This summer sport's meet was held at Stevenston a week before WWII began. Stevenston in those days was a popular holiday resort for the Glasgow and Paisley folk.
It looks as if my mother is coming in at 3rd place (second from right). Not bad for a forty-three year old! Now we know where the running instinct comes from! I think the winner is "Big Lizzie King."
The second photograph shows Gran and Aunt Betty as spectators. The wee lad on the right squinting into the sun is me at age 8. At his left is our Irish cousin Maurine Buchanan who was spending the summer at 5 George Place. She was a daughter of Uncle Angus Buchanan, Papa's brother. I think she was supposed to stay longer in Stevenston but the war cut short her vacation. I seem to remember the big folks talking about German submarines in the Irish Sea.
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