The Real Gorbals Story: True Tales From Glasgow&Apos S Meanest Streets Colin Macfarlane Mainstream Publishing Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

Colin Macfarlane Was Born In The Gorbals 1950S 20 Years After Publication Of No Mean City Classic Novel About Pre-War Life What Once Glasgow\ S Most Deprived District He Lived Same Street As Its Fictional \ Razor King\ Johnnie Stark And Subsequently Realised That A Lot Old Characters Represented Book Were Still Around Late 1960S Men Wore Bunnets Played Pitch Toss Women Headscarves Treated Steamie Their Social Club Gangs Running Amok Again Human Waste Ran Down Tenement Stairs Filth Violence Crime Rats Poverty Drunkenness Abounded Just Like They Did Witnessed Last Days Major Regeneration Programme Begun 1961 Implemented Boy Had Unique Insight Into Great Community Rapid Decline Drunken Fights Gang Battles Police Corruption Even Occasional Stabbing Slashing Murder But Another Side: One Where Ordinary Hard-Working People Trying To Survive Arguably Notorious Area World This Engrossing New Reveals It Really Live Σελίδες: 256 Διαστάσεις: 15 3X15 3Cm