Ronnie
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Book launch for Tommy's War, 10 November - free drink !!!There will be a launch event for "Tommy's War: A First World War Diary 1913-1918", edited by my good self, in Borders on Monday 10 November at 6.30pm. Come and have a glass of wine, and hear Shaun Sewell, who discovered the diaries of Thomas Livingstone, and me interviewing each other, and possibly reading bits of the diary out.
Thomas Cairns Livingstone was a Glasgow shipping clerk who, because he was graded as medically unsuitable for the army, spent the First World War in Glasgow. His diaries detail everyday life in the city, as observed from his office in Ingram Street and his tenement flat in Batson Street, Govanhill.
He describes the blackout, the fear of Zeppelin raids, the allotments in Queens Park, his long walks through the countryside to the south of Glasgow, holidays in Rothesay, and his amazing feats of DIY. He also details the backbreaking domestic chores of his wife, and the prodigious amounts of family visits people put up with before radio and TV.
As seen on The Antiques Roadshow, in The Herald Magazine, and on Amazon.
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Hugo Drax
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I have just finished reading this and it was truly superb. I will be first in the queue.
Cheers. 
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Alex Glass
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Unfortunately I can't come along on the 10th Ronnie 
I would have liked to be there but I have a commitment that I can't get out of.
Will be buying the book and wish you all the best for the 10th 
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Fjord
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I won't be able to make it due to other commitments that evening so all the best at the launch 
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Stuball
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Sounds an interesting read
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Ronnie
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| Alex Glass wrote: | Unfortunately I can't come along on the 10th Ronnie
I would have liked to be there but I have a commitment that I can't get out of.
Will be buying the book and wish you all the best for the 10th |
Thanks, Alex.
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Alex Glass
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Really sorry I can't come Ronnie but if there is any other event please let me know.
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HollowHorn
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Should make it, camera in hand. 
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