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Grove Street
"My Granny
Malone had a system that all her children
were paired up with a neice or nephew. My
dad, Pat Malone,
was paired up with his nephew John Moran."
Milk Round
"My
dad was born in 1919 and I think John was maybe
born 8 years after.
My dad stayed at 90 Grove Street, and
had a job with the milk horses in Grove Street.
When he was about 14 or 15 (or maybe younger)
he went out on the milk round.
John was told by Granny Malone that it
was his job as well. John had all
the running to do as my dad sat on the cart with the horse. However
John at this age thought it was wonderful that his Uncle Pat let him
work with him and, yes,
they always did have a good relationship."
Sean Connery
"Peter Moran
was best friend of Sean (Tam) Connery and
use to visit him in London. Once, when
Peter was down in London, a
'Red Carpet'
event came up and Tam took Peter along.
People were
shouting and Peter said to Tam - 'What do I do?'
Tam said 'Sign autographs and
enjoy'. So someone
out there has an autograph of the famous Peter Moran!!!!"
Granny Malone
"Every Sunday
all the grandchildren were at Granny Malone's.
Each week, Granny Malone told one
of her children to take charge and to see
to the feeding and to cleaning up the
dishes.
When it was
my father's turn,
the nieces and nephews had their
soup then had to wash their own bowls before the next course was
served in the same bowl. It was then
washed by whoever was allocated the bowl before their pudding was
served. So my father only had one
lot of dishes to wash!"
Families
"There
were about 9 from the Moran clan alone,
as well as the Malones, McGraws
and Taylors. Molly Moran (née
Malone) was the eldest of the Malones and
my dad was one of the youngest. Molly's
eldest was born in 1922 and my dad
in 1919!"
Still Drinking?
"Years later,
Molly was visiting Grove Street. My
mum and dad were married and, yes,
living in 90 Grove street as well. My
dad, who at the time had a black lab
'Lassie' was
taking Molly to the bus stop for her to go home.
My dad enjoyed
a drink at the time. Molly asked him
if he was still drinking as much. My
dad, being the young brother,
said 'Of course
not Molly, I'm
now married and have responsibilities."
However, Lassie had other ideas and
stopped off at every pub on the way to the bus stop!"
Stables
"When I was a
young girl, living in Niddrie Mill,
my dad would take me every so often to the stables in Grove Street
to see the horses on all the different floors. It
was wonderful - the smell and all the beautiful and well-cared-for
horses. Maybe that's why I now have
5 horses."
Wartime
"Granny Malone
received a telegram when my dad was in the war,
telling her that he was missing in action,
presumed killed as someone had seen him shot dead.
So they all thought the worst until the family went to the pictures
on a Saturday afternoon and saw a news reel
showing prisoners of war.
Someone spotted my
dad as a prisoner of war. They ran back to
Grove Street and brought Granny Malone to the picture house at
Fountainbridge, where the manager re-ran
the news reel and Granny Malone confirmed that it was my dad.
He was in Stalag
41B.
When he came home there was a big
'Welcome Home' party in a building on George the
IV Bridge." |
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Everything in the house at Murdoch Terrace
was highly polished and immaculate. My
Great-grandmother had Victorian values.
Women in the family were not allowed to smoke in her presence,
and drinking was frowned upon."