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Ian R. Mitchell takes the reader on an urban promenade along the Clyde and finds its character is created from far more than the remnants of shipbuilding. 'Clydeside' relates stories of conflicts, people and communities, while incorporating present-day walks in these oft-forgotten areas, to allow the reader to fully appreciate the culture and history. Exploring more than just Glasgow itself, the book meanders from Coatbridge to Cathcart, Garngad to Greencock. Proving there's far more to Paisley than a deceased weaving industry, more to Shettleston than the old mining days and more to Dumbarton than the Black Death, Mitchell depicts a largely unseen side to the diverse towns and villages along the Clyde. From Robert Owen's New Lanark utopian experiment to the fascinating architecture of 'Greek' Thomson, here is a working-class history rich in political and industrial venture.
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A Boardman Tasker prize winner for A View from the Ridge, historian Ian R. Mitchell gave up teaching to write full time. Originally from Aberdeen, he has lived in Glasgow for the past thirty years, exploring the city's cultural and historical treasures in 'This City Now'. Having also written a number of guides to walking in Scotland, Mitchell is one of the country's most distinguished writers in this field.
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Ian Mitchell has done well here in choosing subject matter on which little (to my knowledge) has been written about. Literature on the Clydeside area is highly geared towards accounts of Central Glasgow, meaning that the history of surrounding districts, towns, etc is often overlooked. In deliberately choosing to bypass Central Glasgow and focus of satellite localities, Ian Mitchell has produced a arguably unique and original contemporary study of Clydeside.
Whilst I have not read every account of Clydeside communities provided in the book, I particular enjoyed his account of the histories of Easterhouse and Motherwell. The former I pass regularly on the train going to Queen St Station and the latter, when travelling on the M74 towards the Borders and Carlisle. Mitchell reveals the 'hidden' history of Easterhouse, i.e. what happened before the High Rise flats went up after the Second World War. For example I was enlightened to the existence of places such as the 15th Century Provan Hall. The Motherwell account does the same thing, for example Mitchell enlightens readers to little known evangelism that existed in Motherwell during the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Like many communities on Clydeside, during and after 1918, Motherwell became associated with radical left wing working class politics, during the infamous era dubbed 'Red Clydeside'. Here Mitchell succeeds admirably in illustrating 'Red' movements within Motherwell, an issue, which one can argue is bypassed over by studies of Glasgow.
Readers of this review may wonder why I have not awarded five stars. The reason for this being that I encountered a careless factual inaccuracy in the Easterhouse Chapter, where the wedding of James IV and Margaret tutor was states as being 2003 (instead of 1503), an easily avoidable error.
Nevertheless I am looking forward to reading every account. Overall a very interesting book.
Whilst I have not read every account of Clydeside communities provided in the book, I particular enjoyed his account of the histories of Easterhouse and Motherwell. The former I pass regularly on the train going to Queen St Station and the latter, when travelling on the M74 towards the Borders and Carlisle. Mitchell reveals the 'hidden' history of Easterhouse, i.e. what happened before the High Rise flats went up after the Second World War. For example I was enlightened to the existence of places such as the 15th Century Provan Hall. The Motherwell account does the same thing, for example Mitchell enlightens readers to little known evangelism that existed in Motherwell during the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Like many communities on Clydeside, during and after 1918, Motherwell became associated with radical left wing working class politics, during the infamous era dubbed 'Red Clydeside'. Here Mitchell succeeds admirably in illustrating 'Red' movements within Motherwell, an issue, which one can argue is bypassed over by studies of Glasgow.
Readers of this review may wonder why I have not awarded five stars. The reason for this being that I encountered a careless factual inaccuracy in the Easterhouse Chapter, where the wedding of James IV and Margaret tutor was states as being 2003 (instead of 1503), an easily avoidable error.
Nevertheless I am looking forward to reading every account. Overall a very interesting book.
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