Reader Review

 By Pam 'littlenell'

Superb Ron !

Just loved this book, so many laugh out loud moments and made me smile often. It gives a wonderfully atmospheric feel for life in the tenements of 1960's Glasgow and the author has a way of serving up the hardship aspect with a particularly incisive wit, capturing that wonderful Glasgow humour perfectly. The characters are warm and likeable and draw you into their lives making you really care about what happens to them so much that I find myself looking forward to the next offering from Mr Windward.

Translation For Toffs

The Shows’ / The Carnival

The Steamie / Place to wash clothes

The Barra’s / Outdoor Market

The Booly / Waste ground used for play

Bools / Jorries Marbles

Stank / Drain Cover

3/6d / 3 shillings and sixpence

A Close / Entrance to flats

Cludgie / Outside shared toilet

Manky / Dirty

Bo’z / Girls game bouncing balls

Moashie / Game with coins and 3 holes

Sidey / 2 teams playing football

The Minors / Saturday cinema for kids

The sony pon’ / Sand pits for playing

Single End / One room flat

Midden / Dustbin

Lucky Midden / Dustbin behind shops

Corpie’ Bus / Public Transport

Glaswegian words and phrases

Furra / For a

Geeza / Give me

Gonny / Are you going to

Gon’ / Going

Whit fur / What for

Wisnae / Wasn’t

Wiz / Was

Aye / Yes

Naw / No

Urny’ / Are not

Aye a ‘um / Yes I am

Naw yer no’ / No you are not

Fings / Things

Aff / Off

Oan / On

Am’ / I am

Am’ no’ / I am not

Roon ra’ back / Going round the backcourt

Geeza Brek / Cut me some slack

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