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Always known to the community as "Jimmack o Garson" a very quiet hard working man. Jimmack aye let his wife Francis do the speaking!
As a boy we went to Garson a lot, many a cup o tea was had in Garson's kitchen.
Son Jimmy was a great engineer and could make something from very little, as I remember converting drag ploughs to mounted was one of young Jimmys specialities. Sadly he died a young man and the family sold out of the farm. Jimmy was V in C of the Coast Guard in Longhope.

It was young Jim's brother John that was VinC with the L S A, Also died a young man.

The story o me life "mooth in gear before the brain" or in this case keyboard in gear.
Jimmacks' son who stayed and worked on the farm was John or "Jock o Garson" as he was known to all.
Son Jimmy was a engineer in Kirkwall working at P F Thompsons.
To get back to Jock, when I wiz a peedie boy Jock used to say "hiv yea got any calves wae hair on their nose yet" for he wid buy ane fae me only if hid had a hairy nose, so every time wae got a calf I wid look tae se if there wiz hair on so I could sell it tae Jock o Garson.
A great guy whoes life was much too short

I thought it was Jock who was in the Longhope (LSA) as it was known then.

It was Jimmack o' Garson's son Jock that converted the ploughs and was the V in C of the Coastguard in Longhope.