Once Upon A Time In The Muirton

Welcome to Once Upon A Time In The Muirton. Recently we had the pleasure of sitting with 3 Auld Muirton Bairns - Lizzie Lamond, Gooey Mcgrath and Jimmy Duncan (Dunk's big brother). Before we knew it 4 hours had passed and it was time to go. We have edited this episode to a little more than 2 hours - it could have been more :-) and we hope however you choose to listen, you get to hear the whole epi...

This is our last, very short, episode of 2021. It starts with a Christmas poem by Gordon Banks and then goes downhill from there :-)  We had great plans for a big finale to the year but beer led to wine led to toast. We have had an absolute ball being given the privilege spending time with so many fantastic people who let us into their home. Sharing their personal stories of time living in Mu...

In the intro to the original episode https://anchor.fm/barnaby-black/episodes/Mr-Softee-a-sneak-rocket-attack-and-the-Shah-of-Persia-e171a82  Dunks and me talked about sharing what Robin had told us following his and Roy Benson's heroics stopping a robbery at knife point. The story didn't end with the successful detaining of the robber, or even the well deserved recognition Robin and Roy rece...

Dear Listener, join us on our latest episode as we take a step back into our school days. The Northern District was one of the main primary schools that educated the children of Muirton (at least tried to), St Johns, St Ninians and Central District being some of the others. Opened in 1908, 1000's of children have walked through the school gates in the last 113 years. Like many schools of the 20th...

An Evening with Aileen Myles!    Most of us are lucky enough to have a loving family around us, growing up through our formative years that shape us into the adults we are.  This episode is special, as it involves this very thing, a loving family, who asked Barney and I if we would come and sit with them, to reminisce about their time living in Muirton.  The stories will be &nb...

Welcome to our latest episode. You are in for a real tasty treat down memory lane - Robin Rennie aka Mr Softee is taking us on a journey in his ice cream van around the streets of The Muirton. Robin started with Renato's ice cream van in 1964 up until he got his own Mr Softee van in the early 70's... the rest, as they say, is history. You'll hear Robin talk about the families he got to know as he...

In this episode you will hear the voice from one of Muirton's most well kent people over the last 50 years - Pena Rylance.  In 1962, speaking only Italian, Pena left her home village of Contursi Terme, in the province of Salerno, south-western Italy. Arriving in the middle of a snowy Scottish January winter. Pena moved to 70D Malvina Place in 1971 and lived their until 1994/95 moving to Stanl...

As we are in the middle of the Euros football tournament, Barney and I thought we should do a short episode on football in the Muirton.  We made reference in the first episode that football was a big part of our lives growing up playing in the streets and back greens of Muirton.  I invited two old friends, John McLaren and Steve Banks, to come and have a chat with me about their memories...