Which street did you live on? I was born in March 1940 and lived on Priory Road, Knightswood with my mother and father, sisters Jean and Margaret and brother Ian.

Earliest memory of Glasgow? I remember the sirens and air raid shelters during the war, and the searchlights scouring the sky and the ballast balloons above Knightswood. The Germans were aiming for Barr and Stroud’s at Anniesland.

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Which school did you go to? Knightswood Primary and then Knightswood Senior Secondary. At the school dance I was in the fashion - grey trousers and a dark blue blazer with my initials embroidered on the pocket.

Where did you go dancing? The Dennistoun Palais. We got the number thirty tram to and from the dancing. On the way back we’d squeeze into the small compartment at the front. One of the boys, Ian, would lower the window with the attached leather strap and change the destination board. We ‘d have a right laugh watching everyone confused about why the No 30 wasn’t going to Knightswood.

Happiest memory? When I married Jean Rogerson from Clydebank. I met Jean in the Majestic on Hope Street, and was too shy to ask her out. About four weeks later, we were at the St Andrews Halls for a change, and amazingly, Jean was there. We lived in Victoria Road above the Pandora bar, then Clydebank where Jean worked at Singer’s. Jean passed away in April this year. I miss her dearly.

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Best thing about growing up in Glasgow? I have three sons who all work in Glasgow. We (including the grandchildren) support Partick Thistle. It is great to return to the dear green place. The house in Priory Road was sold off after we had all grown up. One day, my son, who had also stayed there while a student at Jordanhill College, told me he’d had a dream the house was back on the market. In the morning, he had rushed round to see, and the For Sale sign was up. So he now lives there with his partner, in my childhood home, in the city of my birth.