My Life

I was born on march 1944 in Dennistoun Glasgow. My earliest memory's are living three storeys up in a tenement flat. The heating was a coal fire and unusual for that time the fire had a back boiler to heat water. As this was on the top floor the storage tank for the hot water was in the attic.One day I gained access into the attic as I was twelve and curious about how the water was heated.
I found a skylight I could open and climbed out onto the roof and walked up on to the apex of the roof. I found the view magic and the height frightening, the tramcars and cars were so small. So I made my way back to the skylight, my feet slipped on the smooth slate tiles and I fell down and started slipping down the slate tiles towards the gutter and the fall down from this great hight onto the ground. However, by luck as I slid down the roof passed the skylight my hand caught the edge of the skylight and I stopped sliding and got back into the attic with my heart pounding.