Fran Farrar's Pictures

A brief note from Fran: -

My dad was Jim Gracie, a New Cumnockian, and my mum was Rene, a Londoner who moved to Scotland when she married my dad. I am their only child, born in 1960. We first lived in Afton Bridgend, before moving to Farden Avenue, and eventually moving back to Afton Bridgend in about 1964. My dad was the agent for Prudential Insurance and my mum worked for a short time in the Post Office in The Castle with Mr Caldwell.

I went to The Town School (Nith House!) (eventually Castle Primary) where I was taught by Miss McHallam, Mrs. Baines, Mrs. Climie, Mrs. Laird, Miss Sharp Mrs. MacSween and Mrs. Murray, and from there to Cumnock Academy (Hillside 1Y and 2Y).

My dad died in 1973 and mum and I left New Cumnock shortly afterwards. We moved to Wellingborough in Northamptonshire and eventually mum moved back to London where she died in October 2000. I now live in Dunstable, Bedfordshire with my husband Paul, who I married in 1985, and our three children, Laura, Craig and Martin.

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Cast of "The Chiltern Hundreds"	Annie McHallam - Well known school teacher	New Cumnock Dancing School 1964	Dickie Birds - Town School 1965	Wedding scene from "Fools rush in" 1953

Cast from "Fools rush in" 1953	Frances Gracie 1961	Cast from "Happiest days of our lives" 1954	Jim Gracie and an unknown girl in the 1930's. Do you know who the girl is?	St. Trinians School girls 1954

Cast from "A night must fall" 1952	Town School Primary 7 - 1971	Town School 1965 - Primary 1	Rene Gracie and Christine Paton 1958, taken on the Afton Road	Jim and Rene Gracie's wedding 1959

Pat Hunter and Rene Gracie in the late 60's	Rene Gracie (nee Ellis) Afton Dam 1958	Rene Gracie (nee Ellis) at the Afton Dam 1958	Cast of the Paragon 1951	Frances Gracie and Tom Hunter. Picture taken in 1967, Turnberry Hotel?

Possibly Bank House stable 1972. 3rd from left is Carol Johnstone and then Frances Gracie	Sports day 1971	Town School Nativity Play 1965	Girl Guides around 1970 at camp	Frances Gracie and Jayne Shankland in the Auld Kirk, 1970 - 71

Jim Gracie on the right with unknown girls and what is the girl sitting on?