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Old Anstruther
Features photos of Billowness, Anstruther Wester, Buckie House, NBR station, East Anstruther, Chalmers' Birthplace & Memorial Church, Elizabeth Gourlay, West Anstruther, Cellardyke and Kilrenny - also most of the town's principal streets and much fishing industry and maritime interest.
Old Dundee
This spectacular book combines a wonderful collection of images of Dundee with informative captions that really bring them to life. All corners of the city are covered, with many landmarks seen here intact before they were swept away during the various redevelopment schemes of the twentieth century. The Tay ferries are featured, as of course is an outline of Dundee's more general maritime history, including whaling. As you would expect, jute, jam and journalism are covered, but for many ordinary Dundonians the real interest will be in the views of their part of the city showing familiar streets and shops prior to redevelopment. Bill Early's wonderful collection of postcards of the city forms the bulk of the material illustrated, while he and Eric Eunson have collaborated to produce a narrative that will be of interest to both Dundonians and visitors to the city.
Old Cathcart, Langside and Mount Florida
This is a first-rate collection of pictures with top-notch text written by one of our most experienced authors. The sequence starts at Battlefield with old cottages near the monument, continues past the Free Church, along Millbrae Road and down Overdale Street (where Stenlake Publishing was once based). It then moves on to Cathcart via Sinclair Drive, Ledard Road and other streets, with a quick backtrack to the Victoria Infirmary before continuing past the college and going on to Mount Florida. Queen's Park FC, Hampden Park, Cathkin Park and the ill-fated Third Lanark football team are all covered. The Cathcart material is varied and interesting and includes the flooded Holmlea allotments, Holmlea Road, the Wallace-Scott tailoring institute, the Parish Church, Old Castle Road, the Snuff Mill, the erstwhile castle, Cathcart House (now demolished), Millholm paper mill and some delightful art deco period tea-rooms in Linn Park.
Old Bridgeton and Calton
Bridgeton and Calton formed the heart of Glasgow's old East End until half the area was swept away in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Eric Eunson chronicles the rise and fall of these two neighbourhoods, covering their early history along with the story of Glasgow Green and its various uses and entertainments, the much-travelled McLennan Arch, and the origins of the name Shipka Pass. Shops, merchants and pubs - including, of course, the famous Sarry Heid (Saracen Head) - are featured, along with views of the Gallowgate, London Street, Abercromby Street, London Road, Bellgrove Street and more, not forgetting Bridgeton Cross and the 'umbrella'. The book finishes up with pictures of Dalmarnock Road and its surroundings.
Dundee Through Time
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Dundee has changed and developed over the last century.
The Gorbals
A must-have for anyone with any interest in the Gorbals, this is one of our best-selling titles and deservedly so. It includes two specially drawn maps by Ronald Smith showing the Gorbals in 1858 and 1910, plus about 200 photographs of this notorious and decimated area. The text covers the period from the thirteenth century to the mid-1990s, but while there are a few photographs and illustrations dating from before the Second World War (plus a dozen or so showing the rise and fall - literally! - of the 1970s developments), the vast majority of the pictures date from the 1950s and 1960s. They were commissioned by Glasgow City Council in connection with the redevelopment of the area and cover the Gorbals along with Tradeston, Kingston, Laurieston, Hutchesontown and Oatlands. Many of the streets, shops, factories and buildings depicted will be well-rememberd by former Gorbals residents.
Old Pittenweem
Fishing, first for herring and then later for white fish, was enormously important to Pittenweem and features heavily in this book with perhaps half being devoted to the shore, harbour, housing and related industries. The remainder of the book covers the town, with Eric Eunson's text up to his usual high standard making this an informative and readable story.
Glasgow Smells
'There was nowhere the smell enveloped you as it did at Glasgow Cross. At that interchange of roads and cultures, the smells came in great swathes... if you had your eyes closed you could tell almost exactly where you were.' For Michael Meighan, all the most vivid boyhood memories are inseparably mingled with the potent scents of Glasgow's streets. Through heady description of each of these odours, Michael returns to the city where he grew up in the 1950s and '60s, revisiting the people and places he knew as a child. Beginning in the dimly-lit rooms of Davy Ireland's tobacconist ship, amongst acrid smoke and the aroma of freshly printed news, travelling via the Glasgow tram, reeking of leather and electricity, and along the pungent docks and fish market, the book winds its way through the city. Seen through the eyes of a child and illustrated with original sketches and archive photographs, the book offers a unique perspective on all the most famous locations in Glasgow that will captivate anyone who knows the city.
Old Elie and Earlsferry
Eric Eunson charts the history of attractive Elie, covering its development from a ferry, whaling and coastal trading port through to its rise and gradual fall as a seaside resort. There's an unhurried feel to the atmosphere of these photos, which show quiet streets with people going about their business at a leisurely pace.
Old Kennoway, Star and Windygates
Star by name, but hamlet by nature - you will be hard-pressed to find a book elsewhere featuring Star at all, but there are three photos in this collection. The rest of the book is split about evenly between Kennoway and Windygates with Cameron Bridge and Balcurvie also included.
