Blue Waters

Now this is how boys used to play out during the 1950’s & 1960’s.

One of our readers Steven Matthews sent us this picture of him and some of his friends out playing and shooting BB Guns at the Blue Waters Quarry, just off Strathaven Road.

Stephen is the boy on the right with the BB Gun, Gerry McGuire of Townhill Road is the back left and the boy at the front with the blue shirt is Pat Carroll.

Like many of the kids back then, a hot summers day was spent at the Blue Waters quarry, where they would swim and hang about. There is even an old folklore that a train derailed somewhere in that area and people were killed and their ghosts still haunt the area.

Stephen went on to tell us:

“At roughly the same time me and a couple of pals collected bunches of rhododendron flowers from Lady Watson’s mansion driveway in Neilsland but we were caught by the Police and drove up to the front door of her mansion.

She came out, dressed like a toff, along with her 2/3 Dalmatians. We apologised, then Police drove us home to our parents”.

What is your memories of spending your summers at Blue waters? Or, even better do you have any pictures to share?