canuck

Laura was very popular as the previous posts imply. She loved her job and  helping/ assisting all supporters. A true Caley Thistle fan. Apparently leaving was not of her choice. She will be missed, as a dedicated staff member with the Clubs best interests at heart will be difficult to replace.

Locarnos Cafe was run by Mr Serafini, great guy and a good friend of my mother. He was Sergio Serafini's dad. A father and son who were so different.

Great coffee at Locarnos and very good but very odd tasting ice cream. There was a Barbers mid way through the Market, can't remeber the name even though that is where i always went.

Treasurers was the barber's shop, the family stayed in Lilac Grove, #1 at the corner of Caledonian Road.

Where exactly was the Treasurer's you're talking about Canuck? I seem to remember relatively recently that Billy Treasurer, who lived in that house on Lilac Grove but will be in his late 50s or maybe early 60s and hence probably the next generation down, had a barber's shop in the main front Market Hall off Academy Street. However there's also a bell ringing about a barber's in New market Hall between the Fishmarket and the main hall. Was the original Treasurer's nearer the back of the Locarno?

Bily treasurer would indeed be about 60 years old. The shop was in the main hall on the right hand side going towards Academy St.from for example, Finklesteins the jewellers. I don't recall Treasurers being anywhere else.

Locarnos Cafe was run by Mr Serafini, great guy and a good friend of my mother. He was Sergio Serafini's dad. A father and son who were so different.

Great coffee at Locarnos and very good but very odd tasting ice cream. There was a Barbers mid way through the Market, can't remeber the name even though that is where i always went.

Treasurers was the barber's shop, the family stayed in Lilac Grove, #1 at the corner of Caledonian Road.

complicated

my other Sister's husband had a hoover/ appliance repair shop next door.

So was your sister's husband Pat Young then? And was it next door to Scotty's barber's shop that the hoover place was rather than him becoming the next tenant after Scotty?

And exgrover... would Scotty Bernardi's barber's shop therefore have been where they eventually built River House in the early 60s to allow the Tax Offices etc to move from Longman Road?

Charles, My brother in law is Malcolm (Mac) MacKenzie, he and Pat Young worked with the Hoover company at the same time and eventually left and started their own businesses. My brother in law's shop was next door to Dunky Holme's barber's shop on Huntly St.

I believe Pat Young moved into Scotty's barber shop premises when Scotty retired.

Scotty's shop was indeed at the bridge end of Greig St. at the corner of Huntly St. # 5 Greig St. My sister stayed at #3 next door in one of the top floor flats. Scotty and his wife stayed in one of the nice little bungalows in Wells St. He was well known for his corny jokes, he cut my hair for years when I went to the Central School.

Dunky Holme's barber shop was on Huntly St. just before Celt St. my other Sister's husband had a hoover/ appliance repair shop next door. Many years ago Dunk and his family bought one of the houses at the very top of Fairfield Rd. on the right hand side of the Road just before the Canal.One of his 2 Sons Mike was quite well known in local football circles.

I don't remember Diggar but I do remember one Mr Scott in that self-same Greig Street location, fondly known as Scotty.

One of his favourite quips in answer to the question"Can I just have a back and sides please " was 'I am not cutting hair any longer"

Does anyone remember him?

Was Scotty's not further up Greig Street nearer the bridge, the shop eventually taken over by Pat Young the hoover repair man?

PS - oops... I must be getting old. I see that in my post last night I actually repeated the anecdote about the meeting in Finlays which I initially quoted in my original post!

I don't remember Diggar but I do remember one Mr Scott in that self-same Greig Street location, fondly known as Scotty.

One of his favourite quips in answer to the question"Can I just have a back and sides please " was 'I am not cutting hair any longer"

Does anyone remember him?

Was Scotty's not further up Greig Street nearer the bridge, the shop eventually taken over by Pat Young the hoover repair man?

PS - oops... I must be getting old. I see that in my post last night I actually repeated the anecdote about the meeting in Finlays which I initially quoted in my original post!

Mac Dougall's Hotel, bottom of Church St. with Hay's furniture shop on one side and School Lane/Coutts newsagents on the other.

I was in the 8th (West) in the 60's - Captain Bill MacDonald, Herb MacDonald, Gordy Munro (gordy bus) Bruce Shaw (ex cop), Sandy Coutts. Good craic in those days, good football team, good camps at Daviot, Carrbridge, Dalguise. Met reglar Tuesdays, Fridays and unfortunately Sundays.

OBTW Jackie Sutherland (former captain of 7th) looks the same today as he looked in the 60's!

There was a Bruce Shaw in my class in in the High School, I believe he stayed in theDochfour Dr./ Columba Rd. area, I lost touch with him after leaving School and did'nt know if he joined the Police. The Bruce I knew was a very strong swimmer and competed in School Galas and local swim meets.

George Ross (Dalneigh boy) signed for Preston North End directly from Hilton Athletic, who were also in the juvenile league. George was a full- back and was a member of the Preston team who played in the English F.A. cup final against West Ham United at Wembley in 1964, sadly West Ham won. At that time Preston were in the old English first division.

my old ex neighbour exgrover is really starting to ''do my head in!!!'' maybe he used to date one of my Sisters? they used to go to the 50/50 Club.

Happy birthday to a very special Neice. Hard to believe ??? years have passed!

Enjoy whats left of your day, it is only 3.20 pm over here. will be in touch. Unk canuck.

It definately was the Plough. at the corner of Eastgate and Stephen's Brae on the left hand side as you climb the Brae.

George Follen was Eddie Follen's son. George ran the billiard hall when Eddie's health deteriorated, I remember him having severe respitary problems. The Follen family originally hailed from Cameron Road/Square.

George did indeed work at the swimming baths, many moons ago he also had a part time job delivering morning rolls for one of the local bakers, I used to see him when I was on my paper round!

George's Father in law was Dusty Miller, I'm sure some of our users will remember Dusty as one of the cooks at the old Boys Brigade camps in Carrbridge.

George is still doing well, he and his wife Jean live in Laggan Road.

Cant remeber the name at all and i used to go in everytime i was down in Inverness!!!

If the period of time was 45 years,the gents clothes shop would have been Johnstone's and the barber's on the opposite corner was Treasurer.

The Treasurers, like yourself, were exgrovers who lived at #1 - what was your old house number?

George Ross.

all the trips we get are shi*te anyway, even when there was nothing to pay for damage

i have no idea the last time our school had a trip abroad

when there were the HUTS wasn't that where the dining rooms were also???

does anyone remember Mr Gordon?? married a rather cool teacher??/

I remember Mr. Gordon, I believe he taught woodworking. I was never in one of his classes but he had the reputation of being a man to be feared, had a very ''short fuse!''

Ma Wright, Maths teacher at the High School lived on Fairfied Road.

I think this may well be the wife of Bobbuck Wright, head of Biology at the Royal Academy who is mentioned further up the thread.

Ma Wright taught Math in the High School many moons ago when I used to go there, I left School in 1961 and she was middle-aged at that time, so do your Math and figure out how old she would be now if, indeed, she is still with us.

Frank Coull who taught primary 6 and 7 in the Central School also lived in Fairfield Road, one of the big houses near the top of Lochalsh Road/ Telford Gardens, His wife too was a teacher, she taught P.T. also, I believe, in the Central.

He was a fine teacher and a good man but when he brought the ''strap'' out, he was a man to be feared!

Seem to recall that the mealstore was was called Grants.

exgrover, you are correct. Grants was the name of the Mealstore.

Still waiting (and hoping) for you to identify yourself or at least a clue, e,g your old house number?

This hasn't been a great day to be an ICT fan, with Sunderland as your English team.

Made the mistake of watching the game at the local Rangers supporters club decked out in my Caley Thistle shirt and scarf- dog's abuse to say the least!

Possibly the worst display I have ever witnessed by any SPL team.

You lot are all SO young! I am still young enough to not qualify for concession at Hearts games (and several other meanies of SPL teams who demand concessions for over 65s only) but I can remember as a primary school child being taken for the day out into town and going to a Meal Store in Eastgate! Bags of flour etc., even dog biscuits, for sale in cloth sacks.

Who remembers that? Or am I havering?

You certainly are not havering Lizi, I remember the Meal Store, it was next door to Fraser and McColls the ironmongers, unfortunately I do not remember the name.

Thanks for that canuck. I heard he was nicknamed Puskas by the Telford St. faithful due to his left peg.He's still on the go and I can say hello from you the next time I see him if you'd like?

Please do, my name is Davie Lynn, Willie will certainly remember me.

A left winger who played for Caley and for Thistle during the 50's by the name of Willie Jack?

Bit of a long shot I know but maybe one of the older lads might remember seeing / hearing of him.

Any feed back appreciated.

Dalneigh Caley, glad to help. I worked with Willie for 12 years in the Post Office, you could'nt meet a nicer fellow, he was a long time employee, retiring as a counter assistant/ clerical officer at the main office in Queensgate.

I believe he originally came from Golspie and although I never saw him play for Caley he arguably played in one of Inverness's finest teams alongside Juppy Mitchell, Ginger MacKenzie, Porrige MacKintosh, Willie Jamieson, Frankie MacBeath, Ernie and Stootie Fraser etc.

He never played with us on the Post Office football team as he had trouble with his knees but he used to go to our games at the Bught and always had a wee kick-about with us before the games, it was obvious he could play, he had all the ''touches'' and a magical left foot.

He was possibly in his 40's when he eventually got married and he and his wife lived in one of the flats in Bruce Avenue.

He was very well liked, he had a great sense of humour, always a smile and it was a pleasure knowing him. I just wish I had seen him play in his prime, I believe he was exceptional!

I'm sure he is still ''on the go'' I certainly hope so.

Was there not also an ironmonger on Hamilton Street then?

Other than Fraser and McColl's workshop I don't think there was an Ironmongers shop on Hamilton St.

Having checked it out on Google, canuck and exgrover are indeed right. So what was the ironmonger that was on Academy Street between Station Square and MacRae and Dick then? Fraser and McColl was in Eastgate, Gilbert Ross was in Hamilton Street and I had associated the name Mitchell and Craig with the other one, but that's beginning to come back as a grocer now indeed. So what was that other ironmonger which was straight out of the "four candles" stable?

Gilbert Ross was the ironmonger on Academy St. not Hamilton St.