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I grew up in Montrose.  A favourite childhood walk, in easy walking distance of home, was to the Curlie.
As its name suggests it was an outdoor curling pond in the days before the introduction of indoor curling.
The long-defunct Montrose Curling Club originally played on the Mary Loch, at Little Mill on the outskirts of the town, on the Brechin road.  The Mary Loch was drained in the 1920s and there is no trace of it now.
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Indoor curling is the norm now but ponds like the Curlie in Montrose were once important places for recreation. ....

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