“EIGHTY years ago tonight …” My father was present at El Alamein. He seldom spoke of his wartime experiences, but I remember him becoming emotional whenever he heard the pipe tune ‘My Home’, because that was one of the tunes played by the pipers of the 51st Highland division El Alamein as they led the …
The Secret Diaries of Two Auld Grannies A tale of two Farmer’s Wives 1882 ~ 1944 by Mary Holmes & Marion Orr Edited by Jo Johnson In 1956, my father cleared out his mother Janet’s house after she died. Among her stuff, he found three old diaries, written by his grandmother and her mother (his …
This is the e-book cover of “Snapshots from Memory: the autobiography of a Greenock Academy Schoolboy.” Finishing touches are being added as we speak. Watch this space!
At long last, my autobiography is ready for publication! Just about. It’s been a (mostly) enjoyable journey down memory lane! I say ‘just about’ because, when you’re self publishing, you can’t just hand over the finished manuscript to someone else and forget about it. Now begins the interesting and often frustrating stage of researching Amazon …