Greenbrae Loaning Dumfries

[777dixie]

Dougie Hi, Just to come back on your last post You mentioned Terry Irving its a small world I worked Beside Terry for a lot of years in ICI he was process and I was engineering, his father was a Slater and had a big mouser it was white and was really tanned with working outside, the gen store you mention was Bob Goodwin's he had a son just older than me but maybe younger than youself called Douglas, an other lad was Drew Dalziel who stayed on Lockerbie Road in Irvine Terr his Dad worked with mine at the Railway as drivers, and David Bell who lived on the corner house next to Goodwin's shop round the back, I've been in touch with another lad you may know or remember John Thomson who lived across from me next to the butchers shop going down the loaning, you could go on for ever with memories couldn't you.
                                                                         Regards
                                                                                    Bert Dickson.

[garan]

Stoop - do you have a connection to The Stoop (as we called it) or Stoop Loaning? My great grandparents (Ross) farmed at Parkhead Farm, Stoop, last house on the left. My great aunt (their grand daughter) still lives in Greenbrae Loaning.

Regards

[stoop]

Hi garan I lived in Greenbrae Loaning from when I was born in 46 till Ileft Dumfries in 59. Way back in 1829 my  g.g.g. Thomas Kerr farmed at the stoop, I have been trying to locate the site of his farm without success. I was described as a fermtoun being a self contained settlement with all the neccessary trades and craftsmen. Regards stoop.

[stoop]

Hi folks can anyone help. I want to buy an 1840 map of the stoop area of Dumfries, but I need a post code can anyone oblige? Regards stoop.

[garan]

All Stoop Loaning, Dumfries is DG1 3BP

regards

Do you know the name of the farm you are looking for?

[stoop]

Thanks garan, it was only ever described as being at the stoop. Regards stoop.

[garan]

You are welcome.

It would be some co-incidence if it was Parkhead which as far as I know was the main farm at the Stoop though it was a small holding when my great grandparents lived there in the 1920s. It was sold on in the 70s or 80s. I think they had goats and pigs. I have some old pics from then too. I'm local and have a friend who lives at Ladypark Farm (opposite and up the road a bit). If there is anything I can do locally - I'm a member of the Family History Centre, please let me now. I have no problem tramping around the area or looking up things here in Dumfries if it is any help.

My folks were at Burntfirs before that on the Locharmoss and my grandmother and all her sisters (6 of them as one died  at 3 years) went to Noblehill school. Someone here mentioned the old men's hut in Noblehill Park. I was involved in the renovations that changed it to an after school group a couple of years ago. It is still going strong I'm happy to say.

Good luck.

[stoop]

Hi garan , thanks for your reply. I am hoping that when I get hold of an 1840 o/s map that it might show a cluster of buildings that could be described as a settlement. I have looked at the census for 1841 and it has 80 people living at the stoop. There were as far as could tell only three or four small farms at the time apart from Fountainbleu, so my search goes on. Regards stoop.

[777dixie]

Stoop Hi , Dixie here just came across os maps 1855 any good will try to attach