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from an old Drumchapel boy we played games of hide and seek the ‘big boulder’ was always the den. One of our best games was called “one man hunt”. Everybody hid everywhere and one person was het. The het-man had to hunt all the rest. But each person he caught joined the hunters. This game went on all day. Sometimes you had to be careful If you were too good at hiding and nobody caught you. When you came out of your secret hiding place nobody was there. The other boys and girls had all gone home for their supper. They forgot you were still hiding. That happened to me. We wondered if the ‘big boulder’ guarded the secret entrance to a cave from the olden days. We wondered where the cave would lead to and there was treasure down there. One of my pals heard a story from his grandpa who heard a story from his grandpa. This story said that the cave was the secret hideout of the bravest leader and the best fighter of all the Gaelic Clans. He alone put the big boulder there to cover the entrance to his secret cave. His name was Fionn MacCuill and he was with the warriors of Erin. The warriors of Erin [Ireland] and the warriors of Alba [Scotland] were cousins and fought the same enemies. In Erin [Ireland] their Clan names were O’Donnell and O’Neill. In Alba [Scotland] their Clan names were MacDonald and McNeil. The McNeills were great singers too. One of the best is a woman called Flora McNeil. She is now an old lady but is still singing. She lives in Glasgow. Many of the old McNeil Clan are found in the islands of the Inner Hebrides. One is called Barra. The MacDonalds were the biggest clan in all of Scotland. Their main place was the island of 52
from an old Drumchapel boy Isla. Their Chief was called the Lord of the Isles. Some Kings of England and Britain did not like the MacDonalds. Their Clanspeople had to leave Scotland. They went to America and to Canada. Me and my pals wanted to find the secret hideout of the brave Fionn MacCuill. We tried to push the big boulder. Ten of us boys and girls tried and tried to push the ‘big boulder’. It would not budge even one inch. We never saw into the cave. If we ran too fast past the big boulder and on and on down the hill, we landed right in the water. There was a burn here. This burn was deep in places. It went through the middle of the field. Away on one side was my street, Glenkirk Drive. Away on the other side was Southdeen Avenue. But when we moved into One Scheme Drumchapel there was no Southdeen Avenue. The workmen were just beginning to build it. On this side of the field we had a good place for football. In the summer we played other games. Rounders was the best. We played cricket too. It was not so easy to play cricket. People needed a lot of stuff for that game. Wickets, stumps, bails and bats and special balls. The balls were very heavy and solid. They were dangerous. Once a boy threw a cricket ball to one of my pals. My pal was to catch the ball. But he forgot he was playing cricket. He thought he was playing football. He jumped up and headed the ball instead of catching it. The ball went clunk on his head and he was knocked unconscious. We had to go away up to his house and tell his mother. She took him to the doctor. But he was okay. The doctor said the boy had a hard head. Maybe he had made a dent in the cricket-ball instead. 53
Page 3 and 4: INTRODUCTION This book was written
Page 5 and 6: Drumchapel was still being built an
Page 7 and 8: There were no shops either. People
Page 9 and 10: Hide n seek in the Bluebell Woods 9
Page 11 and 12: My sister and I got a comic each ev
Page 13 and 14: too of someone's dog. Though it was
Page 15 and 16: Tracy’s Mum - 1960s When my mum w
Page 17 and 18: Games Outside 1970s Outside we play
Page 19 and 20: My Brother 1970s My brother used to
Page 21 and 22: My Castle I used to go to Drumry Pr
Page 23 and 24: The Whitie Coming home from school
Page 25 and 26: Jamie McKenzie 2000 When I was youn
Page 27 and 28: Taylor Mack 2013 I like to play in
Page 29 and 30: My Bike. I like playing on my bike,
Page 31 and 32: Erin - 3DS Game Erin has 4 games on
Page 33 and 34: Scooby Doo 2013 Barry plays Scooby
Page 35 and 36: Chloe G P7 I like playing with my f
Page 37 and 38: Betty Crawford When Betty was young
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Page 41 and 42: Hide and seek If you have ever play
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