There were plenty of good stories of his parent’s romance. “Before they were married, during the war, my father was said to be missing in combat. Of course, my mother was really upset, then a telegram came through, saying that he was on his way home on the train.

When she found out, my mother actually ran from Woodside all the down to the train station.

Just because she was so relived. And I said, ‘she couldn’t have run ah the way doon’, and I was telt, ‘Aye she run ah the way doon’. That’s a real good story.”