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A popular history of the Gorbals, covering the years from 1900 to 2004. Full of famous people, local characters, heart-warming stories, crime, gang fights, sectarian conflict, bizarre tales, the tragic effects of poverty and much more.
The hundreds of true stories include: battle at the Orange Walk, gangster Jimmy Boyle's reign of terror, the gang fight that ended in murder, the man who scalped his best pal, little big men (boxers Lynch, Clark and McCormack), UVF bomb Catholic pub, the Gorbals vampire, great Jews (Wolfson, Glasser, Ralph Slater), from the slums to Hutchie E, what the Queen thought of the Gorbals, war heroes James Stokes VC and Joseph Hughes GC, the superstars who never got the chance to play for their beloved Celtic, eccentric Gorbals characters, famous Gorbalonians like Lorraine Kelly and Sir Thomas Lipton.
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Glasgow resident Rudolph Kenna is one of the best-known writers on his native city. His previous books include best-sellers: 'Glasgow Then and Now', and 'They Belonged to Glasgow'.
A popular history of the Gorbals, covering the years from 1900 to 2004. Full of famous people, local characters, heart-warming stories, crime, gang fights, sectarian conflict, bizarre tales, the tragic effects of poverty and much more.
The hundreds of true stories include: battle at the Orange Walk, gangster Jimmy Boyle's reign of terror, the gang fight that ended in murder, the man who scalped his best pal, little big men (boxers Lynch, Clark and McCormack), UVF bomb Catholic pub, the Gorbals vampire, great Jews (Wolfson, Glasser, Ralph Slater), from the slums to Hutchie E, what the Queen thought of the Gorbals, war heroes James Stokes VC and Joseph Hughes GC, the superstars who never got the chance to play for their beloved Celtic, eccentric Gorbals characters, famous Gorbalonians like Lorraine Kelly and Sir Thomas Lipton.
About the Author
Glasgow resident Rudolph Kenna is one of the best-known writers on his native city. His previous books include best-sellers: 'Glasgow Then and Now', and 'They Belonged to Glasgow'.
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