I was born in Edrom Street, Shettleston in 1945 in a very old tenement, there was no running hot water and four families shared the outside toilet. During the winter when the outside water pipes were often frozen it was a nightmare, no tap water, no toilets, it was very difficult for my mother to cope with cooking, washing etc.

I attended St. Mark’s primary school, my favourite subject was art, we were asked to do a painting of our street and house, my mum held on to that painting all this time. I am glad she did, the building is long gone and in it’s place a Sheltered housing complex, my Mum got one of the new flats there, so she ended up back in the street she was born in 1911.