Family – early years
I was born in Haifa, Israel because my father was in the Merchant Navy and was based in Haifa for a year. He was Scottish and my mother was Danish. My parents met on a ship bound for the Faroe Islands in 1950. It was love at first sight and that same year they were...
Extended family
Childhood As children we didn’t see much of the extended family other than our grandmother who lived in Broxburn – ‘Granny’. My grandfather died in 1956 so I don't remember him at all. I have many memories of Ann and I going on a long bus journey from Glasgow to...
Our wedding
Gordon and I were married on 16th October 1976 in Harper Memorial Baptist Church by Rev Peter Donald. We met at Glasow University in the Hons Statistics class. We barely talked to each other until the final year dinner after our final exams. (We are both on the left...
Family – after marriage
I love my family. That seems a very obvious statement, but I have been surprised by how much my love for them has increased as I have aged and they have increased in number! After 48 years of marriage we have 3 sons, 3 daughters-in-law and 6 grandchildren. I first met...
Education
Primary Schools I went to school first at Bellahouston Primary School, then to Ibrox Primary School. The classes were very crowded and I ended up being moved up six months twice (there were two intakes – one in August and one in January). This meant that I was a full...
My Testimony
My background is that I was born in Israel of a Danish mother and Scottish father, settling in Ibrox from age 4 to 17. This time forms the bulk of my childhood experiences. I was taught that Jesus was a good man who came to give us guidelines on how to live, and as...
Family – early years
I was born in Haifa, Israel because my father was in the Merchant Navy and was based in Haifa for a year. He was Scottish and my mother was Danish. My parents met on a ship bound for the Faroe Islands in 1950. It was love at first sight and that same year they were...
Extended family
Childhood As children we didn’t see much of the extended family other than our grandmother who lived in Broxburn – ‘Granny’. My grandfather died in 1956 so I don't remember him at all. I have many memories of Ann and I going on a long bus journey from Glasgow to...
Our wedding
Gordon and I were married on 16th October 1976 in Harper Memorial Baptist Church by Rev Peter Donald. We met at Glasow University in the Hons Statistics class. We barely talked to each other until the final year dinner after our final exams. (We are both on the left...
Family – after marriage
I love my family. That seems a very obvious statement, but I have been surprised by how much my love for them has increased as I have aged and they have increased in number! After 48 years of marriage we have 3 sons, 3 daughters-in-law and 6 grandchildren. I first met...