Dundee Memories by Ian M Malcolm
Ian Malcolm was born into a Scotland which has now almost entirely vanished. The crowded, narrow streets of Dundee's Overgate which he describes have been replaced with shopping centres; the trams which rattled through the City Square have long been silenced and Dundee University campus now stands on the site which used to be Hawkhill's busy community centre. In Dundee Memories, the routine and atmosphere of Dundee life in the twenties, thirties and forties is expertly recreated. From his earliest memories as a toddler in a Blackness Road Tenement through childhood fun and games, to evacuation and then eventual employment in Dundee's thriving jute industry, the author recalls in vivid detail the habits and incidents of an almost forgotten time.
Ian M. Malcolm left Dundee in 1943 when he joined the Merchant Navy. He worked on the sea as first Radio Officer/Purser until 1951, when he left to pursue a career as a teacher. He remained in teaching until 1987, and took up writing in his retirement, winning the 1996 non-fiction prize in the Marine Society Competition. He has written articles and sea-going memoirs for The Nautical Magazine and Sea Breezes.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781841584065 |
| ISBN 10 | 1841584061 |
| Title | Dundee Memories |
| Author | Ian M Malcolm |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Birlinn General |
| Year published | 2005-11-18 |
| Number of pages | 140 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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