The Steamie

By Tony Roper with music by Dave Anderson.

One Hogmanay in the 1950s four Glasgow women gather in the local steamie to do their last laundry of the year.

They share memories and jokes, talk about their menfolk, have hopes for the future, and sing a few songs. It is sad, nostalgic, and very, very funny.

A simple but long-drawn-out anecdote when Mrs Culfeathers talks about buying minced beef from a butcher has become legendary.