Inside the life of acclaimed comic Janey Godley who got rid of abuse

JANEY Godley handled to discover humour in the darkest locations from maturing in hardship, to horrendous youth abuse and even the “murder” of her mum.

However the comedienne, who has actually regretfully died from cancer aged 63, firmly insisted that minimizing a bad scenario was her method of handling her distressing past.

She even discovered a method of making individuals laugh throughout the long Covid lockdowns with her amusing voice overs of Nicola Sturgeon’s pandemic news instructions.

Janey when stated: “If you discover the humour you can handle anything.
” I have actually made death, kid abuse and domestic violence amusing. And it can be done. It’s everything about taking the audience with you.”

Born Janey Currie in Glasgow’s East End district of Shettleston on January 20, 1961, she was raised the youngest of 4 with her 2 senior bros Mij and Video in addition to huge sis Ann, by moms and dads Annie and Jim Currie.

Her daddy was an alcoholic while her mom was so addicted to Valium that often a young Janey would discover her “unconscious on the flooring”.

She remembered: “My sis, bros and I had practically continuous problems of fleas and headlice. Often, I ‘d scoop water from puddles in the street when I was thirsty.

” I was too scared to go home since of what may be awaiting me there.”

However the primary factor she never ever wished to go home was since the sexual assault that started when she was simply 5 years of ages by her mum’s bro David Percy – 12 years Janey’s senior.

She states: “He would await my mammy and daddy to head out, then take me to my bed room and inform me to rest.

” I would shut my brain down and pretend I remained in Disneyland – that ideal location I had actually seen on tv with the huge wonderful castle.

” It was around this time that I got the label ‘Shakey Cakey’ at school since I shivered a lot. Nobody ever believed to ask why a kid must shake so strongly.”

Outspoken even as a kid, Janey chose to inform her mum, however was right away cautioned off from going to her daddy.

She states: “I felt as if the abuse was totally my fault. I understood then that I needed to deal with the pity.”

When Janey was 12 her daddy vacated the household home triggering her mum to “break down”.

Annie Currie was later on sectioned, before she turned to alcohol, taking up with a violent partner Peter Greenshields.

In 1982, when Janey was 21, her mum’s “terribly bruised body” was discovered in the River Clyde. She was simply 47.

Her partner was never ever charged by cops, however Janey was constantly encouraged of his regret.

In 2021 she Tweeted: “She would have been 86 today if her partner had not eliminated her in 1982.

” Peter stated she ‘fell under the river’ and he didn’t trouble to report it – polices concurred. However we will not forget you Annie Currie.”

At the time of her mum’s death, Janey had actually been wed for 2 years to Sean Storrie, a bouncer at Shettleston’s Palaceum bar, owned by his gangster daddy Old George Storrie, who had a “terrifying track record”.

Although the couple had actually fulfilled when she was 17 they originated from the excellent sectarian divide, with Janey raised Protestant while Sean and his 6 bros were Catholic.

When they got hitched On September 27, 1980, at the Catholic Chapel of St Marks, Janey stated: “The Storries all disliked me. Among his bros spat at me on our big day.”

In spite of that they ended up being proprietors when Sean’s daddy asked to run his properties The Nationalist Bar in “The Calton” – among the roughest locations in the city.

Janey states: “A few of our regulars were individuals you would not wish to fulfill. 4 of them raped a woman of the street and slashed her to shreds with razors.

” The heroin trade expanded, and girls who utilized to come in for soda pop and crisps were now offering sexual favours to spend for a repair.

” However we were safe from violence just since of Old George’s track record. Everybody understood that if you tinkered the Storrie children, you remained in deep difficulty.”

The couple’s only kid Ashley was born in 1986 and by 1993 they had actually refurbished the bar and relabelled it the Weavers Inn, where one day she took a surprise call from her uncle.

After Janey knocked the phone down she informed her shocked regulars: “He utilized to sexually abuse me as a kid. I dislike him.”

Sobbing she telephoned her huge sis Ann, who likewise broke down and exposed: “Oh Janey! No, no, no! I believed if I let him touch me, he would not touch you'”

In October 1996 justice lastly overtook David Percy, then 47, for sexually abusing the 2 sis, who both provided proof at his four-day trial at Glasgow Constable Court. They later on waived their right to privacy.

The monster had actually rejected all charges however was condemned and sentenced to 2 years behind bars.

Janey stated: “This wasn’t about vengeance – it had to do with justice.”
With her uncle’s conviction Janey was lastly able to put her past behind her as she started going far for herself on the funny circuit when she won an open mic competitors at the very first effort in 1994.

That was when she lawfully altered her married name Storrie to Godley – her middle name – specifying: “As Janey Currie, I ‘d been a mistreated kid.

” As Janey Storrie, I ‘d been a better half and bar landlady. Now it was time to be me. Somebody brand-new, beginning afresh, with my own identity.”

In 2001 she lastly took the leap into her brand-new occupation by ending up being a full-time comic with a residency at Glasgow’s Bar Miro.

The list below year she won Finest Program Principle at the New Zealand International Celebration, released her very first finest selling autobiography Handstands in the Dark in 2005 and has actually made various television looks as herself on the BBC satirical panel program Have I Got News For You.

In 2016 she went viral when she welcomed Donald Trump as he checked out Scotland his Turnberry golf course with the homemade indication stating “Trump is a C ***”.

Janey has likewise had acting functions in the BBC Scotland soap River City, the 2018 Jessie Buckley movie Wild Rose and the BBC One criminal activity series Traces in 2019.

However in 2021 she was sensationally axed as the face of a television Covid Awareness project by the Scottish Federal government for historic racist tweets, with digs at black superstars consisting of vocalist Kelly Rowland.

She apologised and contributed her ₤ 12,000 cost to charity. Later on the very same year she was detected with ovarian cancer.

After a complete hysterectomy she revealed in June 2022 that she was cancer-free, just for the illness to return in December that year.

Then in September Janey revealed that she was getting palliative care and would be moving into a hospice, apologising a lot to her fans for cancelling her across the country trip.

However as Janey when stated: “I have actually never ever been better than when I am on phase in a funny club making individuals laugh – even when my topic has actually been the darker episodes in my life.”