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Post by norrie on Dec 16, 2012 13:39:25 GMT
Hi pals, not sure if any of you knew that pwm437 has been and still is working on books from the collection of Glasgow(1970s) photos by Duncan McCallumn, some of them are in the districts threads but I stopped posting once pwm started working on the books The first book, Townhead is available on line from Richard Stenlake See the link below Bye for now, norrie www.stenlake.co.uk/books/view_book.php?ref=725 |
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Post by Webmaister on Dec 17, 2012 12:44:15 GMT
 Townhead is the oldest part of Glasgow and is the site of Glasgow Cathedral dedicated to St.Kentigern also known as St Mungo, and Glasgow's oldest remaining house originally constructed as part of the St Nicholas Hospice for the poor. Over the years since the 1960s, much of the area was demolished to make way for multi storey housing, the M8 motorway and the University of Strathclyde with the loss of many iconic buildings. A few of these can still be seen in the photographs contained in this volume Author : Peter Mortimer and Duncan McCallum ISBN : 9781840336115 Cover : paperback Price : £9.00 |
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Post by amethyst on Dec 17, 2012 12:56:17 GMT
pwm437 is Duncan McCallum related to the minister of many years ago to The Babtist Church in Bath Stret.
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Post by pwm437 on Dec 17, 2012 19:07:08 GMT
Sorry Amethyst But I don't know anything about Duncan's relatives.
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Post by norrie on Dec 22, 2012 15:40:57 GMT
A wee surprise through the letter box this morning, Duncan McCallum sent me a free copy of the Townhead book
Pwm437 has made a great job of Duncans photos, I got a wee mention in the acknowledgments section from pwm437
Bye for now, Norrie
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Post by Nell on Jan 8, 2013 11:33:20 GMT
I have now sent away to Stenlake Publishing for your book PWM437, got to encourage mah GlescaPals, I am now looking forward to receiving and and reading. Good luck with it. I will write a review on here once I have read the book.
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Post by Nell on Jan 12, 2013 8:58:12 GMT
I have received my book PWM437 and at first glance it looks wonderful, I will read it tonight as I am going out today. I am looking forward to settling down with it tonight. Will write a wee review once I have read it.
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Post by Nell on Jan 12, 2013 12:00:58 GMT
Me and my wee treat to myself.  |
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Post by norrie on Jan 12, 2013 12:53:06 GMT
Hi Nell, glad to see you got your book, Claire and Brenda enjoyed looking through it as they came for that area
The next book pwm437 is working on is, Gorbals
Bye for now, norrie
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Post by Nell on Jan 20, 2013 7:35:56 GMT
I have finished reading "Townhead in the 70s" and enjoyed it very much. An informative wee book that takes you on a stroll around Townhead as you remember it in the 70s. The photographs are beautiful and take you back to a Glasgow that is all but gone due to the urban development which was taking place at that time. All in all a nostalgic wee read and oor very ain Peter Mortimer's (aka PWM437) narrative is both light and informative with a few little gems of detail which brings the photographs to life. I enjoyed this book and am looking forward to further collaberations between PWM437 and Duncan McCallum.
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