Fess Parker visits the Sick Kids Hospital. Pic: Herald and Times IT WAS the day the Wild West came to Glasgow, in the shape of a ‘tall, ganglin’ hombre’ called Fess Parker… Famous the world over for playing rugged frontiersman Davy Crockett, the Hollywood star (pictured with Wilson and Stewart Bissell, aged eight and four respectively, from Auchinairn) was only too happy to play-act with local children. He also visited the Sick Kids’ Hospital, then at Yorkhill, where he made a young patient’s day. The lucky lad was able to get his hands on the rifle and was presented with his own Davy Crockett hat.