The Burnfoot Shops

Tuesday was early closing so mum had to get down the shops early. Otherwise there was no Family Allowance and nothing to eat until next day’s school dinners.

Apart from the Post Office there was Charlie’s, were you could get a bag of broken biscuits for 10p. Then there was the chippy. My favourite was haggis and chips. We’d go in jangling with all the old bottles we’d collected in carrier bags. There was 3p back on each one.

‘A packet of Spangles and a Toffee Crisp, please!’

Once I fainted outside the chippy.

Some fuck nugget nicked my bottles.