The second in a trilogy of novels centered around the inhabitants of 18 Dalbeattie Street
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Glasgow 1961. It's been 10�years since we last visited the close at 18 Dalbeattie Street in Maryhill. The stalwarts are still there?Ella, Drena, Rhea, and "Granny" Thomson (86). Irma
the German war bride speaks fluent Scots nowadays. Well, "Fluent" if you were brought up in the same close as the Broons and Oor Wullie. Glasgow's beloved trams still run on the Maryhill
Road. But not for long. There will not be a tramcar left in Glasgow by the end of next year. The new tenant, Frank Galloway knows all about this?he's a driver. The other new arrival is Ruby
Baxter who impresses no one with her attitude?as Granny Thomson says "She's no better than she ought to be, that yin!" Robert Douglas brings his usual blend of laughter and tears to this
latest novel and his many fans will not be disappointed.