Your memories: I thought I saw America from the Forth Bridge

It was an innocent childhood comment 84-year-old Chris Buchanan, from Port Seton, has never been allowed to forget.

Mistaking the coastline of Fife for far off Atlantic shores provoked much laughter from her family and friends - and still does to this day.

Now seeing the funny side, she shares her childhood memories spent in East Lothian where fishing and all things nautical were very much at the heart of her younger days.

"Many years ago, my Uncle Andrew owned a fishing boat, Lively Hope LH32, at Fisherrow Harbour in Musselburgh, and my father sailed with him. The boat is now on display in Anstruther Museum.

"In early June most years, the Fisherrow fleet set sail for herring fishing off the Isle of Man. The boats were all freshly painted with flags flying.

"We children were allowed a day off school to join with other families to sail to Grangemouth for a meal and then we took the bus home.

"On one occasion, I remember sailing under the Forth Bridge and close to the Fife side, I asked, "Is that America?". A joke on me for a long time.

"Depending on how good the summer was, my father would be away for six to eight weeks, so my mother would let out one of the rooms in our home to holiday makers who enjoyed the sea and sand. She cooked for them and they loved her custard puddings - so did I! If I were in at the time I would ask if I could clean the pot - delicious.

"I remember my father would send home clothes to be washed, along with a book of stamps which would be used to send the clean ones back. We were always so excited when he finally came home again."