Calling it out

Old My Murphy was what you would call an old-fashioned gentleman. Even after retiring, he would be out in his suit, clean shaven and had a smile for everyone. His life, like that of so many Glaswegians, revolved around his family, his local church and his football team. He would stroll down to Celtic Park in all weathers as he had done since he watched Tully and Evans as a boy. He lived in what we used to call a ‘good close’ in a Glasgow tenement building and got on well with his neighbours...