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Streets of Glesga ....Lily
Street, Bridgeton.
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No. 62
Lily Street ......... many a happy time
spent in this house 1 up right when my Great
Granny Rankin
lived here in the 1950s and 60s. Very
fond memories of house parties especially at
the ne'erday!
She died in this house 17 Feb 1968, 08:00pm
aged 81yrs.
I was 14 at the time and I remember 'having'
to go into her bedroom to see her lying in
her coffin.
In those days only men went to the funeral
and I remember my mother, granny and aunties
all crying
at the windows as we ( the men ) left with
the cortege to her final resting place in
Sandymount Cemetery.
My great Uncle Bobby Rankin remained in the
house till his death in
Feb.1985
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Lily Street 1970s young boys
wearing 'Flares'
photo: James Alexander Martin
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Lily Street
weans 
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| Back row |
1. Jean
Marshall |
2. May
Skivington |
3. Sadie
Dickson |
4. tall girl |
5. Kathleen
McFarlane |
| Front row |
1. Jim
McDonald |
2. Bobby
Marshall |
3. Ena Burns |
4 girl |
5 Bobby Burns |
Apr.2007,
Barbara Barclay (nee McDonald), Prestwick,
Scotland
.... ..this photo was taken round the back in
Lily St at end of WW2 I know some of
the names May Skivington, Sadie Dickson, Jean
McDougall, Bobby Burns my brother Jim McDonald
is in the front row.
My Grandad Crone lived at 55 Lily
Street my cousin Teresa Wallace lived
with him for years then he moved to Troon
Street. I was born in ma Granda's house the
Skivingtons were next door the Dicksons
first landing next door Mrs Higgins the
McDougalls lived in the close next door the
Mones and Katy married a guy called Jimmy
Rankin. they were all big families . I am
sure no 1 is Jean McDougall her sister lived
in the same hoose and she married a
Marshall, all the families lived together
then cause they couldny get a hoose efter
the war,... regards Barbara
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Apr.2007,
Helen F Martin (nee Pritchard), New York, USA.
The first girl in the upper left hand corner,
has to be Jean Marshall, a girl I went to school
with. She lived in Lily Street, between Connel
Street and Kinnear Road.
She had a sister named Peggy, if my memory
serves me well. I could not be mistaken! It has
to be Jean Marshall.
You know Webmaister, I never knew your great
granny, but I do remember the name Rankin. It is
truly amazing, what gets stored up in our memory
bank.
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