"Oot The Windae" by David Reilly. "A Unique Story in Verse."  Many illustrations about growing up in Glasgow, especially Gorbals and Bridgeton in the late forties to early sixties. $20. 
Approx. 3,000 books sold in the UK. Updated edition with some additional verses. See CONTENTS Page below. 

"Allow me to take you into my past
back to my childhood that happened so fast"
Now and again different verses will be featured. 
"The Scramble" (Extract from "The Wedding") Loading Photo

The kids in the street were going mad
for into his pocket reached her dad
he had a handful of money to chuck away
he’d been saving for months for this special day
through the open window his hand was raised
and all the kids got strategically placed
where you stood was always a gamble
out came the money that started the scramble

Ha’pennies an pennies an thrupenny bits
trying to catch some in your grubby mits
silver thrupennies disguised as tanners
and all the kids forgetting their manners
pushing and shoving on the ground
chasing the coins that were rolling around
down in the gutter for the last few pence
and at the time it seemed perfect sense

When the dust had settled after the stramash
we stopped and counted all of our cash
now tenpence ha’penny was a fair haul
four pennies a ha’penny and a tanner an all
my hands were cut and my knee was grazed
a small price to pay for the money raised
pulled up my socks in which I bled in
and went up the road to another wedding

Glasgow Trolley Bus                        Dennistoun Palais, Glasgow

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