Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a Fife a matsayin ɗayan yara tara, mahaifin Daly Jimmy ya kasance mai hakar gwal kuma memba ne na Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Burtaniya (CPGB), wanda ya sha wahala jerin sunayen baƙar fata saboda ayyukansa a lokacin yajin aikin gama gari na 1926
Ka yi haƙuri. Jimmy ya fito ne daga asalin Katolika na Irish yayin da mahaifiyar Lawrence Janet ta kasance Presbyterian. Lawrence ya sami ilimi a makarantun Katolika na gida: daga baya ya ce iliminsa ya bar shi da masaniya sosai game da waƙoƙin Scottish da kuma "buƙatar dogma mai ƙarfi". Daga baya ya ci gaba da ilimin manya ta hanyar kwasa-kwasan wasiku da Hukumar Kula da Kwalejin Kwadago ta kasa ta shirya. A 15, Lawrence Daly ya fara aiki a matsayin mai hakar gwal a Glencraig Colliery. A wannan lokacin ya kuma shiga kungiyar 'yan gurguzu ta matasa.