in Ayrshire disowned him. I don't know where they were married, (or if) as I can't find any record. All their children were born in Dublin, the eldest about early 1880. James died in Dublin in 1891 aged 36. That puts his birth date about 1855. I have no way of knowing who the parents of James were, and I am hoping that I might find a Waddell family who had a James who "disappeared" about 1879-80. I have been searching for a long time, and would be so excited if I found such a family.

Friday 02/20/2009 3:24:50pm
Name:	Ella Goldie (Borland)
E-Mail:	igoldie65@aol.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	New Cumnock
Comments:	Anyone who knows me please e-mail. Have lost touch with many friends

Friday 01/23/2009 3:42:16pm
Name:	Jim McCredie
E-Mail:	jim.mccreadie@sympatico.ca
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Ontario Canada
Comments:	I enjoyed looking at this website. I spent a lot of time in Catrine back in the late 40's and fifties. My Grampa, Granny and Auntie Mary (McCredie\92s) lived in Catrine. My Grampa passed away in 1954 (I think it was) My Granny and Auntie Mary in The 60's. Thanks for the photo's

Thursday 01/15/2009 8:46:58pm
Name:	Charles Hackett
E-Mail:	retire.easy@verizon.net
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Location:	Boston, MA US
Comments:	Rab, I spent a wonderful summer in Catrine as a 15 year old in 1980 as part of an organisation called Teen Missions. We stayed in Daldorch House and did construction on the grounds. Our walks into town were always something to look forward to! I made it back there in 1996, and your town still held its magic for me. If you have any old pictures of Daldorch I would REALLY appreciate seeing them. Thank you very much!

Monday 01/12/2009 2:10:42am
Name:	Hazel Duncan
E-Mail:	hazeldmail@aol.com
Referred By:	Friend
Location:	Catrine
Comments:	Great site. Learned a lot about Catrine`s history on here. Very interesting. I`ve lived in Catrine for 18yrs now. Got a lot of family here, Parkers/Gardiners. Saw both my dad and dad-in-law( Harry Parker and Gerald Duncan) in the school photos. Keep up the good work.

Friday 01/02/2009 2:25:11pm
Name:	Bill Ferguson
E-Mail:	pastor@stannesbaptist.org
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Lytham St Annes
Comments:	Hi Rab. Loved the web site and seeing my old school photo from 1960 was great. My Dad (Matt Ferguson) still lives in the Ballochmyle Quadrant house where I spent most of my early life. Don't get up as much as I would like but the web site brings back a lot of great memories. Still playing guitar?

Saturday 12/13/2008 11:25:56pm
Name:	David Pratt
E-Mail:	david@chatsworth.org.uk
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Doncaster
Comments:	Enjoyed your site just looked up Catrine as my wife was born in Shawlands street and is always talking of Catrine, her father\92s name was Henry(Harry) Harkin and would be nice to hear from anyone who knew him, my wife's name is Sharon, thanks

Sunday 11/23/2008 10:28:33pm
Name:	Dawn Harvey-Major
E-Mail:	dawn@dhm-partnership.co.uk
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Lincolnshire
Comments:	Hello! Just thought I would try your guestbook to hear from anyone who may know of or be descended from the children of George and Annie Mitchell Harvey who lived in Catrine in the 1890's? George was born in Cumnock in 1873 and Annie in Sorn (area) in 1877. The Harvey clan goes back further in and around the area i.e. Straiton, Patna? My father who lives in the Orkneys and I are very interested in anyone who knew of Thomas Hope Harvey b 1917 (good or bad!)and his 11 other siblings - 4 of who were born in Catrine - Isabella Muir Harvey, Mary, Robert Mitchell Harvey and Andrew born between 1901 and 1906? Thank you! Dawn

Saturday 11/22/2008 9:15:50am
Name:	Jean Dignam
E-Mail:	jayvee@chariot.com.au
Referred By:	Friend
Location:	Adelaide Sth Australia
Comments:	I very much enjoyed your photos, please keep it up.

Friday 10/24/2008 11:41:01pm
Name:	Mary Ann Stewart {Kerr}
E-Mail:	honey_piee@hotmail.co.uk
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Catrine
Comments:	Hi Rab your site is great . Next time you see David tell him i was asking for him. We used to have great fun as kids in Shawlands street keep up the good work

Thursday 10/23/2008 8:52:11pm
Name:	christine millin duncan
E-Mail:	cduncan@gcd.eclipse.co.uk
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	catrine
Comments:	hi rab,this is the first i have been on for a while and well done the site is great, I love looking at the pics and stories, plus reading your guest book seeing all the old names keep it up

Wednesday 10/22/2008 10:01:53am
Name:	Tommy Dignam
E-Mail:	tomdig01@optusnet.com.au
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Australia
Comments:	Hi Rab. Just found your page and it's great. I noticed a lot of familiar names in your guest book and Joyce my wife recognised a lot of faces in the school photos. It's great to see the Old Town again, keep up the good work. I will certainly pass your page on , cheers Rab

Saturday 10/18/2008 3:56:57pm
Name:	Susan Wise (Gardiner)
E-Mail:	thewisefamily@btinternet.com
Referred By:	Friend
Location:	Catrine
Comments:	HI RAB GREAT SITE

Thursday 10/16/2008 0:52:45am
Name:	Isabel Dunlop. Stocks
E-Mail:	ids1940@yahoo.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Roseburg Oregon USA
Comments:	My nephew Billy Rogerson bought the old parish house and renovated it. The next time I'm over in Scotland (born in Galston) I would like to walk through your town, like I used to do. You have a wonderful town.

Saturday 10/11/2008 10:39:37pm
Name:	Judy Paxton
E-Mail:	paxo57@yahoo.co.uk
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Hertfordshire
Comments:	Thank you for the photo of Catrine School Staff 1950. My great aunt, Miss Begg, known to us as Aunt Kate, is indeed seated in the front row next to the Headmaster

Monday 10/06/2008 6:13:32pm
Name:	Patrick Whitaker
E-Mail:	patrickwhitaker566@hotmail.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Spain
Comments:	I have been in correspondence with Kenny Baird regarding Montgomery Ferguson, clock maker of Mauchline and have been attempting to send him promised photographs. Unfortunately his site, ayrshirehistory.com is no longer accessible for some reason. Do you have another email address for Kenny please?

Thursday 09/25/2008 7:51:29pm
Name:	Tom Pollock
E-Mail:	pollock890@msn.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Cumbernauld
Comments:	my parents came from Catrine and i found your site very interesting tom

Friday 09/12/2008 3:30:32pm
Name:	David Bell
E-Mail:	david@chaoscrypt.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	London
Comments:	Well I lived in Riverside Cottages, the house at the end next to the play-park for 5 years when I was a kid, went to the Primary School and then to Auchinleck Academy before moving to Aberdeen. Never realised that I knew so little about the place I spent so long in. Thanks for the site.

Saturday 09/06/2008 5:19:29pm
Name:	Justin Robertson
E-Mail:	justin.rbrtsn@yahoo.co.uk
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Aberdeen, Scotland
Comments:	Hi Rab, Great website and want to thank you for including the obituary of my late grandfather Alex Cairns. It's been almost ten years since I've been to Catrine but it brings back a lot of memories.

Tuesday 08/26/2008 12:57:58am
Name:	Murray Steele
E-Mail:	victorserge@msn.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Catrine
Comments:	Very good site, though those primary photos are a bit before my time, in fact the primary school was bit before my time.

Tuesday 08/19/2008 3:53:22pm
Name:	Cheryl Blackwood
E-Mail:
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Catrine
Comments:	hey Cheryl here live in Catrine have done all my life only 16 though, but I would like to know a bit more about the history of the village where i stay and your site has taught me a lot of history about it cheers.

Tuesday 08/12/2008 5:43:35pm
Name:	Anne Gardiner (Cree)
E-Mail:	jamesgardiner06@aol.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Catrine
Comments:	it was good to look back at the old pictures of Catrine and the old school pictures

Tuesday 07/22/2008 1:38:49am
Name:	Jean Guthrie
E-Mail:	spivvyniven@aol.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Cheshire
Comments:	Just popped in for a wee bit of nostalgia.

Monday 06/30/2008 3:30:43pm
Name:	Bernard [ Barney] McDowall
E-Mail:	bernard.mcdowall@btinternet.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Catrine
Comments:	Still living in Catrine, good to see some old names from the past

Thursday 06/26/2008 4:13:14am
Name:	Bill Kirkpatrick
E-Mail:	riley608@btinternet.com
Referred By:	Friend
Location:	Bradford Yorkshire
Comments:	Nice site Rab, my brother Jim told me about it, think he's been on here a number of times. Thanks for the memories, keep up the good work. Bill

Thursday 06/12/2008 8:28:56pm
Name:	William Nicol
E-Mail:	williamnicol567@msn.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	largs
Comments:	Good to see a lot of well kent faces. HOW MANY ODF THEM REMEMBER ME

Saturday 04/12/2008 1:56:41am
Name:	Myra Hamilton
E-Mail:	myra_little@hotmail.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:
Comments:

Sunday 03/16/2008 6:45:11pm
Name:	Bill Macdonald
E-Mail:	wulliemac2002@yahoo.co.uk
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	London
Comments:	Nice photo from 1955,I even saw my former wife in the middle of the picture (Euphemia Poole). All the best for the future.

Friday 03/14/2008 8:23:47am
Name:	Jim Galloway
E-Mail:	jamesgalloway50@hotmail.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Adelaide South Australia
Comments:	Hi Rab nice to see an old school mate you are looking good, I was looking through the guest book and remembering faces as people`s names came up. I have lived in Australia for nearly 28 years. My 3 kids are now married and I have 5 grandchildren

Friday 02/01/2008 11:34:14am
Name:	George Ewing
E-Mail:	tartanjre@ntlworld.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Rugby Warwickshire
Comments:	Hi Rab it\92s nice to see that your website is still as popular as ever, I now live and work in Rugby, just surfed in to see all the new updates, keep up the good work, it\92s so important to have good memories

Tuesday 11/20/2007 10:07:09pm
Name:	Ronnie Alexander
E-Mail:	williamuk76@aol.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Perth
Comments:	Glad see so many familiar names and places. I remember especially Dick (Dicky) Harrison and have one or two photos of him. One of them is with Nety Gray. My father was Willie (bank manager) my sister Helen.

Tuesday 11/13/2007 5:54:42pm
Name:	Ann Barfield
E-Mail:	anambl1008@yahoo.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Arizona
Comments:	Lived in Catrine and went to school there for one year,1968. Grandparents, Annie and Johnny Gilmour, sadly papa passed away earlier this year. Many fond memories. Hope to take a trip back in 2008. Love to hear from anyone who remembers.

Wednesday 10/10/2007 3:17:51pm
Name:	Stewart Hogg
E-Mail:	stewarthogg@hotmail.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Holbeach, Lincolnshire
Comments:	It's taken me 58 years but I'm coming up to Catrine next week to see where my grandfather, David Muir Hogg, was born around 1894. His father John McKinzie Hogg, a pit joiner, lived in Stewart Place, which I believe is no more, with mother Jessie (nee Muir) and 6 brothers and sisters. His sister Barbara was a dressmaker, sister Jessie a cotton spinner and brother William a miner's drawer. The others were Joseph Gilbert, Maggie and Robert. Thanks for the photographs!

Thursday 10/04/2007 10:37:29pm
Name:	Robert Watts
E-Mail:	rwwatts@btinternet.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:
Comments:	Duncan family (great gfather)born here 1826.smithy

Saturday 09/29/2007 2:32:46am
Name:	Maurice Irvine
E-Mail:	mirvine@execulink.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Canada
Comments:	My mother's cousin Margaret Ellen Christy was a District Nurse in the area during (and after?) WW2. Just curious to see what Catrine looked like?

Friday 08/17/2007 9:14:59pm
Name:	Susan Brown
E-Mail:	cory2000@mac.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	South Ayrshire
Comments:	Very fond memories of Catrine. Born there and grandfather and father owned shop in Mill Square - W C Fishers.

Saturday 07/21/2007 11:43:25pm
Name:	Joan Hamilton
E-Mail:	JoanSHamilton@aol.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Berks
Comments:	Hi Rab Great site. Don't know if you remember me but I was born and grew up in Catrine. I remember the In Set too!

Tuesday 07/17/2007 11:57:33pm
Name:	Beth Thomson (brown)
E-Mail:	f.scot@hotmail.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Manchester
Comments:	Born and bred in Catrine moved to Netherthird then to Manchester 18 yrs ago, recognised a few people in your guest book. If anyone remembers me send me an email. Great site rab enjoyed looking through it.

Friday 06/29/2007 11:38:14am
Name:	Lesley & John McCowatt
E-Mail:	mccowattclan@gmail.com
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Northamptonshire
Comments:	We are returning home to Scotland in July 2007, and your pages on Catrine encourage us to house hunt here. Maybe we will see you soon. excellent site - well done

Tuesday 06/05/2007 8:40:12pm
Name:	Carole
E-Mail:
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Catrine
Comments:	So glad to see some school photographs on your site. You are doing a great job keeping Catrine in the spotlight! Keep up the good work.

Wednesday 05/16/2007 8:49:24am