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In my youth this bar was never Kelly's Bar it was Duddy's pub one of three in the village the others were the Station Bar and the Dalrymple House there was also the Bellside but it was not strictly classed as being in Cleland, Duddy's was mainly RC while the Dalrymple and the Station were mainly Protestant.

Does anybody still remember the tartan building that stood next to Biaggis chip shop on the main street on the other side of the close next to it which lead to the entrance to the public park there was a row of 'single ends' the one nearest to the Tartan Building was Leezie Loves shop. end of the row was Pattersons building where I was born in 1952. when I was a kid the flats were occupied by Bob Johnson and his wife and son Brownlee, dougie and Grace Thompson, My Grandpa John Peden who we lived with, My mothers Uncle Jimmy Kerr (always called Buckle) and her Aunt Lizzie Jean Ferguson and her daughter Elizabeth their hous was originally occupied by Scotts and the last one upstairs was occupied by Curry's, later My uncle Alex and aunt Nancy Kerr had this one and My aunt Betty Felvus and My uncle Joe had got  one that Jean Ferguson had later still my cousin betty Cooper and her husband Jim took the one that Alex and Nancy had
At the cross opposite what was then Duddy's pub was the auld men's rest hut with Tam Browns shop next to it and Morrisons drapers next to that across from the pub on the other corner was Tamborini's chip shop then a couple of doors down John Keeveneys paper shop next to what became Sam Reids Bakery (best pies and bridies in Scotland) many more memories most of them happy ones.