Tales of Ayrshire

Blair, Anna

Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd

This book is based on extensive interviews which the author conducted with the older citizens of Glasgow. They reminisced happily about their childhood and youth in the main. The oldest was almost 100, so first-hand memories go back to almost 1890, but those who were children in the 1890's remember also tales of their grandparents and so, here and there, glimpses of much older times emerge. Few of the recollections are later than the end of the World War II. The material has been arranged by subject matter rather than chronologically, and Anna Blair has attempted to link the passages in an informative and interesting way. Tea at Miss Cranston's was one of the many pleasures of that bygone age, and if nostalgia includes remembering also harsher times of poverty and war, or even the down-to-earth reality that made it cost a penny to hire a whitewash brush from a painter and decorator (with a ha'penny refund if it was taken back cleaned), then this book is nostalgic.

Tea at Miss Cranston's: A Century of Glasgow Memories

History

Americas

Shepheard-Walwyn

A collection of recollections describing the lifestyles of the crofters and fisher people who live around Scotland's coastline. The author also wrote Tea at Miss Cranston's.

Croft and Creel: A Century of Coastal Memories

Europe

Scottish Tales

Literature & Fiction

Short Stories & Anthologies

Richard Drew Publishing, Ltd.

The Goose Girl of Eriska and Other Scottish Stories

Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd.

Miss Cranston's Omnibus: Recollections of Glasgow Life

Lomond Publications Inc

In "Tea at Miss Cranston's" and "More Tea at Miss Cranston's", Anna Blair recreates a bygone era through the recollections of countless Glaswegians who shared their memories with her during extensive interviews. Nostalgic, yet never rose-tinted or bitter, they offer a candid picture of the joys and hardships - as well as of the mundane and everyday occurrences - of past times. This omnibus edition of her much acclaimed books is a feast of history and together provide a fascinating glimpse into the vibrant and intimate insides of a great city in years gone by.

Tea at Miss Cranston's

Birlinn

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