It will soon be Easter, doesn't time fly, anyway I was reading an article about Easter in the Scottish Banner, and it got me thinking, does anyone have any special memories of Easter, like boiling your eggs in the teapot to make them brown, and painting them all bright colours, just so you could take them up the Cannon hill and roll them down and usually smash them to bits, then try to eat them with bits of grass in them, not the fancy big eggs we see today. george O
 

From: "bobnet" <bobnet@xx.com.au>
To: <threetowners@topica.com>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001

Yes, George. Wasn't it good fun painting the eggs. And weren't we lucky having the Cannon Hill to roll the eggs. Life was a lot simpler and I think we appreciated things more than our kids do. Netta

From: "Sandra Glover" <sandglow@xx.co.uk>
To: <threetowners@topica.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001

I think everyone in Ardrossan would roll their hard boiled egg down Castle Hill. My God father used to roll an unboiled egg down the hill just for a laugh, then he would wimper that his egg broke first and it wasn't fair. We are planning to do just that this year with our almost 4 year old daughter. I'll roll one for all you expats, shall I.

Regards Sandra

From: Alan&Elizabeth Scott
To: threetowners@topica.com
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001

Hi All,
I love rolling the eggs doon cannon hill, i took my wean's, now it's my grandkid's turn to go rolling doon the hill!!, if it is pouring i just roll them doon their parent's stair's ( they can clean up the shell's). Sandra (maybe see you there).
Bye for now Liz Scott.
P.s i am good at painting them, i have had hunners of practice??.

From: <hewmac@xx.com.au>
To: <threetowners@topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001

George O'Connor brought up the subject of rolling boiled painted eggs down the Cannon Hill - appears still to be an Easter tradition in Ardrossan. But George didnae tell you where his eggs came from. Had a great laugh when George confessed the following to me some time ago.

He lived in Castle Road Ardrossan and between his back garden and ours was my fathers hen house and chicken run (where McDowall Place now is) Well this cunning wee George and a pal had a laying box rigged up just outside the run on their side, so occasionally one of our hens would lay an egg for them. Wonder if any of our "Chooky hens" found the pot - should've counted them.

Hugh McCallum
 

From: <jamesbarr50@xx.com>
To: <threetowners@topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001

hi all am enjoying the stories of Easter eggs and the cannon hill i stayed in Ardrossan for 5years (29 castle road) and wee took our son to the cannon hill at Easter to roll his egg there was always a lot of people with there weans there but i think the seagulls always outnumbered the humans even after wee moved back into Saltcoats wee still went to the cannon hill at Easter and always accompanied with some pals of our son's and they thought it was great any way it would be great to meet some of you threetowners at the cannon hill this year so if any1 feels like it just drop ol blakjak an email.
jim barr. (blakjak50)

From: monica morrison
To: threetowners@topica.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001

Hi:
My husband, Mike, and I were having a laugh remembering the year we took our then four year old son, Bob, to the Cannon Hill to roll the boiled eggs that he had spent so much time colouring. He rolled them and happily starting to run after them when a big black dog came running along, grabbed his eggs and ate them, leaving poor Bob bawling his eyes out.

When we came to Canada we discovered the kids here didn't have that tradition, but we kept it going for many years. They sometimes brought their friends along who enjoyed it too. Some of the adults who watched us probably thought we were daft!!

Monica