“A little way out of
Aberfoyle we found the lodge on the Craigenveoch estate where my mother and
family had lived. On warm, summer evenings she, Jack and Ray leaned out of
their bedroom windows, watching their parents sing along with friends to
gramophone music as they rowed across Loch Ard. The loch was described by Sir
Walter Scott as a ‘beautiful sheet of water … a spacious mirror’. The main
house at Craigenveoch, where my grandfather had worked as gardener, still stood
proud and well cared for. My mother told us that the house, land, lodge, and
two staff apartments over the garage, sold for a little over £3,000 in 1939.”
[Excerpt from The Scottish Connection: A Journey Back – Mini-memoir]
In this nostalgic,
illustrated mini-memoir I share memories of my 1978 journey back to Scotland
with my mother and young sons, to revisit our Scottish roots. “The Scottish
Connection” contains a wealth of information - Scottish ancestry, historical
facts, genealogy, comparable 1978 prices, geographical descriptions, personal
anecdotes, nostalgia and precious old photos. Available to download from Amazon
as an e-book for only $2.99 and also in paperback:
