The Third: "Sugarolly"

The Third: "Sugarolly".

This time around it's all about the street games in old Glesca. We hear all about the wee toerags wreaking havoc with the tenement folk tying their doors together with rope, catching hudgies at the BRS depot in Lister Street, being chased by Limpy Dan from the Kennedy Street playground, making what sounds to have been a very early poor man's version of soda stream drinks except with a particularly dodgy ingredient, and playing endless football through dinner which consisted of jeely pieces thrown down by the parents from the windows above.

Ah yes, you might get your PS3s and your HD TVs nowadays, but if the kids of today were to listen to this episode, without a shadow of doubt they'd choose "kick the can" or "dreep the dyke" over all your fancy technology any day. Ahem...

The new one's on its way

This is just a wee post to let you know that we're getting back into the game tonight.  My faither and I will be dusting off the microphone and hope to mull over the old games he used to play in the streets of Glasgow growing up in the 40s and 50s.

Look forward to me trying to understand the stories about making "sugarolly", catching "hudgies" at the BRS depot on Lister Street, and playing "P or a K" with the lassies (apparently that's "Punch or Kiss"!).

The new episode should be available tomorrow at some point, all going to plan, and I'll let you know once it's up.  Thanks for the emails to glasgowgenerations@googlemail.com in the meantime, and keep them coming in so we can read out your memories of Glasgow on the show.

Happy New Year

Yup, happy 2010 folks. That's it for now. See you soon.

Huv a guid wan anawarat

That's us signing off for 2009 and the end of the first decade of the 21st Century.

I've completed a wee post to end the year and another to end the decade, so check out the link, and I'd like to thank you for listening to our new podcast - let's hope it begins to take off in the New Year.

Have a great festive break and we'll see you soon.

The Second: "Coal"

The Second: "Coal".

This one's all about Christmas and Hogmanay in Glasgow back in the day, and I think you'll soon come to the understanding via Charlie's fading memories about the festive period, that when he was growing up in the City, the real celebration was at the Bells rather than around the Christmas dinner table.

He really tries his best to call up some recollections of the homemade toys and penny caramels, visiting the genuine Santa at the old Lewis's store in Argyle Street, and saving for some Italian treats at Christmas, but what becomes clear is that back in the 40's and 50's in Glasgow, the New Year parties were far more important, with the spinning of bottles until 8am, the first footing of all the tenement neighbours, the walking through the East End to find another bash, and the strange tradition of polishing coal...

...That said, the main revelation in this episode is actually the choice of faither's first record, but it's probably best to keep that one quiet. Have a great festive break on us and we'll see you in 2010!

Some Christmas Memories

Alrighteo, this is just a wee quickie to let you know that we'll be recording the new episode of the podcast tonight, so it should be available tomorrow at some point.

This one will be focussed on Christmas fun in Glasgow back in the day, and how it used to be Hogmanay that stole the headlines at this time of year rather than Santa Claus.  Just wait till you see the photo of my faither meeting ol' saint Nick in Lewis's in Glasgow during the 50's - it's a cracker!

Cheers for now.

Festive Love from iTunes

It just goes to show you.  All those long, droning conversations you might have with your parents from time to time can actually prove interesting to other folks out there.

All we're doing here with Glasgow Generations is to record me listening to my faither yap on about growing up in the City, so when I noticed today that iTunes have not only listed our little cyberspace adventure, but also featured it in their New Releases section of podcasts, I'm still scratching my napper!

Hopefully more people will catch on to the show as we record more and more over time, and as before, we'd love to hear your own stories and memories about the old Glasgow.