My mother was Peggy Craven and she moved to Napiershall St after I left. Hot water was boiled on the stove and heat was a coal fire in the kitchen. Our toilet was out on the landing and shared by three families. I try to relate to them the conditions I grew up in, but I believe they think I am exagerating. I have lived in the USA since 1958 and have five children and 13 grandchildren. What a bunch of scruffs, but a few toffs also. I still have our class picture from the early fifties. I was the DUX at St Michaels,for those of you who know what that is,and Lettie Mc Kenna was the girl DUX. I attended St Michaels and then on to St Augustine's in Milton in the first year that it opened. I was born in 1943 and raised at 16 Oran St. What a wonderful surprise to find this site, and boy does it bring back memories. If anyone knows of my family or has any information it would be great to hear from you. We lived at 47 Viewmount Drive,Maryhill,Glasgow and moved to Canada in 1964. A connection to the Ballantynes is possible. My mother had an older sister and her biological mother remarried and had two sons. I was told once by my mother that Dad came from the Stewarts and the McGees. My mother was born in Ballymoney, Ireland 1908 or 1910 and was christened Jane Stewart however, her father died in Ireland and her mother gave her to William and Margaret Shaw to raise in Paisley. All I know is that his motherвЂ™s name was Catherine and he had a step-dad and was known as Tony Graham for a time so his step-dadвЂ™s name might have been Graham. My father was born in Glasgow in August 1910 and worked as a shepherd in the highlands, he worked in England and then back to Glasgow and then immigrated with the family to Canada. I am trying to trace my family history but do not know much about their family. Hello, my parents Thomas Sawyers and Jean Shaw (born Jane Stewart) came from Glasgow. Annette McTague nee BoyleДЄnnette Boyle Nee McTague | Mon Jun 09 2014 Still haven't seen anyone else from Firhill but the site is great and who would have thought back then that we would all be talking to each other from such great distances so quickly. you will be into winter I think and we are trying to decide if summer is going to arrive tomorrow or next week. There was also an older sister called Margret what brought them to mind was a neighbour of mine in his seventies still goes to concerts and mentioned a Maggie Bell concert he went to recently who was born in Maryhill and I remembered seeing a Maggie Bell performing a song called Freight Train on Kelvingrove park bandstand sometime in the late 40's or early 50's I looked her up in google and she is still singing and started with the Alex Harvey band she also has made some films with Billy Connoly and she was in Taggart I might be drawing the wrong conclusions but would be really interested to know if they were one and the same. The nearest to me in age was Helen and I remember she had an accident with an open tin lid. I would be interested if your mum remembers the Bell family that stayed next door to us. I think i am having some bother sending e-mails can you tell me if you received my last one you should have received at least two. Hi again Sonny Graham I hope both yourself and your mum are well.

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