TIMES PAST CAN YOU HELP SOLVE THESE TIMES PAST MYSTERIES?

CAN Times Past readers help reunite old neighbours from Possilpark? We know you love a good mystery – so here are another three to get your teeth into.

Wilma Davidson spotted an interview with Joe McGarry, who came along to our Thanks for the Memories event at Possilpark Library back in 2017.

He told us all about living in the building known as The Mosshouse on Possil Road, where he stayed until he was eight.

“We – me, my brothers Stephen and John, my sister Agnes and my mum and dad Cathy and Tommy -didn’t have the whole place, just the downstairs – a Mr and Mrs Turner lived upstairs,” he recalled.

“I remember every inch of that house, even though I was quite young when I left. It was owned by the Alliance Box Company, whose big A-B-C sign was displayed on the wall behind.”

He added: “There was an old washhouse out the back we used to call the dungeon,” he said. “I remember Mr Bell’s dairy across the road, and Mr McPate’s paper shop.

“The Mosshouse used to be an inn, apparently, so when they opened up a pub around the corner they called it the New Mosshouse.”

Wilma was gobsmacked – as she was the daughter of the Turners, the couple Joe mentioned in his recollections.

“My maiden name was Turner and I was brought up at the Mosshouse by my mum and dad, Robert and Chrissy Turner,” she said.

“I remember Joe’s parents very well – my mum and his mum got on well together. I was just a teenager then, now I am 82.”

Wilma added: “I loved my life at the Mosshouse. I left home when I was 24 to get married but my husband Robert and I always came back to see my mum and dad.

“They left in 1965, moving to a flat in Killearn Street.

“Joe’s story brought back so many memories for me, and I’d love to thank him for that. It would be great to hear from him.”

If you are reading this, Joe, please get in touch – Wilma would love to hear from you.

Meanwhile, Margaret Marchetti, nee Donald, got in touch to tell us she grew up in Partickhill, at number 2 Crawford Street with her mum and dad Tommy and Anne, and sisters Marilyn, Angela and Audrey.