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CONTENTS Masses on the march – would-be revolutionaries revolt doon a Glasgow Green, and the MacGibbon grocery business cops a hit. Monie a mickle makes a muckle – the tiniest fraction of a farthing was accounted for. Sliding toward the abyss – the Saltmarket Street area had been a high class neighborhood. No more: the middle classes were getting out fast, as displaced highlanders and Irish emigrants moved in. Disease, crime, intemperance and lewdness were rampant. Oot n aboot on business – walking around down-town Glasgow, learning about the Otago emigration scheme, and discussing it with the "guidwife". Winding up the new Pilgrim Fathers – attending a meeting to publicise the Otago Colony. On the Seventh Day – Sunday was no day of beer and skittles in the Free Church community. An insight into the activities and attitudes of the people who formed the ruling clique in the new colony of Otago. Glossary – selected Scottish words and phrases "Were goin abroad" – visiting wealthy brother David and his family in a better part of town, to break the news: a new start, in a New Zealand community founded on Free Church principles. All the fun o the Fair v not everyone in the Saltmarket was uptight. Fun, games and the bizarre at the annual Glasgow Fair. Last days in Scotland – nostalgia, apprehension and hope as the family prepares for the big voyage. Separating fact from fiction – a discussion of fact and supposition in the foregoing stories. Click here to return to top of the page |
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