Book description
Enid Blyton wrote about the Famous Five - wholesome kids who
were always up to some adventure or other - but during the 1960s
Glasgow boy Colin MacFarlane had his own gang: the Incredible
Gorbals Diehards. These were young boys trying to survive in one
of the world's toughest areas, the infamous slums of Glasgow.
During the gang's daily adventures, they came across a plethora of
undesirable characters, including foul-mouthed drunks, thieves,
razor-flicking gang members, con men, fly men and street brawlers.
Through it all, MacFarlane and his band of brothers retained their
sense of humour while roaming the filthy, stench-ridden Gorbals backstreets.
In the third volume of his acclaimed memoirs, bestselling author
Colin MacFarlane reveals what it was like to grow up on the streets of
the Gorbals during this period. Be prepared to be shocked and
entertained at the adventures of the gang that called themselves the
Incredible Gorbals Diehards.
Colin MacFarlane has written for a number of national newspapers,
including
Scotland on Sunday
, the
Sunday Times
and
The Sun.
He is the author of
The Real Gorbals Story
and
No Mean Glasgow
.
