Whilst her husband Jimmy was at work Fairfields shipyards, and the weans were just growing up Ruby Kilkie needed a job to supplement their income, but needed it to fit in with the nursery and St Saviour’s primary school that
Winkles for tea
What’s wrong with Martin?
When I was growing up in Penilee it was always interesting watching the antics of my big brother Martin. He saw himself as a scientist, enjoyed it at school and also was keen to experiment at home. One day I
Superboy strikes again
As kids, on Christmas eve, we would each choose a chair where we wanted Santa to leave our presents and we’d hang up our stockings on the back of the chair. One year, we all came rushing through on Christmas morning
Superboy
Our house at 227 Peat Rd had the main dual carriageway at the front with wide pavement and grass verge then our front garden. At the rear we had a small pathway then a steep rockery with about 12 or
Police emergency
When my brother Bernie Kilkie was born in May 1961 it was a event that caused great celebration in our house. He was born at 1301 Govan Road (The Southern General Hospital) as were many Kilkies and then came back
On the buses
One of my favourite family stories was about my Grandad Bernard McKeever Halliday. The story goes that when he was a bus conductor on the Corporation buses after the war he got fed up with the driver starting the buses
Me and Jimmy
The photo was taken around 2000-2001 in Glencoe.I took my dad Thomas Kilkie and his sister (Kathleen who is named wrongly in the tree as Katherine) up to Fort William.We took a day out and went down to Glencoe. As
Joining of the Kilkie clans
One of the problems with Family history for familes from Northern Ireland is that official sources are rare, particularly when you approach the beginning of the 19th century.One of the main aims of this family research is to join the
Jacamo
How many of you have seen the Jacamo TV Ad? Did you know that the guy with the beard in it is Lee Boyle? He is my cousin and grandson of Mary Ann Kilkie 1915 and Patrick James Boyle 1908.I
Gone fishing
This wee story is for my cousins in the Docherty families, the real fishermen in the Kilkie clan. Unlike some game fishermen I know, I was able to go fishing every weekend after only a short walk from our house
Glen Cinema disaster
In the afternoon of 31 December 1929, during a children’s matinee, a freshly shown film was put in its metal can, in the spool room, where it began to issue thick black smoke. Nitrocellulose film, as used at this time,
Football in the family
My grandmother , Jean Kilkie nee Collins’s( 1875-1949) younger brother was David Collins 1887.His son was Thomas Collins who married Isabella Young in 1930 at 84 Dixon Ave Church of Scotland and the following year Robert Young Collins was born who later went
Fight for a lost dad
The son of a war casualty is fighting for his father’s name to be included on a memorial – more than 60 years after his death.Tom Kilkie’s family were devastated when dad James was omitted from a plaque dedicated to
Christmas at Lewis’s
Some of my favourite childhood memories were our annual outings to Santa’s Grotto in Lewis’s store in Argyle St, Glasgow. We always went on 8th December as it was a holiday of obligation and in those days Catholics had a
Brian met Subo
Brian (Robertson) bumped into Susan Boyle this week in Buchanan St, Glasgow. She was launching the Poppy Appeal for 2012. She was happy to pose for a photo. They were even wearing matching colours!! Robbie Kilkie
Bombs in Pollokshaws
My mother Annie Kilkie occasionally spoke of the war years in Pollokshaws. While Pollokshaws itself was spared any of the bombing it nevertheless had to contend with air raid sirens, drills, and sleepless nights in the shelters and bunkers. Most