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I lived in Kinlochard till I was 17 years old. I left in 1984 after my 6th year at McLaren High School. We lived in Ardross Cottage, right next to the Altskeith Hotel. I miss the Guy Fox bonfires we used to have in the field across from the Primary School.
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I lived with my parents and sister at Dalveagh estate - now Forest Hills Hotel. I was born there in 1926 in the garage cottage and we lived there until 1934. The owners of the estate were Admiral of the fleet Sir Arthur Fanshawe and his family, and my father was chauffeur and my mother was cook to them.
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I stayed at 4 Kinlochard Cottages with my parents Marion and Nigel Grant. The school was great. I started in 1976 and was friends with Helen Carter, Helen Watt and Bryony Irwin. My teachers were Mrs Mcann and Mrs Jonstone.
I split my chin one day at the school on the steps in side and remember getting butterfly stitches. I also remember playing at the rope swing over the river and in the water tank up the back from that. I Also spent a good few days at the Loch. I can truely say it was a brilliant place to live and go to school. I also remember the Dukes when they moved in and Mrs Moffet and her family .
I have loads of memories of growing up in Kinlochard. My earliest memories are of Mrs Carter from the youth hostel taking us hill-climbing up the glen behind Ledard Farm and then we would all tuck in to hard boiled eggs! I remember during the summer after school we would rush down for a cool dip in the loch.
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My name is William Davidson, known as Bill. My connection with Kinlochard is through my late mother, Margaret Cuthill Baird Davidson. My great aunt was Lilias Black who married John Black, the Waterman who controlled the water supply flow from Loch Katrine to Glasgow.
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