Forbes and Hughie (aka Jack and Victor) come in every day to play dominoes in the café. We asked them what they think of the Centre.

Forbes: We like this place. We’ve been in right since the beginning.

Hughie: We stay just up the road. I come round for Forbes and then we get buses to places. Ayr and that.

Forbes: We go to Largs practically every week. And to Saltcoats, Edinburgh …

Hughie: Millport. Cos we’ve got these free tickets y’see. You find places you like to have your dinner.

Forbes: We used to play boules. We played indoor boules at the old neighbourhood centre before the roof fell in. We still play pool round at St Paul’s. We used to have carpet bowls but too many folk died off.

Hughie: Aye. Of course it was nearly all cancer too.

Forbes: Aye.

Hughie: But we’ve always played each other at dominoes. Whoever wins, wins. It’s just for fun.

Forbes: There’s this guy we sometimes play with, he could sit five minutes with just two dominoes because he wants to beat you.

They laugh

Forbes: Oh! We say to him, Will you play the day after the morra?

They laugh again

Hughie: The other week this wee girl comes in

Forbes: She’s what, seven and a half?

Hughie: Six.

Forbes: Six is it. Aye.

Hughie: She says Can I play dominoes? I says Well can you play? She says Aye. Then she goes on to beat us at six games …

Forbes: Three.

Hughie: Each!

Forbes: Oh aye.

They laugh

Forbes: So when we get back from a day out we’ll come in here. We’re in most days. We always have the same. (Points to the cake display) A fly cemetery – have you heard of that?

Hughie: Course we won’t be in next week cos we’re away on holiday to Blackpool. We’re going together. You get three or four days going to different places. We’re going to the ice show, aren’t we?

Forbes: Aye. I’m hoping there’s a panto but I don’t know.

Hughie: No, there’ll no be a panto yet Forbes.

Forbes: Maybe not.

Hughie: But we’ll be back the week after.

Forbes: There’s not a thing you can complain about here.

Hughie: Aye. Not yet anyway.

Forbes: (to the interviewer) Tell you what. You’re just the right height for cuddlin.

Hughie: You’ll need to watch him.

They laugh.