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Insights of Nostalgia
http://insightsofnostalgia.blogspot.com
Trips down memory lane
- Added on: Mar 17th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Donald Swarbrick
- Listed in: Non-Fiction
- Tags: vintage memories Nostalgia sixties
Recent Posts
Pair trawling for herring.
The white fish was getting scarce, so with the Girl Margaret, being rigged for trawling as well as seine netting, we decided it was time to change over to the mid water pair trawling for herring, and as the fishing trawler "Alliance" from Campbeltown...
Island wedding.
During the few weeks of the hake fishing I managed to spend the weekends at home, returning to join the Girl Margaret by sailing from Ayr on the Alkaid on a Sunday night, and jumping aboard the Girl Margaret at sea when we met up on the Monday mornin...
This was a new kettle of fish. (nice pun)
Image via WikipediaWe sailed down Campbeltown Loch at one o'clock on a beautiful Monday morning, the darkest hour before the dawn, as they say, the familiar lights of the marker buoys flashing on and off guiding us down the channel, and rounding Dava...
Pictures relating to past posts.
Before I stray too far from my Olive Tree days I thought it was time to publish a photo of her to let you see the boat that I started my seafaring days on, and to let you also see how small, but sturdy a vessel she was to take me through so many stor...
Progress beckons.
Image via WikipediaIt was in the summer of 1975 when the "Girl Margaret" sailed into Ayr during the hake fishing, and as I looked on when they landed their catch, my ambitions to upgrade our family boat proved to be the right decision, because the am...
My last sad farewell to the Olive Tree
Try as I might my uncle would not update the Olive Tree, and as the trawling was beginning to take over from all the other types of fishing like the seine net for white fish and ring netting for herring, the design of boats was changing fast. Trawlin...
Comments & Reviews
This blog is currently rated a 4.81 out of a possible 5 based on 16 comments.
Richard
Thank you for taking the time and effort to produce such interesting, insightful bogs!
Zuzanna Musial
Excellent blog I have ever seen, about the Sea and life...Have enjoyed reading some of your nostalgic memories. Lovely photos too...Thank you!
The Goddess Athena
Love your blog - very descriptive and very wonderful.
TatianaV
Hey Donald, I loved your blog, and was about to leave a comment on your latest post, but found out that there is no such option - Name/URL. You might want to set this one too, or many like myself will not be able to leave a comment :)
Michael
For a moment there I thought this was about the Perfect Storm :)
Dorothy Lafrinere
As I was instructed ...I will now pass on the same instructions...Take your sea legs when visiting this blog of sea faring memoirs.
Donald's impressive ability to pen his thoughts will have you feeling goosebumps as your mind sways with the waves of his stories!
~D~
Sandi Stonebraker
Thank you for the wonderful peek into your world. You have led a very interesting life and I thoroughly enjoyed reading about it. I too dressed under the covers when I was a kid!
great memories.
Elizabeth
You have beautiful pictures on this blog! Great Job!
Demetrios the Traveller
great blog! keep up
Glynis Smy
An interesting blog with wonderful memory stories. I am now a follower.
Lena
Memoriable blogs is good and beautiful
Snawaz
Although, i don't agree totaly with your theoris but u r blogging on a Interesting and important topic !
Khris Cantrell
This fellow is a wonderful story teller.
junior willard
your blogs are great you get a 5 thank you for visiting my sites
This is a great blog, well written, nice pictures and so interesting. Thanks for sharing your life and memories.
With best regards,
Siv
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