So sit down with a wee dram and read all about bond life in the 1960’s – the accidents, the scams, the floods and the fires.
As promised, ex-Ferry man Derek Freeman returns today to recount another set of memoirs. In Whisky Galore!, he’s reminiscing about his early working years; in particular, that formative period he spent at the local distillery.
So sit down with a wee dram and read all about bond life in the 1960’s – the accidents, the scams, the floods and the fires.
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He’s back! Hot on the heels of A View from the Crossroads, his first set of memoirs published last year by McStorytellers, ex-Ferry man Derek Freeman is writing again. You can read more of his early teenage escapades right now in Another View from the Crossroads. And later this week we’ll be featuring stories about his time working at the local distillery and elsewhere.
To complement Derek’s memoirs today is a story from another ex-Ferry man, Brendan Gisby. Called The Hero, it’s a taster from Ferry Tales, his collection of stories about growing up in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Enjoy! And watch out for some Geordie mayhem coming next. Our two new stories today offer contrasting views of the same small town, South Queensferry (the Ferry) on the southern shore of the River Forth.
Ex-Ferry man, Derek Freeman continues his series of memoirs with You Can’t Search Me, I’m An Officer, the true account of his time in the Dockyard Police in the 1960’s and 1970’s. (Watch out here for news of the imminent publication by McStorytellers of the complete collection of Derek’s stories.) Then another ex-Ferry man, Brendan Gisby, provides an excerpt from his forthcoming novel, The Burrymen War. Called The Message, it’s the fictional account of a visceral confrontation in a Ferry pub in 1990. Enjoy! Our three new stories today demonstrate that memories come in all shapes and sizes.
In My Family and the Ferry, ex-Ferry man Derek Freeman continues his series of memoirs with an account of family life when he was a boy. Then it’s the turn of McStorytellers newcomer, Airdrie-born Peter Devlin, who leads us down into the bowels of Glasgow city centre as he recalls his apprenticeship behind A Wee Black Door on Hope Street. And memories of an entirely different kind haunt Inside Things, a spooky tale from the pen of the Master McStoryteller himself, Aberdeen-based Bill Kirton. Enjoy! Yep, the protagonists of our three new stories this stormy afternoon are all on the make.
There are the streetwise kids in The Ferry School and Dead Fish, the latest episode in the memoirs of ex-Ferry man Derek Freeman. There’s the financial wizard in Free, a parable of a broken eurozone by Barcelona-based Glaswegian John McGroarty. And there’s doolally grandpa in the darkly comic Memento from the wicked pen of fellow-Glaswegian Allan Watson. Enjoy. And take an umbrella! Stolen bullets and intemperate trout feature in our two new stories today.
First up, we return to the Fifties with Dundas Bullets, in which ex-Ferry man Derek Freeman recounts a memorable lesson from his boyhood past. Then Dalmuir-born Alasdair McPherson takes us on a trip to the Isles with The Guinea Stamp, his Burns-inspired tale of a lord, a laird, a lackey and a laddie. Enjoy the journeys! Youngsters predominate in our two new stories today.
Ex-Ferry laddie and McStorytellers newcomer, Derek Freeman, begins by confessing his delinquent boyhood past in Crimes of South Queensferry 1955/56. Then Motherwell-born Gordon Gibson also makes his McStorytellers debut with a salutary tale for children called The Tin Man’s Hat. Enjoy! |
McBlog AuthorBrendan Gisby is McStoryteller-in-Residence. He's the author of four novels, three biographies and several short story collections. The McStorytellers
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