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Family
I married a John Macaulay of Arthur Street in
Leith, off the Walk. He went to St
Anthony's school and had three brothers,
Michael, Dennis and Ronnie. John died in 2005,
aged 75, and Ronnie a year later. Michael
and Dennis still live in Leith.
I met John while he was
working for D W Beatie & Sons and I was working with Munro's,
Joiners on West Harbour Road, Granton, next to Phillip Anderson's
Yard.
John had only one and part of an arm, but was
a very good swimmer and diver
and had all the newspaper cuttings.
My Father, Campbell
Westwood, worked as a Shipwright in
Leith Docks. He
was seemingly well known. He used to
dock a lot of ships, and was a chargehand
building ships.
His
Father was one of the Gaffers, on the
Forth Rail Bridge. They
asked my Father if he would work on the Road Bridge, but he said
'No'.
I remember him saying 'Not
all the money in the world would make up for the lives that would be lost
on it.' They came back a few times to ask
him. It certainly wasn't the height that
put him off as he loved heights. When he
was abroad he used to dive from the mast of a ship under the ship, I
didn't inherit his love for heights." |
