Download or read book Gorbals Doctor written by George Gladstone Robertson and published by Jarrold Publishing. This book was released on 1970 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Real Gorbals Story written by Colin MacFarlane and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-07-22 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colin MacFarlane was born in the Gorbals in the 1950s, 20 years after the publication of No Mean City, the classic novel about pre-war life in what was once Glasgow's most deprived district. He lived in the same street as its fictional 'razor king', Johnnie Stark, and subsequently realised that a lot of the old characters represented in the book were still around as late as the 1960s. Men still wore bunnets and played pitch and toss; women still treated the steamie as their social club. The razor gangs were running amok once again, and filth, violence, crime, rats, poverty and drunkenness abounded, just like they did in No Mean City. MacFarlane witnessed the last days of the old Gorbals as a major regeneration programme, begun in 1961, was implemented, and, as a street boy, he had a unique insight into a once great community in rapid decline. In this engrossing book, MacFarlane reveals what it was really like to live in the old Gorbals.
Download or read book Glasgow written by Alan Taylor and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a Scottish city as seen by its residents and visitors: “It’s a fine treasure-house—and even Glaswegians may learn something new from it.” —Scotsman This is the story of the fabled former Second City of the British Empire, from its origins as a bucolic village on the rivers Kelvin and Clyde, through the Industrial Revolution to the dawning of the second millennium. Arranged chronologically and introduced by journalist and Glasgowphile Alan Taylor, the book includes extracts from an astonishing array of writers. Some, such as William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Dirk Bogarde, and Evelyn Waugh, were visitors and left their vivid impressions as they passed through. Many others were born and bred Glaswegians who knew the city and its inhabitants—and its secrets—intimately. They come from every walk of life and, in addition to professional writers, include anthropologists and scientists, artists and murderers, housewives and hacks, footballers and comedians, politicians and entrepreneurs, immigrants and locals. Together they present a varied and vivid portrait of one of the world’s great cities in all its grime and glory—a place at once infuriating, frustrating, inspiring, beguiling, sensational, and never, ever dull.
Download or read book Gorbals and Oatlands written by Danny Gill and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone has good memories of their growing up, and mine was a wonderful one of my childhood in the era of the old tenements buildings in the Gorbals and Oatlands area in the south side of Glasgow. Every day for us was like an adventure with so many things to do and our street games could last all day long (especially in the school summer holidays). There were no computers, video games and mobile phones etc in those days and TV was only in its infancy, so all our energy was spent playing out in the open. In my book I try to tell our story of what life was like in that era through my poems, peoples stories and songs we sang in the streets. All this, I hope, brings back happy memories to people of my generation who lived through these times, and a future generation that I want to leave my memories with.
Download or read book Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of Glasgow written by Glasgow (Scotland). Committee on Health and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Glasgow written by Irene Maver and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new and extensively illustrated history explores the reality behind stereotypical views of Glasgow.
Download or read book Index Catalogue of the Gorbals District Library written by Glasgow (Scotland). Public Libraries. Gorbals District Library and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Early Physicians and Surgeons of the Western Infirmary Glasgow written by James Walker Downie and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gorbals Diehards written by Colin MacFarlane and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-03-25 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enid Blyton wrote about the Famous Five - wholesome kids who were always up to some adventure or other - but during the 1960s Glasgow boy Colin MacFarlane had his own gang: the Incredible Gorbals Diehards. These were young boys trying to survive in one of the world's toughest areas, the infamous slums of Glasgow. During the gang's daily adventures, they came across a plethora of undesirable characters, including foul-mouthed drunks, thieves, razor-flicking gang members, con men, fly men and street brawlers. Through it all, MacFarlane and his band of brothers retained their sense of humour while roaming the filthy, stench-ridden Gorbals backstreets. In the third volume of his acclaimed memoirs, bestselling author Colin MacFarlane reveals what it was like to grow up on the streets of the Gorbals during this period. Be prepared to be shocked and entertained at the adventures of the gang that called themselves the Incredible Gorbals Diehards.
Download or read book Reminiscences of Glasgow and the West of Scotland written by Peter Mackenzie and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old Reminiscences of Glasgow and the West of Scotland written by Peter Mackenzie and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scheming written by Sean Damer and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively account of London's writing in the 1930s.
Download or read book Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow with Charters and Other Documents written by Glasgow (Scotland) and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The King Maker written by Geordie Greig and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A treasure trove that throws new and entertaining light” on the friendship between the WWII-era king and the man who inspired The King’s Speech (The Times, London). Louis Greig, a war hero and rugby international, entered the privileged world of the British royal family as mentor, physician, and friend to a young and hesitant Prince Albert, the man who became King George VI and whose challenges were so vividly brought to life in the award-winning film The King’s Speech. Greig’s influence helped to guide the prince from a stammering, shy schoolboy to become one of the most respected constitutional monarchs, seeing the nation through the Second World War and bringing the monarchy closer to the people. Geordie Greig, grandson of Louis Greig, has drawn on private family papers and public archives to reveal an intimate friendship that lasted almost half a century.
Download or read book The Anecdotage of Glasgow written by Robert Alison and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Glasgow Past and Present written by David Robertson (F.S.A. Scot.) and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
