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CROSSAN BOYS
Hellraisers of Castlemilk and the Gorbals
A few are missing-
They were in jail at the time.
The CROSSAN Clan of nine brothers
and two sisters.
My Grandfather and Great-Uncles & Aunts.
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The Hellraisers
It must be hard being an angel
When the devil in your heart
Won't set you free.
It must be hard being an angel
When the world has let you down.
There's no perfect reason and
no perfect rhyme
For most of the time
that's what we're looking for.
Can you please support the notion
of what I'm
saying here-
That the people here in question must
be angels here on earth,
If one can't see us as human beings.
Nobody's perfect all of the time-
Nobody's perfect, we are what we are,
The Crossans!
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It
must be hard being an
Angel,
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When
the
Devil
in
your Heart
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| ROSE CROSSAN |
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Granma ROSE
Nanny for a GAY couple in Hollywood
Never having known a gay
couple before in Scotland,
One day when she saw them kissing,
etc...
She just
thought that was typical AMERICAN!
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One little habit
we had to stop Granma from doing after
she moved to
Los
Angeles was to go around asking people,
“Gies
us a FAG!” (cigarette) ...
Doesn’t
quite have the same meaning here in Los Angeles.
Ah well, nobody’s
perfect!
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| GRANMA ROSE |
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That's my Granma!
BUSTED in HOLLYWOOD!
While
a nanny for a Hollywood couple, Granma didn't know her employers were DRUG DEALERS!
All
BUSTED including Granma!
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RONALD CROSSAN
Survived Vietnam
1968/1969
Coming Home to:
LAW School
(Loyola-Marymount)
& keeping Granma "JAILBIRD"
out of TROUBLE!
(Endearing message
to the family)
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My
Dear Uncle, Eddie
Edward Crossan
One of Mom's three brothers.
His Hellraising ways got him
deported back to UK.
Another sad ending-
Brixton prison (1984).
Sooner or later,
Our Hellraising Ways
always manages to bite us in the ASS!
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| CHEEKY! |
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| BLOODY CATHOLICS! |
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Betrayal
and Demise Of An Inviolable Trust
Were Two Demons
That Plagued Me For Years With My Dad,
Sadly Forgiveness Sometimes Comes A Bit Too Late...
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Edward - The Lovable Brawler -
A Walking "Donnybrook".
Sweetest Man On Earth When Sober -
The Deadliest Man Alive When Not!
Shattering The Front Windshield Of A
Car
With His Fist Was A Sample Of That Proverbial
"Irish Temper"
Of His. It Was Also His Undoing
Which Ultimately Led
To A Tragic End In Prison.
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Arrogance,
a shared trait of all the Crossans,
led some of us to be tough survivors
while for others it made for an early demise.
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The OTHER side of the family.
JUST
KIDDING!!!
Although family get-togethers,
especially during the Vietnam years,
would have put the Hatfields-McCoys * to shame!
*The Hatfield-McCoy feud (1878–1891) is an account
of American lore that has become a metaphor
for bitterly feuding rival parties in general.
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The rowdy and boisterous
Liberal Catholic Scots in one corner --
The staid and pompous
Conservative Protestants in the other.
(No offense!)
After the first round of drinks,
And a WEE bit of prompting by Ronald and my Mom
on the subjects of Religion and Politics
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Watch out for the …
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Even the Crossan Pets
are
a Wee bit Cheeky!
Slàinte Mhòr Agad!
Cool Crossan Cat
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milk
milk
milk
milk
Middle age is the awkward period when
Father Time catches up with
Mother Nature.
Me and My Darth, just ol' middle-aged folk.
Poor Darth, he's never had a woman.
If he had one now, might put the old boy into
a state of cardiac arrest!
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| ONE OF OUR MANY VOYAGES |
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And Then They Can Be
Soooo Sweet!
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Were You Not Listening!?!
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Darth ~ a fierce, hellraisin' watchdog!
As you can see, always alert and ready to protect me
against any danger!
* Formidable match against these guys…
* Definition - Formidable: Inspiring fear.
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A simple little story of a Scottish
family
fraught with the sorrows of
"Murder,
Madness & Mayhem"
and yet unwavering in
our Love, Loyalty and Devotion
for each other.
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