Some memories from Stewart Good
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Written by Hilda McAdam   
Saturday, 09 January 2010 18:08
Some Memories from Stewart Good

Stewart had just left school and started work as a message boy in Cowan’s shop (top shop).  At the time the girls from Hutchison’s Grammar School were sent to Milton Park.  This was a great thing for all the young lads in the village, who somehow found themselves up there in the evenings.  One day, when Stewart was working in the shop, Mrs Cowan’s phone rang.  On answering this, Mrs Cowan shouted to tell Stewart that the call was for him.  When he answered, a voice said, “Is that you Stewart? This is Miss Smilie, the headmistress of the Girl’s school at Milton Park.  It has been brought to my attention that you and some of your friends have been coming up here in the evenings and meeting my girls.  I must tell you that this must stop.  My girls are here to learn their lessons, not to study the boys from the village.  As from now, I do not expect to see you up here again.”  Stewart was horrified and answered very sheepishly that he was sorry and no, he wouldn’t go back up.  He then put down the phone and went back to work.  He worried about it all day, but it came to light that evening that the call did not come from Miss Smilie, but was a joke played on him by Gracie Walls, who admitted it to Stewart that night.

Another of Stewart’s memories happened when he was delivering mail to High Forrest, the home of two Dalry worthies, the late Robbie and Gill Murray.  The estate had just been taken over and the new owners had decided to install electricity in all the houses they owned.  Robbie and Gill’s house was duly converted.  The next day, when Stewart went up, Gill said to him that he thought he had better get Stewart to bring some spare bulbs in case any of the new ones should fail and they would be left in the dark.  Stewart looked around to see what size would be best and said to Gill, “Hunners”, meaning the wattage, but Robbie heard this and turned to Stewart saying, “Dammit man, whit dae we want hunners fur, fowr’ll dae!”