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Author : John Thomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Springburn Story written by John Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gerard Hutchison
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Springburn Experience written by Gerard Hutchison and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Martin Devine
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719036927
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (369 download)
Download or read book Glasgow: 1830 to 1912 written by Thomas Martin Devine and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Burrowes
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1780573383
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)
Download or read book Great Glasgow Stories written by John Burrowes and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few cities in the world abound with so many extraordinary stories as Glasgow. The city has been the silent witness to some of the most significant events of the past century, from major triumphs to cataclysmic calamities, and the best of these anecdotes are compiled here to form this unique collection. Amongst the notable events revisited are the launching of the Queen Mary, which captivated the city's inhabitants in 1934, the victorious 16-month work-in campaign by the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders in the early 1970s, the Ibrox disaster of 1971 and the plague that gripped the Gorbals in 1900. Some of Glasgow's most successful people are also covered, including Clydeside revolutionary John Maclean, founder of the Barras Maggie McIver and the inimitable Billy Connolly, whose humour and colourful personality are synonymous with the city. From the Battle of George Square to the bravery of the Glasgow people during the Blitz, Great Glasgow Stories provides an all-encompassing view of the city throughout the eras.
Author : Piers Dudgeon
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 0755364465
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (553 download)
Download or read book Our Glasgow written by Piers Dudgeon and published by Headline. This book was released on 2012-10-25 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ebook edition contains the full text version as per the book. Doesn't include original photographic and illustrated material. This oral history of Glasgow spans most of the last century - a time of economic downturn and eventual renewal, in which the many communities making up the city experienced upheavals that tore some apart and brought others closer together. It tells of the beating heart of no mean city in the words of the people who made it what it is. Piers Dudgeon has listened to dozens of people who remember the city as it was, and who have lived through its many changes. They talk of childhood and education, of work and entertainment, of family, community values, health, politics, religion and music. Their stories will make you laugh and cry. It is people's own memories that make history real and this engrossing book captures them vividly.
Author : Geoff Holder
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750953950
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book The Little Book of Glasgow written by Geoff Holder and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Little Book of Glasgow is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which no-one will want to be without. Here we find out about the most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants, famous sons and daughters and literally hundreds of wacky facts. Geoff Holder's new book gathers together a myriad of data on Glasgow. There are lots of factual chapters but also plenty of frivolous details which will amuse and surprise. A reference book and a quirky guide, this can be dipped in to time and time again to reveal something you never knew. Discover why two archbishops had a fight on the steps of the cathedral, find directions to an Egyptian pharaoh and a Native American chief, and learn where you can find half-a-dozen Tardises. A remarkably engaging little book, this is essential reading for visitors and locals alike.
Author : Tom Corfe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book History in the Field written by Tom Corfe and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Turnock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521892292
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (922 download)
Download or read book The Historical Geography of Scotland Since 1707 written by David Turnock and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-08-04 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to take a comprehensive view of the historical geography of Scotland since the Union. The period is divided into sections separated by the Napoleonic Wars and the First World War, and each section offers a general view followed by detailed studies giving a balanced coverage of regional and urban-rural criteria, and the economic infrastructure. The book contains a number of original researches and Dr Turnock attempts to set the Scottish experience in a framework of general ideas on modernisation.
Author : James Crosbie
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782192433
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (821 download)
Download or read book Armed and Dangerous - This is the True Story of How I Carried Out Scotland's Biggest Bank Robbery written by James Crosbie and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2007-05-31 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ...Within half an hour, the place was buzzing. 'The airport's been shut down.' 'Bank robbers have dumped a car.' 'They've taken hostages.' 'They're tying to get out of the country.' The gossip ranged wide and wild as rumours spread. I got a lift back to the main terminal buildings and spotted our getaway car, highlighted by a ring of police and their colourful vehicles... Born into poverty in a Glasgow tenement, James Crosbie went on to become Scotland's most notorious bank robber, the man behind the biggest heist in the country's history. Fearless, adventurous and mischievous, he saw success as a businessman and a traveller. But the lure of the next great job always proved too much, particularly when on one occasion he was mistakenly given bail following a serious robbery. Eccentric and high-spirited, Crosbie became famed for escaping the scene of his crimes on a bicycle. But he didn't always get away free and has spent much of his life behind various grim sets of bars from the notorious Barlinnie to the forbidding walls of Peterhead. Determined, persistent, witty and charismatic, James Crosbie is one of Scotland's most charming robbers. His story is enthralling and his escapades are gripping.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Railway Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Brandon
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1399051113
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Railway Towns written by David Brandon and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2024-05-02 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The railways changed the world. They initiated a revolution in communications which continues to this day, ever more profoundly influencing our lives. They had an enormous economic and social impact in Britain, not least with its demography. Before 1914 places on the railway system felt they were connected to the wider world. Those left off the system often feared for their future. It was never actually as simple as that. Some places well served by railways prospered, other did not. Some with minimal or no railway connections managed to sustain themselves successfully. Others became complex railway hubs, perhaps with railway-based engineering works, extensive shunting yards and warehouses and a large requirement for labour. Some companies built large numbers of dwellings for their workers and their families. Sometimes they even built churches and parks, for example. Places of this character have often been described as 'railway towns' but what is actually meant by this term? In a pioneering attempt in book form to move towards an understanding of what constitutes a railway town, the author considers a wide range of cities, towns, villages and other settlements and asks to what extent they owed their nineteenth and early twentieth century development to the railways. This book should appeal to students of railway history, British topography and the economic, social and cultural impact of railways.
Author : Douglas Stuart
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1529019303
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Shuggie Bain written by Douglas Stuart and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF 'BOOK OF THE YEAR' AND 'DEBUT OF THE YEAR' AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER 'An amazingly intimate, compassionate, gripping portrait of addiction, courage and love.' – The judges of the Booker Prize 'Douglas Stuart has written a first novel of rare and lasting beauty.' – The Observer 'Shuggie Bain means so much to me. It is such a powerfully written story . . . I love a heartbreak book but there is so much love within this one, particularly between Shuggie and his mother Agnes.' – Dua Lipa It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life, dreaming of greater things. But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and as she descends deeper into drink, her children try their best to save her, yet one by one they must abandon her to save themselves. It is her son Shuggie who holds out hope the longest. Shuggie is different, he is clearly no’ right. But Shuggie believes that if he tries his hardest, he can be normal like the other boys and help his mother escape this hopeless place. Shuggie Bain lays bare the ruthlessness of poverty, the limits of love, and the hollowness of pride. For readers of A Little Life and Angela's Ashes, it is a heartbreaking novel by a brilliant writer with a powerful and important story to tell. 'A heartbreaking novel' – The Times 'Tender and unsentimental . . . The Billy Elliot-ish character of Shuggie . . . leaps off the page.' – Daily Mail
Author : Iain McLean
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 178885554X
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (888 download)
Download or read book The Legend of Red Clydeside written by Iain McLean and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2000-02-02 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text analyzes what really happened in Glasgow in the tumultuous years following World War I. It shows the real improvements in social conditions, and explores the impact of these years on the coming dominance of the Labour party in the west of Scotland.
Author : Raymond Moore
Publisher : Libri Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 191296919X
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Skye Stories written by Raymond Moore and published by Libri Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five years for an adult, passes in five minutes. Five years for a kid is a lifetime. An attempted bike stealing incident in Glasgow when Raymond Moore was 13 led to him living in Linicro on the Isle of Skye with his Great Granny and Great Aunt. His family stayed in the city whilst his life changed on the island. Skye Stories tells the adventures he had growing up: the girls he fancied, the sheep he worried and the music he loved. Although the book is about Skye and his love for the island, the account of his experiences and emotions will strike a chord with people who have never been near there. Skye changed the author's life forever and for the better. You could say the Isle of Skye saved his life. This book, Volume 1, tells the story of the first two years on Skye - the Linicro years.
Author : Murdoch Nicolson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Glasgow written by Murdoch Nicolson and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Largely on the North British Locomotive Company & its predecessors.
Author : Thekla Bowser
Publisher : Imperial War Museum
ISBN 13 : 9781901623604
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (236 download)
Download or read book The Story of British V.A.D. Work in the Great War written by Thekla Bowser and published by Imperial War Museum. This book was released on 2003 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ian Black
Publisher : Black & White Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1845028627
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Glasgow Urban Myths written by Ian Black and published by Black & White Publishing. This book was released on 2006-10-16 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban myths. They could have happened anywhere, but you know they could all have happened in Glasgow. In this new collection of the best Glasgow urban myths, truth is often stranger than fiction, but can you work out which stories really did happen to a friend of a friend of an enemy of a friend of a friend? Glasgow urban myths, like the one about some Edinbuggers being occasionally pleasant, are as many and varied as Glaswegians themselves. And all the best are gathered in this collection of mirth and myth, like the one about the wasted willie and the pylon, or the one about the car thief and the opera tickets. Glasgow Urban Myths is full of all the hilarious stories that ever happened to a friend of a friend of an enemy of a friend of a friend in Glasgow - hard truths and blatant lies, albeit in a sort of hit and myth style, but you will laugh, and you will repeat them.
