Salvation Army, Sunday School Rating Options

[proudmaryhiller]

Don't know if this subject has been covered already? Does anyone remember The Salvation Army hut in Craigmont Street,Maryhill? my sister and I would go to Sunday School there,I remember you had to take a white card with you every week and if you had perfect attendance you would get a gold star!

I was absolutely mesmerised by the way they played the tambourines and just wanted to get my hands on one of them lol! I can remember that you would go there one evening mid week and they would ask questions I think it was mainly to do with the bible and if you got it right they fired sweets at you! you had to be really quick if someone gave a correct answer as these sweets were like missiles you would duck when you saw them coming at you (no health and safety in those days)!

Also there was a wee door that led to a room and I was fascinated by this door so nosey and wanted to go and see what was behind it! I also remember we were taken to a house in Stratford Street to sing to some elderly people they seemed to think I had quite a good singing voice and I was chosen on this particular occasion, well I thought I was just to sing the first verse of this song and stopped midway through it I remember the Major just staring at me and I had to ask if I was to sing another verse, I was near hysterical when I got home that night lol! I've enclosed a picture of the Hall courtesy of Mitchell Library.

[wee davy]

If ye were able tae look through this 'mary', in a line wi' the kids stood on the corner, oor back yard, and hoose wiz directly behind it - I spent much of my childhood playin' time in that lane just behind this.
The gable end on the right is what came tumbling down, around 69' in the great storm - crushing said hut to smithereens!
I'd forgotten about the sweeties getting chucked at ye'!
Across the street from the front of the hut, wiz the scrappy - another 'place of wonder', until one day I managed to get myself stranded inside an industrial boiler - the wee man who always chased ye' heard ma whimpering and I was eventually 'retrieved'.

[glasgow lass]

I remember the sally with very dond memories,
mass at ten, the sally at two. I think it was mostly catholics that went.

[margie]

Lass, I remember the salvation army in Killearn street with great affection cause the chapel and the church would,nt christen me because my parents were different religion from each other so i was baptised in the sally ann. My aunty said it was the nicest service she had ever been at. I think they must have took pity oan me. cheers Margie.

[glasgow lass]

margie the sally was so much fun, a dont know the one that was on Killearn St but at the one on
Craigmont there was a part during the service where Betty would ask us if we would like
to come up tae the front to speak tae the Lord ,sort of like a confession tae tell'yie wee
sins.So at the frunt Betty asks ma sister if she has something to say to God, Aye she said,
God is it OK that a whis a mass this morning.
Naw margie they are luck to have you.

[proudmaryhiller]

If ye were able tae look through this 'mary', in a line wi' the kids stood on the corner, oor back yard, and hoose wiz directly behind it - I spent much of my childhood playin' time in that lane just behind this.
The gable end on the right is what came tumbling down, around 69' in the great storm - crushing said hut to smithereens!
I'd forgotten about the sweeties getting chucked at ye'!
Across the street from the front of the hut, wiz the scrappy - another 'place of wonder', until one day I managed to get myself stranded inside an industrial boiler - the wee man who always chased ye' heard ma whimpering and I was eventually 'retrieved'.

Aw Davy I wish I could find a picture of my wee Street where I played happily for hours. In Craigmont St/Drive me and my sister used to go up and down there on our wee scooters! when I look now at how steep they were and no helmets either quite dangerous. I remember the scrappy and being taken through a very dark tunnel by the older kids and feeling terrified!
I don't know how any of us didn't end up seriously injured with the things you got up to, jumpin dykes over the manky middens lol! no Nintendo's in those days!

[proudmaryhiller]

margie the sally was so much fun, a dont know the one that was on Killearn St but at the one on
Craigmont there was a part during the service where Betty would ask us if we would like
to come up tae the front to speak tae the Lord ,sort of like a confession tae tell'yie wee
sins.So at the frunt Betty asks ma sister if she has something to say to God, Aye she said,
God is it OK that a whis a mass this morning.
Naw margie they are luck to have you.

lol! Lass I thought the Sally Army was only for Proddy's!

[glasgow lass]

mary we had the best of both wurlds, cats in the morning and dogs in the aft.lol.

[wee davy]

aye - it wiz right enough, lass - a 'double scoop'! lol Don't remember huvvin tae tell God nuttin, in the efternin, tho'! Must've told him everythin in the mornin', eh?

[glasgow lass]

lol aye double scoop right enough davy, then we had tae tell the priest on Fridays
that we had been at the sally on Sunday. Is it a wonder that am so disfunctional. ,
but no matter what a did love the singing at the sally,,,,,,,,,,,
we are climbing jacobs ladder ladder lol.

[TeeHeeHee]

Well I hate tae admit it but way oot in the sticks (Blantyre) in the mid '50s I got thrown off the Sally Ann fitbaw team ... too greedy; widnae pass the baw. Ah had the Holy spirit back then bit nae team spirit

[glasgow lass]

dae'yi have a spirit on'yi now Tee. ( or in'yi )

[TeeHeeHee]

Ah happen to be a very spiritual atheist ... trouble wi' being gemini

[proudmaryhiller]

lol aye double scoop right enough davy, then we had tae tell the priest on Fridays
that we had been at the sally on Sunday. Is it a wonder that am so disfunctional. ,
but no matter what a did love the singing at the sally,,,,,,,,,,,
we are climbing jacobs ladder ladder lol.

That song brings back memories and by god they could sure play they tambourines!

[wee davy]

The Sally Army are a fine institution. Engendering everything (and more) we know we ALL should/could be doing better. The wonderful thing is they have always done it simply for the joy of giving. This particular one, was a marvellous wee example to us all. I wonder if they ever got new premises somewhere, when it was destroyed?
Margie ye should dae a wee research project fur us awe - ye might just turn over a few 'stones' and find us some mair photies! A good place to start wid be the Sally HQ in glasgow.

davy