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Up Oor Close: Memories of Domestic Life in Glasgow Tenements, 1910-45 [Illustrated] (Paperback)

by Jean V.L.Hector Faley (Author)
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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: White Cockade Publishing; illustrated edition edition (20 Oct 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0951312456
  • ISBN-13: 978-0951312452
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.8 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 108,160 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Glasgow Herald

a very readable book, well-produced and containing many beautiful illustrations a monument to the tenement mums who made ends meet


Kaleidoscope (BBC Radio 4)

this fascinating book
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54 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars How to bring up a family in only 2 rooms, 8 Feb 2001
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If your interest in history is how people actually lived, then this book is a must. It provides a detailed account of virtually all aspects of tenement life.

Tenement flats now provide "starter accomodation" for young couples and the young free and single. How on earth did mothers manage to bring up a family of four in a one bedroom, two room flat? There were no bathrooms, no toilets in the flats, and no washing machines. The answers are here.

Read this book if you live in any of Scotland's towns or cities with tenements flats, or if you have an interest in social history - it's excellent!

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars good book, 12 Jan 2008
By gang boy (new york) - See all my reviews
if you like reading about Glasgow and the old Gorbals this is fine but also try colin macfarlane's The Real Gorbals Story who brings the 1960s Gorbals alive.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Up Oor Close, 23 Jul 2009
By Christine Mccrosson (Glasgow) - See all my reviews
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This was a good historical account of life in the Glasgow tenements taken from those who experienced family, work and pastimes that shaped their lives and beliefs. It provides an insight into the culture, traditions and social lives as well as the hardships and values instilled in families and neighbours. Could be used as a starting point for social history in schools as there is a great deal of detail of the lives of those in the Springburn area of Glasgow which is neatly subdivided into those areas that were important for the narrators. A worthwhile purchase
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