
Dae ye Mind?
Dae ye mind on Taylor's Coalyard
The station at the West
Dae ye mind on Cotton Houses
Welfare Ha' an' aw the rest
Sanatorium an' Gas works
The sawmill at Newmains
There was a British Legion Ha'
Sadly nane o' them remains'
Dae ye mind on Davie Taylor
Driving bus and ambulance
An' a' the time conversin
Wi' his lans and' backward glance
An' Joe Bairner took his lorries
Tae the Outer Isles nae less
While Frank Malone wi' stretcher
Never failed us to impress
Dae ye mind on Jock McCullochs's
Morning rolls an' strawberry tarts
Adam Kay who deftly shorn oor heids
John Gold a man o' many parts
Dae yi mind on ither merchants
Billy Graham, George Sinclair
Willie Paterson, McBain an Fell
An' Charlie Dobbie butcher rare
Dae ye mind on a' the journeymen
Like brothers Bannatyne
Jimmy Kirkhope an' Bill Clarkson
Alan Cameron painter fine
Dae ye mind on chalk and inkwells
Slate pencils at the school
Dae ye mind on Stitt an' Harvie
An' Mitchells playground rule
Dae ye mind on district nurses
A breed noo getting rare
There was Robertson and Graham
A well beloved pair
Dae ye mind when a' oor doctors
In the village had their hame
There was Somerville, McFeat an Croall,
Scott, Gardiner, Addison an' Kane
Dae ye mind on local Bobbies
Aitken, Prattis nae sae blate
That skelpit lug an' warning word
Were mair than adequate
Dae ye mindf Jimmy Gordon
Pouring' pints in Heather Inn
There was Wilson at the Cross Keys
An' Wull Purdie art'tiie Sun Inn
Dae ye mind on Sabbath mornin's
When folk gaed tae the Kirk
Tae hear fae gentle Salmond Smith
Sine Hardie nane would shirk
Dae ye mind o' trusted Bankers
Hugh Moorcroft an' Louis Dean
When Jenny was the Postie
Bill Telfer postmaster keen
Dae ye mind the Townhead garage
Wi' John Weir at the door
Whilst pumping oot the petrol
Wi' sarcastic wit an' more
Dae ye mind o'joiner Marchbanks
O' fashion Tam was fond
An' Walter Scott the Forester
Fly casting on the pond
Dae ye mind on Alexander
John Stitt, the Shankly pair
George Reid an Willie Harvie
Whose gardens a' bloomed fair
An' Tam Wharrie wi' his barrow
Kept the streets sae clean
The Scaffies wi' their muck cairt
Were every Monday seen
Dae ye mind on wash hoose bilers
An mangles sair tae ca'
An squares o' paper hung wi string
On every toilet wa'
When a' we had were coal fires
Tae keep awa the cauld
If you admit tae mindin' these
Like me yir getting auld
by Alexander Addison
Douglas





As far as it is known the workings are the original and having had a new wheel piece replaced in the last 100 years. The bell ropes are of coarse renewed when required.
After an inspection by two Ministry of Works officials some years ago, they commented how the pendulum was added after 1565 and that in their opinion the “roots” of the pendulum were probably connected to the clock.
The clock, famous for its good timekeeping through the centuries, chimed three minutes BEFORE the hour in accordance with the Douglas motto “Jamais Arriere” …never behind.


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