mollag

6 months later i was on Claymore Alpha berthed on Tharos and can fully appreciate the sentiments expressed. Terrrilble times indeed!

The Star was a hard Man U pub at one time, they banned Sunday papers if Man U had lost, We noted that Man U when in the 2nd division had a leading goalscorer who was their own goalkeeper [A Stepney] so we thought it right and proper that we should point this out to the Star regulars! As the man said,"they dont like it up em" Yes there are scars, but it was worth it! Interesting point, the pub was an annexe to the Star Hotel on Prospect Hill and they were linked internally.

there was a similar set up thru a shop on Prospect Hill "horroks?" It was demolished for Victory house and a new right of way established to the side, the original , i think, linked right to Drumgold street and then Callows Slip [ Regent Street} We were always Falcon drinkers, the Tartan bar was the best around [circa 1970] The dogs i never liked, i was banned by Mrs Mc Aleer on my first visit! Used to have a drink with Max Glanz in the snug in later years, i was esentially his office then.

the nearest i came to it was a yiddish dish of chips with a parmesan style cheese sprinkled on top, 1950's Glasgow. I thought the mix of chips cheese and gravy was honkin till i had a skinfull and was talked into it, luverly!

I will try from left to right, top row 1 Jack sayle woodwork, all right type 2 Maths teacher, ended up in st ninians, sadistic type terrorised kids 3 Brian ? ollie beak by nick name, english teacher, not so bad 4 Popa Cannell, Juans dad, sound guy but not to be messed with 5 Possibly Don Beard, footie type, could be a tarter 6 Dont know 7 Cant remember but he was about middle 1 Deek Quirk, science type, known for big bangs and explosive temper 2 Mr Morrisey, one of natures gents 3 4 5 Dont know 6 Gerry o'toole took rural science [gardening] 7 Don King PE teacher, loved to punish boys with a ropes end or the dreaded gauntlet 8 Cant remember his name but he took geography and was a great teacher front row 1 Quane i think, nasty piece of work, love to have met him later and taught him about beating 11 year old kids with canes. 2 3 4 dont know 5 Frank luckman, headmaster 6 Hitler holroyd headmaster elect 7 school secretary lady 8 9 dont know Putty kelly i cant see, but i still meet him in marksies lift of a saturday, a sound guy and great teacher, if only there were more like him.

Hope this comes out. Balla teachers from just before my time {1964} A few decent ones but many more were tw@s.