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Aug.2009,
email from Les Jolly, Glasgow
I’ve
attached a cartoon which may be of
interest. It was written by an artist, I think his name is David, who
was a pupil at Annfield Primary. I left the East End in 1973 and used
the “Spray Baths”, it’s definitely part of our social
history. Regards, Les.
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Webmaister:
yes indeed Les a part of our social history, I remember getting the
'sprays' at Dalmarnock Pimary School
A fabulous cartoon be great if we could get the artist's full name.
Sept.2016 Success !!! received this email ..... I'm the author and artist of the cartoon that appears on your school photos page.
It's from my Kindle book 'Walking doon the Gallowgate'. I was at Annfield Primary in Cubie Street from 1955-1962.
Best wishee, David Moffat
Webmaister: Lovely to hear from David and to credit him for the wonderful cartoon and indeed his Kindle book.....
Walking doon the Gallowgate
Walking doon the Gallowgate is the humorous story of the author’s childhood in 1950s Glasgow.
Told in words and pictures (over 300
drawings, and photographs) the book looks at family, school and life in
general,
through the all seeing, unblinking eyes of a
pre-teenage boy.
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Webmaister
I remember at Dalmarnock primary
school in the late 1950s, early 1960s. A
big lorry would park in Albany street and silver 6ft by 6ft
panels
were carried in and assembled into portable showers, only sides with no
roof, built in the playground. We were assembled and then sent in
to
get a shower. Carbolic soap, a towel and scrubbers were given to
you.
Outside school
toilets too of course in the playground
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June 2015, Rod Gall, Australia
we used to get them
a St.Marks Primary school in the 50s
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June 2015, Margaret Reid, Melbourne, Australia
it
was mobile showers we had in our school in Springburn too..
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June 2015, Mary Farries, Australia
We had outside DRY
toilets at St Luke's in the Gorbals. Attached to the back of the school
was a school for special needs children. Every Friday morning we were
taken there & a green lady checked us for nits & if we needed a
'spray' we went into communal showers
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Sept 2016, David Moffat, Age 66, Glasgow, Scotland
I'm the author and artist of the cartoon that appears on your school photos page.
It's from my Kindle book 'Walking doon the Gallowgate'. I was at Annfield Primary in Cubie Street from 1955-1962.
Best wishes, David Moffat
Webmaister: Lovely to hear from David and to credit him for the wonderful cartoon and indeed his Kindle book.....
Walking doon the Gallowgate
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June 2019, Margaret McDermott, Glasgow
I left Strathclyde Primary School in 1972 we had these showers
all through primary, the nurse ( don't know why) would check for nits
'n lice and look down yer knickers too.
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Jan. 2020, Gordon Clark, Age 70, Fort William, Scotland
Came over the stories of the Glesga Sprays. This is
close to my heart
as the man in charge of the sprays and the "GREEN LADIES" was my
dad.
His name was George Clark and he worked up to retiral in1973 at which
point the "MOBILE SPRAY BATH UNIT" as it was called was also retired.
If I can work out how to, I will post a couple of pictures of the unit
for amusement. Aw ra
best.
clarkhome@talktalk.net
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