In 1945 around one seventh of the population of Scotland lived in just three square miles of the city centre of Glasgow, leading to serious over-crowding. Living in slum conditions led to poor ...
But it’s a world away from the one he grew up in, as he explains in his memoir Slum Boy. Born in Glasgow in 1977, he never knew his father beyond the name on his birth certificate. His mother ...
he tells the camera. He was struck with admiration when he discovered that Mabel, his grandmother, left the Glasgow slums and joined the Salvation Army, who at that time assisted in the emigration ...