by leverngirl » Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:21 pm
Re Methane's story about his uncle and the boiler house, as it was called. Very interesting, thanks for that. We lived in the close next door to the boiler house on Glentyan Drive.
There was a high wall separating our back green from the boiler house ground. We would climb the wall, see who could run the fastest along it or have hopping competitions along it (can't believe that now !)
Anyway we would have sometimes have conversations with the man who ran it (who might have been your Uncle Pat, Methane) I might be wrong about this........long time...........but was he Irish ?
Also, on the side of our backgreen and backing on to the boiler house, was a large old house with a big overgrown garden. We would climb on the wall and pinch the redcurrants and blackcurrants. No inhabitants of this house were ever seen, but there was a dog named Ricky and for this reason, the house was known as Ricky's house. We thought it a very mysterious house, the sort of place a mysterious heroine might be imprisoned. This house fronted on to Glenlora Drive and was one of a few old houses left in what was now Craigbank. The local doctor Dr Wattsman had a house there and in another large house was a priest (or priests) and housekeepers. There was an Irish gardener. (actually Methane, I might be confusing him with your uncle, tho I definitely remember conversations at the boiler house).
Anyway, your post brought back a lot of memories so thanks again