Kintore site makes 'silver surfer' very happy


A 'silver surfer' who has been away from Kintore since 1950 finds that computers and the Kintore site can "make an old man very happy".

At the tender age of 69 I have in the past looked upon computers as an invention of the Devil but after much chiding from my wife and my offspring, who are all computer literate, I am making the effort to be like them.
 
So, sat looking at the screen today I typed in Kintore and  to my great surprise and even greater delight up came your site.

Why did I type Kintore you may ask if you haven't already fallen asleep?

Although I have lived in England since 1950, I have never forgotten my native heath nor the soil from which I sprang. My father, Bill Mackie, was born I believe in Annvale Cottage, and I have very happy memories of visiting my Grandmother and my cousin Gordon Mackie who spent most of his life in Kintore before moving to Dunecht.
 
I was particularly pleased to see that the cricket club still exists since it was my fathers passion when he was a young man. To my certain knowledge at least three generations of Mackies played for Kintore ...my father of course, his uncle called Anton and my cousin Gordon. I've played on the pitch myself as a boy, and my fathers ashes are scattered there.I will be happy to end up there myself one day. I've still got his cricket cap somewhere; black and purple bands and woven on the front 1933... four years before I was born. It's in the loft somewhere along with some photos of the team from that time.
 
Clearly I shall have to revise my opinion of computers, it seems they may have the power to make an old man very happy...they may even be " such stuff as dreams are made on "
 
If you have managed to stay with me this far, thank you for indulging the ramblings of a boring old fool
 
Regards
Stewart Mackie

Posted: Sat - April 22, 2006 at 03:10 PM          

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