0:00:22 > 0:00:27This story belongs to James and Alana and their Grampa Dougie.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36It's a tiny tale of Grampa Dougie's life
0:00:36 > 0:00:40and the holidays he went on when he was a little boy.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Now it's time for him to share his memories
0:00:45 > 0:00:50and take twins Alana and James on a journey of discovery.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04It's holiday time and Grampa Dougie's back to take the twins
0:01:04 > 0:01:08to a very special place close to his heart.
0:01:09 > 0:01:14- Hi there, kids. Are you ready to go on your holidays?- Yeah!- Yeah!
0:01:14 > 0:01:18- Are you sure?- Yeah!- Yeah!- Have you got your buckets and spades?- Here.
0:01:18 > 0:01:23Have you got your bags? Let me see your bags. That's it.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Grampa's got his bag. He used to take it on his holidays.
0:01:26 > 0:01:31Where did you go on your holiday when you were wee, Grampa?
0:01:31 > 0:01:34We're going where I went when I was a wee boy,
0:01:34 > 0:01:40- a place called Millport. Do you know how we get there?- Across the water.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43That's right. Across the water on a ferry.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47OK. Are we ready? Off we go!
0:01:47 > 0:01:51Grampa Dougie is taking Alana and James to Millport,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54a town on the little island of Cumbrae,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57not far from his hometown of Glasgow.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10And look, here he is in Millport when he was a little boy.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13The special thing about Millport, it's so near,
0:02:13 > 0:02:15but it feels so far away,
0:02:15 > 0:02:18because you go on the boat and go across the water.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22You feel as though you're miles away from anywhere.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27When we were wee, myself and my brothers, it was way before people
0:02:27 > 0:02:30could go away on aeroplanes and fly all over the world
0:02:30 > 0:02:34to places where it was always sunny.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37We used to go places where it was quite often rainy.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41The main thing is most people went on holiday to the seashore.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49And guess where Grampa Dougie is taking Alana and James now.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52On the very boat that he took to go on holiday when he was little,
0:02:52 > 0:02:54the Waverley.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57When I was little, my family never had a car.
0:02:57 > 0:03:03When we went on holiday, we used to go on the train as far as it would go
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- and then go on a paddle steamer. - What's a paddle steamer?
0:03:06 > 0:03:09A paddle steamer's a boat and it takes you across the sea
0:03:09 > 0:03:13and do you know what? We're going on it today.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- Are you ready? Let's go!- Yeah!
0:03:18 > 0:03:20OK, on you go.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24And off they go to Millport.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30- The water's turning white!- What? - The water's all turning white!
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- Bye-bye, Largs!- Bye-bye!
0:03:37 > 0:03:40The Waverley is the only paddle steamer in Britain
0:03:40 > 0:03:42that can sail on the sea.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Grampa Dougie tells the twins all about the paddle steamer.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51They're in the engine room.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Oh, that is noisy!
0:03:53 > 0:03:58Grampa tells James and Alana all about the big engine.
0:03:58 > 0:04:04The engine has to be huge and powerful to push the old boat.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08There's the paddles, through the window.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Can you count them as they're going round?
0:04:11 > 0:04:14The engine moves the big paddles round and round,
0:04:14 > 0:04:17pushing the boat through the water.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30And here they are in Millport.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33It's goodbye to the Waverley, hello holidays!
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- Did you enjoy the paddle steamer? BOTH:- Yeah!
0:04:36 > 0:04:39That's great. Come on, then.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56When Grampa Dougie was a young boy,
0:04:56 > 0:05:00people didn't fly to holidays in different countries.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05Nearly everybody stayed at home. They took boats and trains instead
0:05:05 > 0:05:10and went to the beaches and countryside near where they lived.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13For Grampa Dougie, it was holidaying in Millport.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Many others in Scotland left the big cities
0:05:16 > 0:05:20and took the train to board other boats
0:05:20 > 0:05:24to other holiday towns. If the sun shone, that was great.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27But even in the rain, everybody had fun.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44Millport holds many happy memories for Grampa Dougie.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Look, here he is as a young man on holiday.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55But the fun there stretches all the way back to his childhood.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00- Do you know where we are now?- No.
0:06:00 > 0:06:05This is a house where I used to come when I was a wee boy for my holidays.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Up these stairs, into that house there.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12And Grampa and his mummy and daddy and his brothers
0:06:12 > 0:06:17all came here for a whole month in July in the summer.
0:06:18 > 0:06:23And when Grampa Dougie grew up and got married, do you know what?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25He took his family to Millport.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29They've been going ever since for their summer holidays.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33- When you come here, where do you stay?- A caravan.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- In a caravan? Are you going to show me?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Right, on we go, then.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52And off they go to find out more.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56- BOTH:- This is my mummy!
0:06:57 > 0:07:01And look! Here she is on holiday in Millport.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05When I was a girl, we didn't stay in a house in the holidays.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09We stayed in this caravan. Why don't we go in and show Grampa around?
0:07:09 > 0:07:13It's been a while since he's been in it. Come on, let's go.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18A caravan is just like a house, but in mini version.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22This is the living room.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Oh, that's nice.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Oh, lovely!
0:07:25 > 0:07:27What else can you show me?
0:07:27 > 0:07:29The kitchen.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32The kitchen? Do you cook dinner here?
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- No, Mummy does.- Mummy does!
0:07:36 > 0:07:38This is the bedroom.
0:07:38 > 0:07:39Oh, that's cosy!
0:07:39 > 0:07:41What else is there?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43This is the bathroom.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Oh! Lovely.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57But there are some things that haven't changed
0:07:57 > 0:07:59since Grampa Dougie was a little boy.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03When he was young, everybody who went to Millport
0:08:03 > 0:08:05cycled round the tiny island.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09To this day, holidaymakers and day-trippers still do.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14Now it's time for Alana and James to join in the fun
0:08:14 > 0:08:16and give it some pedal power!
0:08:18 > 0:08:21What a funny bike they've picked!
0:08:21 > 0:08:25Look who's doing all the work, though!
0:08:25 > 0:08:28It's an easy ride for James and Alana.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30No peddling there!
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Ah, there's the Crocodile Rock!
0:08:32 > 0:08:35And it's in this old film, too!
0:08:36 > 0:08:40And there's Grampa Dougie and his brothers sitting on it
0:08:40 > 0:08:42when they were young.
0:08:49 > 0:08:54For years, holidays in Millport meant walks along the promenade,
0:08:54 > 0:08:58visiting the shops and playing on the beach.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02But for cyclists, it also meant stopping off at a special cafe.
0:09:02 > 0:09:07It was great for catching your breath halfway round the island.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09People still visit it today,
0:09:09 > 0:09:13including Grampa Dougie, Alana and James.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15When I was a boy, I used to come to this cafe.
0:09:15 > 0:09:20When I was cycling with my mummy and daddy, we stopped here for a drink.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- Would you like a drink? BOTH:- Yeah.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Yeah? Well, when we came in for a drink,
0:09:26 > 0:09:30I used to get a special iced drink, which is fizzy juice with ice cream.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33- Would you like to try one? BOTH:- Yeah.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Oh, look at this!
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Oh!
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Wow! They're enormous.
0:09:40 > 0:09:45Ice cream and lemonade together!
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Sounds great.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- Do you like that?- Yeah!
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Yummy!
0:09:54 > 0:09:56A well-deserved break.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Oh, what's that?
0:10:10 > 0:10:11Ah, it's a seal!
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Now it's time for some fun on the beach.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Building sandcastles, of course.
0:10:19 > 0:10:25When I was wee, I lived in a town. It was full of cars, buses and houses.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27I used to love to come to the seaside,
0:10:27 > 0:10:32and I used to play on the beach for hours and hours on end.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- What do you like to do on the beach? - Make sandcastles.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40- And you, James?- Make sandcastles. - Make sandcastles?
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Grampa's favourite thing to do is to go to the rock pools.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- Would you like to go?- Yeah!
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Right! We need nets and buckets, OK?
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Yeah.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53On we go.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10And off they go to find fishy things.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Come down here.
0:11:15 > 0:11:16Who's got a bucket?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- Me.- Me.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21I'll put some water in it in case we catch anything.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24And we have to put it in a bucket.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26And another bucket.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28That's good.
0:11:28 > 0:11:34- Right. Now what we'll do... Will we look under our rock?- Yeah.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Watch for anything moving.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Oh, I think I saw something there.
0:11:40 > 0:11:41Let's try.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46You might be in luck, Grampa.
0:11:46 > 0:11:47Oh, it got away.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49There!
0:11:49 > 0:11:51- Oh, goodness me.- What?
0:11:51 > 0:11:53There's lots under here.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54Can I see?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56How many things are under here?
0:11:56 > 0:11:59They all ran away. Try under there.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03No, nothing there.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07All you found was a big bit of seaweed!
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Always the way, Alana!
0:12:09 > 0:12:13If you catch anything and you put it in your bucket,
0:12:13 > 0:12:16you've always got to put it back in the water.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19You keep that seaweed safe, Grampa Dougie.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38- Did you enjoy my story about what I did when I was a boy?- Yes!
0:12:38 > 0:12:40And Grampa's story?
0:12:40 > 0:12:41Yeah!
0:12:43 > 0:12:47What a holiday for Alana and James with their Grampa Dougie.
0:12:47 > 0:12:52He took them to his favourite holiday place when he was a boy.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56They travelled back on a very special paddle steamer.
0:12:56 > 0:13:01They played on the beach, went to the rock pool and caught seaweed,
0:13:01 > 0:13:04and don't forget the caravan, the bike ride
0:13:04 > 0:13:06and that yummy ice cream drink.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10- What was your favourite, Alana? - The big bike!
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- And what was your favourite bit, James?- The beach!
0:13:13 > 0:13:17Well, you know, Grampa enjoyed every bit of it,
0:13:17 > 0:13:23being with you and Alana on holiday. Do you want to give me a big hug?
0:13:23 > 0:13:26What a fabulous heap of fun.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30That was James and Alana's and their Grampa Dougie's
0:13:30 > 0:13:34tiny tale about the holidays he used to take when he was young,
0:13:34 > 0:13:38and the things he loved to do and why he has an old suitcase.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42Now that Grampa Dougie has shared his story with them,
0:13:42 > 0:13:45it's time for James and Alana to start their own story.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Do you know someone who has a story to share?
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