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Jimmy Horsburgh from Ontario, Canada. Posted 26 Apr 2005.
I have lived in Canada for 36 years. Two of my children, and my eight grandchildren were born here, but my love, longing, and thoughts of Scotland have never waned. I miss the place of my birth every day.
My question to the contributors of this forum is this: Do any of you, miss the place of your birth, and long to return to it.
Your input would be appreciated.
Thanks,
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|  | Derek from Ottawa, Canada . Posted 3 May 2005.
I came to Canada as a wee lad of 7 on board the SS Franconia which landed at Quebec City in May 1952. I have lived here since then but have gone "home" to both Glasgow, where I was born and to Kirkwall in Orkney where my roots go back many generations.
I have loved each time I go back and like others have noted here..."once a Scot, always a Scot." Canada was good for our family and we have prospered but I still yearn to visit the "old" country any chance I get. Derek
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| | Stuart Allan from Toronto, Canada. Posted 16 Jan 2006.
I came to Canada for the 2nd time as a boy of 15. At age 19 I started on with Air Canada and I'm home up to 5 times a year due to my travel passes with my work. I got married in Scotland and if the right job was to come along for me to pack in Air Canada after 20yrs service I would in a heartbeat, any offers out there?? I#m from Paisley and all my wife's family are still in Dumbarton and the Balloch area.
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| | Rob Smith from Toronto, Canada. Posted 13 Jan 2006.
I too moved to Canada as a young fella. I was 14 in 1966 when we came over. I get back to Scotland as often as possible and definitly miss it. There is a lot to miss. Canada is alright but it doesn't have what Scotland has - the culture and history and castles and scenery.
Yes, the west and east can be beautiful but not as scenic as Scotland. But things have a way of going in circles. My daughter is moving to Scotland and I have a niece who has moved from Canada to Scotland. In fact, I have two other nephews from Canada that live in Europe. It seems that in our family there is a definite preference for the European way of life. I personally think that with a decent job it is the place to be.
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| | George Campbell from Nelson, New Zealand. Posted 13 Jan 2006.
I left Scotland as a ten year old, when my family emigrated initially to Australia then on to New Zealand. We left Biggar in 1958. I have been back on numerous occassions to visit family and always find it so comfortable and easy being around scots. I have strong memories of my childhood in Scotland which were very happy ones, and due to this I still consider myself a proud Scot. I love New Zealand, but my heart is still in Scotland.
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| | Edith Caulfield from Toronto Canada. Posted 16 Jan 2006.
Yes Scotland has a way of staying in your heart. I left in 1959 and have been back a few times. You are so right about the European way of life, the culture, scenery, castles and history it will always be home to me. I was born in Edinburgh on Castle Street and every day I walked to school the first thing I saw was the Castle, the Scott Monument and many other beautiful buildings. It really planted in my soul a great respect and love for art, music painting. Such a gift to have had these things in my life at such a young age.
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| | Moira Alexander from California. Posted 13 Mar 2006.
I have been in California since 1964 my home was Glasgow Possilpark district. I hear its all tore down now but I have memories of childhood in my heart that will live for ever. I am going to Inverness in July to watch my husband throw the caber at the masters champion for Americans and Scots at buich park. Something tells me I will have a hard time getting back on that plane. Glasgow toon - I love you from the bottom of my heart.
A homesick hen.
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| | Ella Cochrane from Canada. Posted 3 May 2006.
I will admit to not pining for Scotland, but I do pine for a warmer climate when it comes to Canadian winters.
We emigrated to canada in 1966 and the Canadian Immigration Officer did hold up his hand and say to allof us who were contemplating on going to Canada. "Over five months of winter. Be prepared for that." I WASN'T! Still regret coming here in a way. I'm a 50/50 immigrant. I never knew there could be so much snow. In Scotland, I never saw more than a foot of snow. A mere detail from the amount of snow which arrives in the small town I live in.
In the 1970's, due to my engineering husband, we found ourselves back in Scotland on an assignment for an oil rig for the North Sea. Oh boy! I found it hard to get used to living in a wee Scottish village, where the stores closed for lunch, and there's a half day on a Wednesday, and the shops shut at 6 o'clock. :-( Plus, try driving through the small country lanes of Scotland, and you have to almost drive up through a hedge to avoid being hit by another car coming the other way. Have you all forgotten this? Did you have a car way back then? How about a bus? I tell you, it's an experience you don't want.
Same deal when back in England on another assignment. Gawd. All those wee British cars parked on each side of the road because there's no garage. It was a nightmare.
So, please forgive me, I don't pine to go back to those days. I'm happy here with the stores open until 9:00 am. :-) I just hate the winters! Trouble is, Insurance is very high down South in the U.S. Maybe I'll head for Scotland and the rain. :-) (?)
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| | helen igoe from cambridgeshire. Posted 16 Oct 2006.
hi.saw your message . i was born in scotland and left in 1978 .came to live in england miss scotland very much.i use to visit kirkcaldy were i was born for many years after until my father died 10 years ago . hoping to visit again soon to look up to see if i have any family left
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| | Robert Kerr from Vancouver,B.C.. Posted 16 Oct 2006.
I enjoyed a new life by immigrating to Canada,but the price was very high for me and, I assume, my family.I also gave up a way better job (Offshore oil)and money.I am constantly reading Scottish history and culture.How can someone really appreciate their homeland, unless from another perspective?Real Scottish women are hard to find here in British Columbia,but I am over the moon when I do.But the history of Scotland is so romantic, and I may never have learned so much, had I not left my roots.To return one day(with my Canadian son)is a dream, that I hope to fulfill before I retire.
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