The tenement buildings that let in the snow, Through the cracks in the plaster the cold wind did blow. And the water we washed in was fifty below.
We read by the gaslight, we had nae T. Remember the toilet that stood on the stair, It had tae accommodate 15 or mair, An the broken wee windae let in the fresh air, An Ah sometimes went in, aye, but just for a dare.
Loved them. I grew up in the old Glasgow. Left Glasgow in for Boston. Wasn't that what the cow- catcher was there for? And it would be a good lesson to the youngster for the future. Weir 91ff. I don't suppose any of us suspected we were abbreviating the word 'Italians', as we raced from school to the Tallies in search of one of the many wonders within its small interior. At that time all the ice cream in Glasgow seemed to be made by Italians. And I don't even suppose the lazily good- tempered proprietrix minded being called a Tally.
She knew we loved her. A penny bought a cup of 'pea brae', which was actually the thickened water in which the peas had been boiled, liberally seasoned with pepper and a good dash of vinegar. There was always the excitement of maybe finding a few squashed peas at the bottom of the cup [ The lordly ones seated at the tables consumed threepenny plates of peas, which made us sick with envy, but when the day arrived when we were big enough and rich enough to spend threepence in one go, I found to my surprise and disappointment that I preferred the penny 'pea brae'.
Weir ff. Another glimpse of the world of washing-day could be caught at the 'steamy' [ These were tubs and apparatus hired by women who had no proper wash- house in their tenement back courts, or who preferred the community atmosphere of the 'steamy' to a solitary session in their own wash-house. Weir I welcome the material improvement in the city's living standards which has taken place in my lifetime but I wish, as reformers through the ages have wished, that reformers knew how to create or preserve community spirit.
One way not to do it is to replace city districts with arid motorways. The final question, "if you scrape the veneer aff, are these things still there? The sedate colours of the tiles in 'good' closes were ornament enough, but the hoi-poloi kept upsides with the bien by decorating the floors of their entries at the wall-edges with pipeclay scrolls carefully and precisely applied in designs peculiar to each close [ As William Stevenson remembers [ We'd one like that and there was a right bit of aggravation over her, I can tell you.
The rest didnae get on with her at all. And it wasnae just the untidy whitenin', she left Brasso smudges round the wee knobs down the banister an' all. Blair, Tea at Miss Cranston's 66ff. But we did have girds and cleeks and we thought they took us just as fast. You would girn at a half-mile walk to go a message for your Ma, but three miles planned-out wi' your gird was nothing The flat iron yins ran quite sweet, but the lassies had mostly wooden ones that bounced and wobbled The days of solitary rub-a-dubbing [in the back-court washie] were nearly over since by then Glasgow had built its chain of Public Baths and wash-houses, and brought revolution to wash-day.
Revolution and a new social divide. The Steamie had arrived. Ladies did not go to the steamie, but those who did found that it had its own culture and chaff, from which the toffs were never missed.
The steamie was divided into stalls, each with its small iron boiler and sink, let out at a shilling an hour. It was a long thing and you pulled it out, put your clo'es on it and then pushed the whole lot back into a kind of quick-drying chamber.
And there was another thing forbye that, a sort- of hand-cawed drier. There was a man there did that. You draped your washin' on a frame, he birled it round wi' the handle and all the wet came spinnin' out the clo'es. There at the steamie, women whose homes were too small to entertain visitors enjoyed an alternative social life Blair, Tea at Miss Cranston's f.
They came from the poorer parts of Italy from the s onwards, bringing with them a new style of catering. Many started with ice cream or hot chestnut barrows on the streets [ While fish and chip shops were unknown in Italy, in Glasgow they were run almost exclusively by Italians [ The brightly painted ice cream parlours and the willingness of the Italians to work on Sundays brought out the wrath of Glasgow's sabbatarians in the early years of the present century.
The literature of the Sunday Traders Defence Association [ King, Palace I've seen it read out by Molly Weir on TV. With difficulty. I know Danish and Norwegian better. Very good both for new and second-hand book shops, even the smallest village might have one or even two. Mesehowe: Illustrations of the Runic Literature of Scandinavia , Councillor Soc.
A lot of books on runes are in Scandinavian languages — runes are in older versions of these languages. I also have books about runic inscriptions in Britain. My interest in runes is part of my interest in Scandinavia and in the non-Celtic side of Scotland. I get annoyed at people who describe everything Scottish as Celtic. The festival was in Berlin! Tags: Adam McNaughtan. Loved reding your article with Adam. He was my English teacher back in I believe this was written by him. Do you know how I can contact Adam?
Nice easy to read and informative article. Great interview! Hi Jennie, Good run-up. I learn so much more about Adam now. Regards, Winny from ActuallyRank. Adam was My English teacher in Haugesund, Norway back in the mid-sixties. I would like to get in touch with him. I was just reminiscing about the day you played your guitar in our playground at Bannerman High School. Interested to read about the scandi connection with runes. Hello I would really link to write to Adam Mcnaughtan, as i am currently working on a project about life in glasgow wally closes.
If anyone can help me contact him — please can you get in touch. Thanks Best wishes linda. I read your article on Adam McNaughton with interest. Can you help? Regards, Stuart.
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