Community Voices: Kilsyth

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Younger speakers

Orla: Aye, I would get two sausage rolls every morning.
Interviewer: I'd go in the-- mhm, go in in the morning. They must have expected us, a Saturday and a Sunday.
Siobhán: I know.
Orla: Aye.
Interviewer: Do you remember we had individual, eh,
Siobhán: So we did.
Interviewer: people coming in on a Saturday. Saturday we'd go in. I remember-- Remember that time we were outside Gregg's and you spewed in the bin?
Siobhán: Remember that?
Interviewer: We picked you up and you were like "I'm a bit hungover".
Siobhán: Oh and then I had to go outside so I did.
Orla: Oh. My God.
Interviewer: There was also a time where-- Remember when we had that stage? [name] went up on the stage and hid behind the curtain
Siobhán: I had a nap on a crash mat.
Interviewer: on a mat and just-- just went for a sleep.
Orla: Oh.
Interviewer: Such good examples.
Siobhán: Oh, I know.
Orla: Yeah.
Siobhán: Hilarious.
Interviewer: Oh, God. And then that was Sunday dinners.
Orla: Oh, McDonald's as well. On the way home.
Interviewer: But I remember coming back here here on a Sunday, Mum-- aye, my mum would make us more food.
Siobhán: I know.

Older speakers

Edwyn: It's like everything else, they change their mind about everything.
Interviewer: I know, that's true.
Edwyn: I mean one-- one minute if you eat, uh-- don't put, uh, potatoes in the fridge you get cancer.
Betty: Aye.
Interviewer: What?
Edwyn: Nonsense.
Interviewer: Well one of-- well see the-- the latest one about cancer, did you see, it was about burnt chips or something? Did you see that?
Betty: It's what?
Edwyn: Burnt chips. Burnt toast.
Interviewer: Burnt chips. Or burnt toast, aye.
Edwyn: Yeah.
Interviewer: They were saying something like "oh, burnt toast and burnt chips causes cancer."
Edwyn: Well that's this--
Interviewer: Anything cause cancer these days,
Betty: Aye.
Interviewer: that's what they go on about, like they, literally, they say anything.
Edwyn: Well, that's what I'm saying, they bring all this-- all this rubbish.
Betty: Who was it was talking about the eggs at one point?
Edwyn: Oh that was--
Interviewer: What about eggs?
Edwyn: Aye, they-- they were-- that was--
Betty: Yous--
Edwyn: they were- they --
Betty: Eh?
Edwyn: they were-- they were causing salmonella.
Betty: Aye, mhm.
Edwyn: It was--
Interviewer: Eggs were?
Edwyn: Aye.
Betty: And a' their egg sales went doon
Edwyn: Mhm.
Betty: and a' of a sudden "eat eggs, they're good for you".