Memory Bank

Edward (Eddie) Sinclair arrived after the family had been in Stevenage for about 8 years. This photo shows the young lad with Robert's sister-in-law Jean. Jean and Robert's brother William (Bill) had infact gone south first and had told Robert that Stevenage was the place to be for a young family.  The word later spread to other parts of the family and soon there were almost as many of us in Stevenage as there were'back home'.

In 1950 going all the way from Glasgow to the south of England was almost as great an emigration move as going from Scotland to Canada today. The culture shock was huge and the Scots cleaved together - we seemed to know mainly Scottish people until Eddie and I went to school.