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Fruit Shop
"My Uncle Hector and his wife, Peggy, owned a fruit shop / deli
at Holy Corner for many years.
I have fond childhood memories of my Mum being given balsa wood
baskets containing 'chipped' white peaches and occasionally
pomegranates. My sister Jackie, my brother James and I could
choose one piece each and enjoy."
These fruits seemed
so exotic at a time when we were living at Magdalene and my mother
was only able to purchase a couple of apples, a couple of oranges
and a banana on a Saturday.
Grocer's Shop
"My Grandpa James (Jimmy Hastie) had a grocers shop along with
my Grannie Agnes (Craig) at Brunstane Bank in Joppa - I think in the
1970's. The shop was sold to Mr. Bryce who used to drive a
mobile bakers' shop around our scheme in Magdalene."
On the Streets
"At
Magdalene, I remember:
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the
rag and bone man. Regardless of how many clothes you gave him, you
still got the same 'gift'
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the chip van with its vats of boiling fat
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the fish van
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the fruit van (which definitely allowed my mum the chance to buy
more fruit for us because it was cheaper)
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Mr Rendall's mobile grocer shop.
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Also Barrs juice lorry
and, my favourite
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the old man who used to come round with a box of toffee apples
for sale for 6d, He would shout:
'tawfyapulsforrrrsaaaiiiiiiilllllleee'.
He would
carefully place the box on the ground and then snort loudly and then
'gob' right next to the shiny red caramel-coated delicacies.
This did not bother us children, but my mum was mortified."
Carol Lamond,
Argyll, Scotland: October 8, 2009
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