Hi Anne and Alex, You are bringing back memories for me as well. We used to picnic at Lunan Bay and swim in the river there but only when the tide was going out so that we got the warm water. We also used to pick rasps for Chivers on the fields above. We also liked to visit the Elephant Rock (Rock of St. Skae) and the lime kiln at the Bodden. That was during WWII when cycling was the only way to get around. We also used to cycle to the beach just below St. Cyrus. I also had a school chum that lived at Tangleha just up the coast from St. Cyrus. I am also descended from Ferryden folk and other families in the Angus and Kincardineshire area. Who knows, we may be related. My family tree is full of Coulls, Perts, and Wests as well as my family name of Milne. My gr-grandmother Jemima Pert was from Usan. Cheers, Alex Message: 4 Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 14:57:54 +0100 From: "Alex. Gray" <[email protected]> Subject: [ANGUS] Lunan Bay To: "Anne Burgess" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Hi Anne, Thanks for bring back happy memories of Lunan Bay, I can well remember the nets along the beach there. My brothers and I, along with a few pals, used to cycle down to Lunan Bay in the summer time and swim in the river there, diving off the large concrete blocks placed across the river to prevent tanks or small boats gaining access to the Lunan area during WW2. We also used to go to the berry picking in the berry fields bordering Lunan Brae, gooseberries on the right hand side and rasps on the left. These were the days, late 40s, early 50s. I wonder if David & Will Nicoll were from my wife's home village of Ferryden. If I remember correctly there was a house and a fisherman's bothy on the links at Lunan. Many thanks Alex.

Hi All, I also have very fond memories of Lunan Bay and St Cyrus. I spent many a happy holiday in the 60&#39;s in the area as both my parents families were from Arbroath (Carrie, Petrie and Craig). Often saw jelly fish in Lunan Bay and loved the sandy beaches.  The sand dunes at St Cyrus were massive in the 60&#39;s but on a visit in the early 90&#39;s they had all gone, shows what the weather does. Cheers Eleanor ________________________________ From: Alex Milne &lt;[email protected]&gt; To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 8, 2011 12:58 AM Subject: [ANGUS] Lunan Bay and memories Hi Anne and Alex, You are bringing back memories for me as well. We used to picnic at Lunan Bay and swim in the river there but only when the tide was going out so that we got the warm water. We also used to pick rasps for Chivers on the fields above. We also liked to visit the Elephant Rock (Rock of St. Skae) and the lime kiln at the Bodden. That was during WWII when cycling was the only way to get around. We also used to cycle to the beach just below St. Cyrus. I also had a school chum that lived at Tangleha just up the coast from St. Cyrus. I am also descended from Ferryden folk and other families in the Angus and Kincardineshire area. Who knows, we may be related. My family tree is full of Coulls, Perts, and Wests as well as my family name of Milne. My gr-grandmother Jemima Pert was from Usan. Cheers, Alex Message: 4 Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 14:57:54 +0100 From: &quot;Alex. Gray&quot; &lt;[email protected]&gt; Subject: [ANGUS] Lunan Bay To: &quot;Anne Burgess&quot; &lt;[email protected]&gt;,     &lt;[email protected]&gt; Message-ID: &lt;[email protected]&gt; Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=&quot;iso-8859-1&quot;;     reply-type=original Hi Anne, Thanks for bring back happy memories of Lunan Bay, I can well remember the nets along the beach there. My brothers and I, along with a few pals, used to cycle down to Lunan Bay in the summer time and swim in the river there, diving off the large concrete blocks placed across the river to prevent tanks or small boats gaining access to the Lunan area during WW2. We also used to go to the berry picking in the berry fields bordering Lunan Brae, gooseberries on the right hand side and rasps on the left. These were the days, late 40s, early 50s. I wonder if David &amp; Will Nicoll were from my wife&#39;s home village of Ferryden. If I remember correctly there was a house and a fisherman&#39;s bothy on the links at Lunan. Many thanks Alex. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word &#39;unsubscribe&#39; without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message