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The young Rab, under the often crabbit watch of his grannie and his indulgent grandfaither, goes on adventures as he fishes for mennans, handles the responsibility for pumping the kirk organ on the Sabbath and helps his cousins earn pennies for the sweetie shop. As well as the charming but realistic accounts of his grandparents' farming life, these stories present a captivating relationship between the boy and the natural world in which he experiences the joys and trials of growing up.
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Robert McLellan was born in 1907 at Linmill Farm in the Clyde Valley. Educated at Bearsden Academy, Glasgow, he went on to study philosophy at the University of Glasgow. He finally settled on Arran until his death in 1985. His most famous play, Jamie the Saxt, was first performed in 1937. In addition to stage plays, McLellan also wrote five radio plays, The Linmill Stories and two poetic works, of which Sweet Largie Bay which was awarded The Scottish Arts Council's Poetry Prize in 1956. He was Honorary Vice President of the Lallans Society and Honorary Vice President of the Scottish Society of Playwrights. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1978.
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Based on the author's youthful memories of his grandparents' fruit farm near Lanark these finely observed stories give us a priceless insight into a generation now lost to us, and a timeless evocation of the world seen through the eyes of a young boy.
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- PublisherLuath Press Ltd
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1906307237
- ISBN 13 9781906307233
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages249
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. In his idiosyncratic dialect, playwright and poet McLellan recreates a childhood spent in the Clyde valley in the early 20th century. His tales evoke a bygone era, of fishing for mennans, strictly observing the Sabbath and the perils of scrumping for apples. Seller Inventory # 511492
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