New Year memories

Somehow or other I found myself wandering aimlessly around Tollcross, a hing oot fae my childhood. It was just the … More

Happy Deid Da Day

Yes, it’s 38 years ago today that ma faither died. Yes, on Christmas Eve. Deal with it. Anyway, here he … More

William Walker was my 3rd great grandfather on my fathers side. He was born abt 1796 in Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, and … More

Of course, we’re poor white trash from a long line of poor white trash, so the nearest we have to … More

I spent a lot of time in the City Hospital when I was a boy. Not because I was ill … More

Happy Deid Dad Day. It was 37 years ago today that my Dad, Alexander Walker Hamilton, died, leaving my (now … More

Union Canal Blues. My old childhood playground. I went for a 5 mile daunder there this week and even though … More

My Dad fought Hitler for 6 years in the Royal Air Force between 1940 and 1946. No-one told him the … More

It was Battle of Britain Day yesterday but I was too busy being maudlin and depressed to mention it. But that … More