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small collection
Brownlie of Bearsden, Glasgow
also Bangor & Belfast Connections
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1) Muriel snapping the Maudsleys
2) Mr. & Mrs. Maudsley
3) Mr. & Mrs. McGraw
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1) trying to keep cool under the trees
2) Gulls at Douglas
3) Prestwick Bay near Port Erin
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1) Port Erin from the South
2) On the way & Bradda Head
3) Getting the sun
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1) Taken unawares on the pier
2) The Clock Tower Rushen Abbey
3) At Rushen Abbey
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1) King William's College, Castletown
2) Glen Helen
3) The Bathing Beauties?
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1) In the shade at the tea gardens
2) Peel Castle
3) Cregneash & Calf of Men
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1) Bradda Head - Port Erin
2) Horse Draw Tram Douglas
3) St. John's Island in Douglas Bay
Faces of the Past by Brian Mercer Walker
About the Author: Born in Belfast in 1947 Brian Walker was educated at
Campbell College, Magee College, and Trinity College, Dublin.
Regatta day at Bangor, Co. Down (Lawrence Collection, National Library of
Ireland)
   
 
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1) W. Miller, March 15, 1906
2) Livin' in Drumlister, Ballads and Verses of W. F. Marshall 'The
Bard of Tyrone' (Happy Birthday 1988 Noreen)
THE BIG TROUT - I had a comrade, Barelegged Joe, And we went fishing, Long,
long ago.
He came trotting, A yard after me, For I was a big chap, And Barelegs wee.
Soon as ever I got, Out on the street, I heard behind me, Quick-running
feet;
Barelegs coming, Biting at a bun, Flying down the Strand Brae, Hop, skip and
run.
Then, with the greenheart, Swinging in his hand, He followed me in trespass,
On three men's land,
Till streams low and hasty, Rose bank-full, And deepened into silence, In
Sosy's Pool.
Down in the turnhole, Lived a big trout, Sometimes we saw him, Walloping
about.
Oh! he was a monster, More than a pound, But crafty, crafty, We soon found.
An Olive and a Claret, And a nice March Brown, And then two Daddies, We
floated down,
A minnow and a maggot, And after that, A big white fly, And a wee black
gnat.
Then we got fine gut, And an old fly hook, And, prone on the bank, With
hands that shook,
We cocked big worms, Before his nose, And the grub that you get, Where a
dockin' grows.
But he scorned them all, Artfully he, Just made a fool of us, Joe and me;
Till the tempter came, And we sank very low, And an evil deed, I wrought
with Joe.
Darkly we debated, Out foul plot, The horsehair line, And the running knot.
'It's very, very wrong,' I whispered low, 'There's nobody about,' Said
barelegged Joe.
We pulled a cow's tail, Soon we had a snare, Fastened to the greenheart, But
long cowhair,
Dipt in the water, Is soft like wool, It lay against the rod-top, And
wouldn't open full.
Joe from his pocket, Produced a fiddle-string, Said I, 'Man, dear, Joe,
That's the very thing.'
Then for the lassooing, Age-long it seemed, 'Pull, ye boy ye, pull now,' Wee
Joe screamed.
Up to the heavens, An old cap sped, Barelegged Joe, Was standing on his
head.
Criminals - no matter, Let that pass, Hadn't we a pounder, Kicking on the
grass?
The greenheart now, Is a light split-cane, Far bigger trout, On the grass
have lain,
And Joe's man-big, And has men to rule, But he minds about the trout, Is
Sosy's pool.
God bless rivers, Rattling in the sun, God bless fishermen, Every one.
And God be with the good days, Long, long ago, When I went fishing, With
Barelegged Joe.
3) At Home in Tyrone by Tullyneil - Foreword "Look unto the rock
whence ye are hewn." Isaiah
I know where yellow sunlight falls, When clouds ride high o'er Tullyneil,
I see grey mists at even-tide, Along the Glisha Valley steal.
I hear the plash of clean, cool burns, Down Glens the Fairies tread,
And Curlews call on April winds, That blow from years long dead.
I see the wide and quiet street, Of a town in dark Tyrone,
And hear the sound of friendly feet, That walked beside my own.
Then laughing voices call to me, The clouds of Time roll by,
Above the smoke-bound city roofs, Youth's Sun is riding high.
Folks were usually "at home" from dayligone to bed-time when I was a boy in
Tyrone forty and more years ago. Round big turf fires, where the flames
leaped and fell on hearths of warm grey stone, we children listened to the
talk of the countryside, remaining ourselves as unobtrusive as possible lest
Authority in some shape or other might order us home or to bed. The older
generation in those days had definite ideas as to the subordination of
youth.
  
  
   
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1) Light o' the Morning, an Irish girls story by L. T. Meade (With Mrs.
McK???? kind love, Xmas 1899)
2) In Prose and Verse by David Blair Watson (to Mr. & Mrs. Forbes,
with the warmest regards of the Author David Blair Watson)
3) The Way of Holiness (Margt. Conelly, Falls Road) "This Book is all writin
with lies."
  
  
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1) Songs from Leinster by W. M. Letts 1920
2) Social Order in Ireland 1886
3) The Recess Series, 1887-8 A Rough and Ready Guide to the Sayings
and Doings of the Recess in Ireland 1888
4) Wearin' O' the Green by Boyton Smith (Rose Hackett 1903) - Husheen
(Brigid Keenan December 1922) - Macushla (A. Delany)
  
   
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1) Miss J. F. G. Brownlie, 14 Station Road, Bearsden
2) Miss Janet F. Brownlie, Braidwood, Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland
3) 28th May 1931 Postmark Glasgow to Miss Jenny Brownlie, Braidwood,
Bearsden - Folberg, deu 7.2.32 - Dear Miss Jenny, Thank you very much for
your letter, which I received on February. Fu the afternoon, my sister, and
other friends had taken a long walk and I was very tires when we came home.
But I was very glad and surprised when my mother showed me your letter. I
was very pleased that I was able to translate and to understand your letter
quite well. Also your photograph is very nice. Now I will write again
something in German, because I cannot write English very well, for I have
not wrote any word of it, since I left the school. (German) I have studied
English only six months, but I understand the English language ? well. Now I
send you many kind regards. Magda Ra?????
4) Folberg, deu 7.3.32 - Dear Miss Jenny, Thank you very much for
your letter and the picture of your house. It is very beautiful, I think it
very interesting to live there. We also have a own house, but it is not so
large and we have no garden, only a little one before the house. I live
there with my father and mother, and with my sister and brother. I have six
others, and I am the youngest. You will be very astonished? You have only
one brother? Now I will go on in German. (German) Lotte Ra??????
  
 
 
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1) 5th April 1933 Postmark Glasgow to Miss Brownlie, Braidwood,
Bearsden, W. Glasgow - The City of Glasgow Society of Social Service - Dear
Jenny, Don't say I'm not a friend! I know all about elvers now. I'll give
you the information on the back of this note. I do not know just how much
you want so I am giving you everything and you can use what you need. It is
copied practically verbatim from the Encyclopaedia Britannica (??) I trust
you have got your Spring Cleaning over successfully now. We have not begun
yet but there is a feeling in the air like the lull before the storm so we
are in for it pretty soon. It has just struck me that yesterday was the 11th
of April and I have seen no signs of Annie Marshall so presumably our
tea-party is off. Probably she has very definite hours to keep at
Templetons. However, I have not left myself much room for the elvers. Elvers
have their origin in its Atlantis off Cras? of Europe? the Southern Atlantic
nr. Bermuda? (copied information) Now make of that what you can. I am not
just sure whether you would call the larvae then the larvae of the elvers.
However, it is your question so you can decide. Yours affectionately
Margaret
2) 5th April 1933 - Dear Jenny, Please excuse the note paper but I
have not yet been home & I know you are in a hurry for the information this
is to contain - if you have not already got it all, so I am making use of a
few minutes I have on my hands just now. My conscience won't let me use the
good office paper! Well to get to business:- (Click to read why grass is
green and yew trees are in churchyards etc.) Sorry this is such a mess but I
did not realise it would take me so long. I had a very nice holiday and very
good weather. Trust you had a good week-end & not too much Spring cleaning!
In haste, Yrs. affectionately, Margaret
3) 12th August 1968 Postmark Bearsden to Mr. H. B. Brownlie, 14
Station Road, Bearsden
4) 3rd March 1969 Postmark Bearsden to Sergt. H. B. Brownlie, 22 Cak
Grove Crescent, R.M.A. Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey
    
  
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1) 18th December 1932 Postmark Kolberg to Miss Jenny F. Brownlie,
Braidwood, Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland from Abs. L. Rattin? ..berg, ? ? ? -
Kolberg, deu 15.12.32 - Liebe Jenny! ?... Lotte Rattin??
2) 18th November 1936 Postmark San Jose, Calif. to Miss Jennie F. G.
Brownlie, Braidwood, Station Road, Bearsden, Glasgow - 17th November 1936 -
Dear Miss Brownlie, I t does not matter how large or small a collection is,
there is (stamp talk)
    
  
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1) April 1938 Postmark ? to Miss Jenny F. G. Brownlie, Braidwood,
Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland - Calif. - Dear Miss Brownlie, Of course, the
subject which has been uppermost in our minds for the last few weeks and I
suppose you know of it by this time, is the fact of my daughter having given
birth to a little son, Robert Douglas Moore. He was born March 31st at 7.15
a.m. so, this makes us at last, Grandma & grandpa. And this also is the
reason for not answering sooner. As you will see I have done pretty well
having taken about 50% of your stamps. (more stamp talk). I thank you,
we are all well & I hope this finds you well also. The weather is beautiful
today but we have had showers. The prince? blossom are ging? this year & the
scent wonderful. We ? in it. Sincerely, A. A. Schoechist?
2) as above and more stamp talk same person
     
5th October 1938 Postmark Sydney, N.S. to Miss Jenny F. G. Brownlie,
Braidwood, Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland from Mrs. H. W. Stephen, 251 Bentinck
Street, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada - October 4, 1938 Dear Miss Brownlie,
Many thanks for your interesting letter with stamps enclosed. I guess you
have the same difficulty I have in getting time to do all the things to be
done and a few of the other things we want to do. And in summer it is too
warm to spend evenings indoors doing stamp letters and sorting and arranging
them. I get my vacation next month and plan to do great things with my
stamps as I get four weeks this year. In the summer, at Mr. Scho???
suggestion, I joined an exchange Club and have had a few very interesting
exchanges. I have only been collecting two years so have no many of the
older stamps to exchange with, but it is free. Have bought all the
Coronations by degrees except South West Africa. Next I want a separate
album to put them in with the black paper I see advertised in Gibbons?. Then
I plan to start the new issues in the Pictorial Br? Possessions - I got
(more stamp talk) A letter came from Maysie a few days ago, telling us a
little about your trip. It must have been delightful. She has been (?) What
an anxious time the last few weeks have been with the threat of war over us!
I wonder if it is simply put off a while longer. I must confess I haven't
much faith in Hitler's promises. Have given up knitting although I had an
afghan started on a round skirt needle - plain over and back - 400 odd
stitches - in a sort of Roman Stripe effect. Very simple and quite
effective. Had made two before and five ?, then decided I had done enough
for a while. How far did you go with ?? I still do a little, nothing
elaborate now. Hoping to hear from you soon. I'll send you the new Canadian
20c/ next time - they are very hard to get. The 50c/ is a beauty I think.
(more stamp talk) Best wishes - very sincerely Jean Stephens
 
 
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1) Donegal - 1960s to Mr? A. Brownlie, Gateside Cottage, Gartners Road,
Drymen, by Glasgow - We are enjoying our holiday very much. We will tell you
all about it when we come home. Hope you & Dan are being good boys. Helene &
Roy
2) Windsor - 17/6/69 to Miss Brownlie, Braidwood, 14 Station Road,
Bearsden, Glasgow - Dorothy & I have been here for a week & enjoyed it very
much - home tomorrow, weather lovely until yesterday. This is our favourite
bit of park for hot days & we have had a few since trips. Love ?
Irish Victoria Scrap Album
this was full of things like the above, I didn't bother scanning it as there
was no information, ie: births, deaths, weddings, it was all poetry and
prose etc.
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1) Mr. J. E. McCullough, 26 Abbeydale Gardens, Belfast 14, N. Ireland
2) Richard M. Massey, Esq., M.B., Ch.B., 96 Drymen Road, Bearden,
Glasgow
3) 17th May 1965 Postmark Gibraltar to Robin A. Willett, Esq., M.B.,
Ch.B., 96 Drymen Road, Bearsden, Glasgow
4) 5th January 1950 Postmark Glasgow to Dr. Ball, Denbridge, 96
Drymen Road, Bearsden
5) 6th October 1971 Postmark Glasgow to Dr. McGregor-Robertson, 96
Drymen Road, Bearsden
6) Miss Mary E. V. Grant, "Carmel" 7 Osborne Park, Bangor, Co. Down
7) 23rd March 1964 Postmark Stratford-upon-Avon to Brian M. Grant,
Esq., 7 Osborne Park, Bangor, Co. Down
8) 5th March 1969 Postmark Belfast to William Davidson, Esq.,
"Deepdene" 11 Strathmore Park, Belfast
  
29th August 1970 Postmark Newtownabbey to Mrs. Elenor Gault, "Florencecourt"
Burton Road, Dundonald - Dear Elenor, As promised, here are the negatives of
your wedding snaps, I hope they prove useful. Thank your Mummy for her (as
usual) wonderful entertainment when we called un-announced to see you all.
We enjoyed ourselves tremendously. Give our best wishes to Harry, we hope
you have long happy years ahead of you. yours very sincerely Len, Joan,
Tom???? Gray from 120 Merville Gardens Village, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim
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