Scotstoun

They claim that in Scotstoun, a Glasgow industrial district, in 1950 postcards were sent out to all voters.

Scottish Home Rule 1955

On reading it I thought about the fair degree of commonality of ideas with "The Declaration of Scotstoun", now defunct YouScotland launched just over two years ago in the run up to the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections.

A Song and A Sleezbusting Plan Alan Smart 2009

On reading it I thought about the fair degree of commonality of ideas with "The Declaration of Scotstoun", now defunct YouScotland launched just over two years ago in the run up to the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections.

Archive 2009-05-01 Alan Smart 2009

Scotstoun was a predominantly Protestant area and, although my father was Church of Scotland, my mother was Catholic.

Both Sides of the Fence -A Life Under Cover Corbet, David 2002

Earning just 5 pounds a week, he was always going to struggle, so he sold his most treasured possessions - a motorbike and sidecar and his cine-cameras and projectors - to fund our move upmarket and across the River Clyde to Scotstoun.

Both Sides of the Fence -A Life Under Cover Corbet, David 2002

This time, I think, he was just attention-seeking, but I arranged for another move, this time to Earl Street in Scotstoun, and he took with him a new girlfriend who he eventually married.

Both Sides of the Fence -A Life Under Cover Corbet, David 2002

Although money was always tight, my parents clung on to the house in Scotstoun until I was about to start secondary school, when they finally realised they would have to move to a smaller property.

Both Sides of the Fence -A Life Under Cover Corbet, David 2002

Where children in the Gorbals had snotty noses and wore hand-me-downs, knitted pullovers and the same shirt five days a week, Scotstoun pupils had proper uniforms with blazers and ties.

Both Sides of the Fence -A Life Under Cover Corbet, David 2002

In Scotstoun, the most daring escapade my friends and I had got up to was to climb over the wall of an old stable and make it our own private den.

Both Sides of the Fence -A Life Under Cover Corbet, David 2002

But as I progressed from office junior to second witness to the serving of warrants and to poundings (selling off of property to obtain money on behalf of the pursuer) I realised I had become the shadowy figure that used to appear at my parents 'Scotstoun home.

Both Sides of the Fence -A Life Under Cover Corbet, David 2002