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In the mind of Michael Meighan, all the most vivid memories of his boyhood are inseparably mingled with the potent scents of Glasgow streets. Through heady description of each of these odours, Meighan returns to the city where he grew up in the 1950s and 60s, recreating the vanished people and places he knew as a child. Beginning in the dimly-lit rooms of Davy Ireland tobacconists, where Meighan lived with his parents, inhaling acrid smoke and the aroma of freshly printed news, travelling via the Glasgow tram, reeking of leather and electric and along the pungent docks and fish market, the book winds its way through the city. Seen through the eyes of a child and illustrated with original sketches, the book offers a unique perspective on all the most famous locations of Glasgow that will captivate anyone who knows the city.
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Michael Meighan is a lifelong resident of Glasgow and committed to recording his childhood memories of the city. The materials used for Glasgow Smells are sourced from diverse organisations, including Scottish Television and the Scottish Council for Development and Industry.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is fantastic! It captures the flavour of 1950s and early 1960s Glasgow so perfectly; the streets, the parks, the stairheeds - and all the best parts of growing up in the city, from building bogies and riding on the trams and old subways to playing marbles on the drains (and, of course, running away from the polis!). It is a beautifully written, evocative and always entertaining read. It is also extremely moving in places.
Above all, though, it is absolutely hilarious! I laughed out loud all the way through. Anyone who knows Glasgow will love it - and for anyone who grew up there in the 1950s and 1960s, it is just essential. It would make a perfect present for a Glaswegian x
Above all, though, it is absolutely hilarious! I laughed out loud all the way through. Anyone who knows Glasgow will love it - and for anyone who grew up there in the 1950s and 1960s, it is just essential. It would make a perfect present for a Glaswegian x
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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There are many good books out there for those of us who want a glimpse into the ways and peoples of a bygone Glasgow. Sadly this isn't one of them
His unique selling point of linking said tales to associated "smells" is tenuous to say the least and his strategy of including personal photographs and old newspaper adverts to distract the reader from the obvious shortage of written material failed miserably.
Finally, for those not in the know... a "single end" was ONE single room in which the familiy ate, slept, bathed and socialised. Not, as suggested by the author, "one room and a kitchen"
His unique selling point of linking said tales to associated "smells" is tenuous to say the least and his strategy of including personal photographs and old newspaper adverts to distract the reader from the obvious shortage of written material failed miserably.
Finally, for those not in the know... a "single end" was ONE single room in which the familiy ate, slept, bathed and socialised. Not, as suggested by the author, "one room and a kitchen"
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