It’s a winter’s evening in the Ferry in the early Sixties. As usual, some of us older kids are hanging out in the big kitchen while the rest of the family watches television. Wull knocks on the back door. He is Aunt Betty’s younger brother. He lives in Fauldhouse and comes through to the Ferry regularly to see his sister. Like tonight, he always pays us a visit when he’s through. We’re barely teenagers. Wull is a few years older than us. With his faint West Coast accent and his American High School jacket, we think he’s a real cool guy. Tonight he’s carrying his dansette record player and a bagful of 78 rpm records. We’re in for a treat. After setting up the dansette, Wull puts on a pile of records, mostly Elvis Presley’s latest hits. When those are done, he puts on another record and says, “Just listen to this.” And out blasts Jerry Lee Lewis with Great Balls of Fire. We are mesmerised. Suddenly we’ve been transformed from mere rock’n’rollers into worshippers of the Devil.
Another wee memory that came unbidden last night...
It’s a winter’s evening in the Ferry in the early Sixties. As usual, some of us older kids are hanging out in the big kitchen while the rest of the family watches television. Wull knocks on the back door. He is Aunt Betty’s younger brother. He lives in Fauldhouse and comes through to the Ferry regularly to see his sister. Like tonight, he always pays us a visit when he’s through. We’re barely teenagers. Wull is a few years older than us. With his faint West Coast accent and his American High School jacket, we think he’s a real cool guy. Tonight he’s carrying his dansette record player and a bagful of 78 rpm records. We’re in for a treat. After setting up the dansette, Wull puts on a pile of records, mostly Elvis Presley’s latest hits. When those are done, he puts on another record and says, “Just listen to this.” And out blasts Jerry Lee Lewis with Great Balls of Fire. We are mesmerised. Suddenly we’ve been transformed from mere rock’n’rollers into worshippers of the Devil.
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