No Mean Glasgow

Revelations of a Gorbals Guy

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Biography & Memoir, History
Cover of the book No Mean Glasgow by Colin MacFarlane, Mainstream Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Colin MacFarlane ISBN: 9781845969745
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing Publication: March 11, 2011
Imprint: Mainstream Digital Language: English
Author: Colin MacFarlane
ISBN: 9781845969745
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
Publication: March 11, 2011
Imprint: Mainstream Digital
Language: English

In his last book, The Real Gorbals Story, Colin MacFarlane detailed how he witnessed a once great area, home to wonderful characters and grand old buildings, disappear before his eyes. By the time MacFarlane's tenement was knocked down in the early 1970s, he had left school and been rehoused in another part of the city. In an attempt to extricate himself from his Gorbals gang days, he took a job as an apprentice chef at one of Glasgow's top restaurants, where he soon discovered that his colleagues were just as insane as those he had mixed with on the city streets. Meanwhile, MacFarlane struggled to integrate into the more affluent area that his family had been moved to and soon found himself returning to his old haunts and back in trouble again.

In No Mean Glasgow, MacFarlane charts his eventful, fun-packed passage from Gorbals street boy to grown man on the brink of a new beginning. He describes his adventures with a mixture of humour, sadness and delight. It is a book for those people living all over the world who remember the old Glasgow - a city teeming with warmth, passion, patter and characters who could brighten up even the darkest of days.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In his last book, The Real Gorbals Story, Colin MacFarlane detailed how he witnessed a once great area, home to wonderful characters and grand old buildings, disappear before his eyes. By the time MacFarlane's tenement was knocked down in the early 1970s, he had left school and been rehoused in another part of the city. In an attempt to extricate himself from his Gorbals gang days, he took a job as an apprentice chef at one of Glasgow's top restaurants, where he soon discovered that his colleagues were just as insane as those he had mixed with on the city streets. Meanwhile, MacFarlane struggled to integrate into the more affluent area that his family had been moved to and soon found himself returning to his old haunts and back in trouble again.

In No Mean Glasgow, MacFarlane charts his eventful, fun-packed passage from Gorbals street boy to grown man on the brink of a new beginning. He describes his adventures with a mixture of humour, sadness and delight. It is a book for those people living all over the world who remember the old Glasgow - a city teeming with warmth, passion, patter and characters who could brighten up even the darkest of days.

More books from Mainstream Publishing

Cover of the book Powder Wars by Colin MacFarlane
Cover of the book Savage! by Colin MacFarlane
Cover of the book Gang War by Colin MacFarlane
Cover of the book Odd-Shaped Balls by Colin MacFarlane
Cover of the book The Iron Duke by Colin MacFarlane
Cover of the book Mad Dog by Colin MacFarlane
Cover of the book Playing for Uncle Sam by Colin MacFarlane
Cover of the book Benny by Colin MacFarlane
Cover of the book Michael Collins by Colin MacFarlane
Cover of the book The Royal Highland Fusiliers by Colin MacFarlane
Cover of the book The Trial of Jack the Ripper by Colin MacFarlane
Cover of the book My Life and Work with Alfred Vogel by Colin MacFarlane
Cover of the book On The Cobbles by Colin MacFarlane
Cover of the book Leeds United - From Darkness into White by Colin MacFarlane
Cover of the book Torn Apart by Colin MacFarlane
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy