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Recollections
Pentland Garage
and
Sonny Swinton
Straiton, About 6 miles south of the centre of Edinburgh
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Recollections
1.
Ian Mycko
Gilmerton, Edinburgh |
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Ian wrote:
Bonyrigg, Loanhead and Penicuik
"My dad worked for Pentland Garage and for Middleton's Coaches
in Loanhead.
He also did some part-time work for Hunter's Coaches.
I spent lot of my youth in Loanhead with my dad . I wonder if
any of people who commented on
Hunter's Coaches knew him. His
name was Michael Mycko "
Ian
Mycko, Gilmerton, Edinburgh: June 7, 2007
If you'd like to reply to Ian Mycko,
please e-mail me and I will pass on your message to him. Thank
you. - Peter Stubbs:
June 7, 2007 |
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Recollections
2.
Alan Fentiman
Bournemouth, Dorset, England |
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Alan wrote:
Pentland Garage
"I was most interested to read of Ian Mycko whose father worked at
the Pentland Garage. My father worked there also and often spoke of
Michael Mycko.
Sonny Swinton's Transport
I wonder if Ian managed to obtain photographs of any of the rickety
old lorries Sonny Swinton used to run. I would love to see photos
of those lorries in their cream and green livery. Unfortunately, my
father never had any photos of the lorries."
Alan
Fentiman, Bournemouth, Dorset, England: June 6, 2008
I've now contacted Ian to see if he has any photos of the
lorries. If anybody else knows of any photos of them, please
email me.
Thank you. - Peter Stubbs:
June 12 2008 |
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Recollections
3.
Ian Mycko
Gilmerton, Edinburgh |
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Thank you to Ian Mycko who found some photos of Sony Swinton's lorries.
Ian explained that Pentland Garage was owned by the Swinton family,
Sonny, Andrew, Bessie & Molly. Sonny was head of the family. The only
surviving one now (2008) is Bessie Swinton.
Ian wrote:
Pentland Garage
"Here are some photos of Sonny Swinton's lorries,
taken by a friend of my dad. My dad is the man at the front of of
the front lorry in the middle photo below."
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Ian added:
"The lorries were carrying tanks that were coming from
Birmingham to British Leyland at Bathgate, now sadly gone.
I remember my dad telling me that as the
lorries came through the village of Forth in Lanarkshire, he heard a
pinging sound. On closer investigation, he found that they had
broken the overhead phone lines. I bet the GPO were pleased!"
Ian
Mycko, Gilmerton, Edinburgh: June 13 +19, 2008 |
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Recollections
4.
Bryan Gourlay
Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
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Bryan wrote:
Sonny Swinton
"It
was interesting to see Alan Fentiman’s comments about the legendary
Sonny Swinton
(2 above).
My dad knew Sonny well, for many years, and I
was at his yard a few times as a boy.
Every time I pass there, a few yards from the
roundabout at Ikea at Straiton, I can see Sonny standing out front
in his customary pose.
My dad bought a couple of lorries from him and
even a new car, a Singer Vogue, in 1968.
When I met Ian Mycko a couple of years ago, he
told me that Sonny died not all that long ago in his nineties, I
think Ian said."
Bryan
Gourlay, Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland: June 18, 2008 |
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Recollections
5.
Bryan Gourlay
Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
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Bryan added:
Sonny Swinton
"Another
memory has come to mind about Sonny.
When I was about 12, I went with my dad to
collect a lorry he was buying from Sonny.
I’ll never forget Sonny putting his hand in
his pocket and giving me a rather well-worn ten-bob note as a sort
of ‘luck penny’. It was a fortune at the time."
Bryan
Gourlay, Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland: June 18, 2008 |
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Recollections
6.
Forbes Wilson
Near Guildford, Surrey,
England |
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Forbes wrote:
Sonny Swinton
"In the mid 1960s, my father owned a
second-hand Morris van that required a new
water pump. Having
established that Swintons were breaking-up a Morris van, my
father took me up to Swintons to have the pump replaced.
My father used the services of Swintons on
several occasions. He
recalls that Sonny was always seen in his oil and grease stained
blue boiler suit. My father was
convinced that he lived in that boiler
suit.
As a young lad of about 10, I recall hundreds of broken-up cars
stacked one on top of the other with various car body parts lying
here, there and everywhere.
Suffice to say that Sonny Swintons replaced the faulty water
pump and it lasted for many years."
Forbes Wilson, near Guildford, Surrey, England:
June 23, 2008 |
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