Denny is a small town in Scotland where i grew up in the 1960s and 70s. It was once an industrial town with several coal mines, iron foundries and paper mills. My mother was born in Denny as were her parents and grandparents. Her father was a coal miner.
The town is located on the eastern edge of the Campsie Hills and is dissected by the River Carron. It situated mid way between Falkirk and Stirling and Edinburgh and Glasgow. The location was an important of the towns character. It had easy access to the countryside of the wild and wonderful Campsie Hills and the River Carron but it also had easy access to the towns i have mentioned. For us children the world was our oyster.
By the 1960s the towns industries had gone on to decline and all the mines and many of the foundries and paper mills had closed.
Despite this, growing up in Denny was a wonderful experience and my memories are happy and have stayed with me all my life and now i would like to share them with you.
Whilst most of the people and places i mention will only be familiar to those who come from Denny, I'm sure many of the events and changes i mention will ring a bell with many others growing up in this period  no matter where  that may have been.