Ah belong tae Glasgow ....Glesca book (Read 10,479 times)

[marionNY]

---It is that Wull---back an' front, the covers are great. Funny thing, the book came aw the wie tae USA an' noo it's goin' back tae Glesca wi' me......xx
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[happy]

HI All, i am sending this from Coronado California in regards to Ay B,lang Tae Glasgow , it is a wonderful book and would ask all who like to read to order this book ,it is so well written you feel as if it was you going through all that happened in his life. I was just wishing it would have gone on and let us know how the rest of his life progressed so i hope he writes another book as a continuation of this one ,i do not know the writer so i am just giving my oppinion on it but it will be money well spent. All The Best to my Glesca Pals ///////////


webmaister : thanks Josie for your thoughts oan the book, ahm still reading it and thoroughly enjoying it!

[Webmaister]

I got word back from SAGA RADIO.
They have invited John McB onto a show next Thursday, October 14, at 9-20. to talkk about his book ;D

So listen in pals .

[Webmaister]

excellent spot on the radio ....... I managed to catch John on the radio..... excellent

[wull]

good book this

[SBL]

Hi there,
I ordered this on Thursday (11th) & it was delivered on Friday morning (12th). I canny read it though as it`s a Christmas present for my Mam, (ssshhhh don`t tell her). I`ll get a wee read of it after her though.

[bwkilty]

I have just finished reading Ah belong tae Glasgow, it
brought back memories of Sacred Heart school and Pirn st. I am two years younger than the author and was in school at the same time.He mentioned the youth club where he would buy candy at playtime,is that the league hall as i knew it?he also mentions Mary street in Brigton,would that be Queen Mary st?
As i read the book i could visulise in my minds eye all the streets,and the picture halls the Plaza, the Strathies, the wee Royal, and the Kings where i spent many happy hours.Thank you for
taking me down memory lane.

[Webmaister]

Ah see 'Ah belang tae Glesca' is in the top 10 of scottish books sold in a major book shop....... good stuff eh.

get here online ...yer signed copy.......
www.Glesca.ukpals.com/Pals/ahbelang.htm

[Webmaister]

Met the author John McBarron this afternoon.

His book is selling brilliantly and the first press is nearly sold out!! he is delighted.
A second batch will be coming from the printers and John is talking about a follow-up book. ;D

He has been very honest with me, I cant' praise him enough... and he has seen me alright for the webpage
www.Glesca.ukpals.com/Pals/ahbelang.htm
Sales of his book & for advertising.

He is looking for agents to sell his book in
USA
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
If you know of anyone who could get involved in this please let me know.

[Webmaister]

John's book has been very succesful and will be going into reprint ...but we're still looking for agents to sell it abroad.

[Webmaister]

POSTED by JAMESYBOY

Just started reading this book today while invigilating at an exam. Canny beat that eh? Reading a good book and getting paid for it. Does anyone know John McBarron's E mail contact? I had it on my list and seem to have lost it.
The book is so wonderfully evocative of Bridgeton before my time and its interesting to compare period detail, living conditions etc with my own recollection in 'Last Exit.....' I have read 70 pages already and, if I don't have any papers to grade at the afternoon sesion I will be straight back into it. Engrossing stuff. If YOU read this Wull could you perhaps give me John'e 'E?' Ta!

[Webmaister]

POSTED by CHRISSIE

JB.......The´email address is on the Glesca Pals site....Doant go botherin oor Will he's gote enuff tae dae ......Ur yoo lazy ur whit!

[huddy]

Just finished reading AH belang tae Glasgow couldn't put it down.
Took me back to my childhood days. playing mooshi.marbles.street
fitba.tig.hide and seek etc etc.
This book draws you back in time to an era of a Glesca although poor in health and money but very rich in community spirit.

[jamesy (r.i.p.)]

Huddy,
Its a good read. John lived about five minutes walk from me in Bridgeton but he writes of the area as it was about twenty years before my time.

[huddy]

Depends how old you are. ;D

[jamesy (r.i.p.)]

Well John is about twent years 'on' from me but there would have been significant changes in the area from the time he was writing about it and when I was writing about it.

[huddy]

hi Jamesyboy.
just started to read Hugh Savage born up a close.
looks like a heavy read.

[jamesy (r.i.p.)]

Heavy in some ways but worth it I think. Bought it at this time last year only got round to reading it late summer.

[alice]

i read it on holiday..got it out of library there.

allyB

also read..ah belang tae Glesca too.
and if i remember rightly the email address...was in the book..
I am still awaiting an answer to my e-mail and that was when it was first published..
I they dont want you to write in, then why put the address in the book?

[Webmaister]

AllyB maybe the email address has changed - if you wish I can give you the authors current email address


I first met John McBarron in May 2004 and he is a lovely man. A very honest man he still to this day keeps in touch and every year he sends me a wee donation towards GlesgaPals and a thank you for supporting his book. I think John will be 80 yrs old next year and he hopes to have his second book published in 2008.

Ah Belang to Glasgow .... www.Glesca.ukpals.com/Pals/ahbelang.htm