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“Mr Murdoch,” Willie called to the teacher who was now standing at the head of the class. “Why are ye teaching us in English, when ye should be teaching us in Scots?” he asked cheekily. Murdoch began to turn red again. Willie continued. “Are we no’ in Scotland, and not England, so why do we no’ speak in oor ain language? Why are we learning aboot Willie Shakespeare when we have oor ain Rabbie Burns, the greatest poet of all, who hails from right here in Ayrshire?”
That was my father as a nine-year-old at his school in New Cumnock. He survived a serious accident in the pits, helped his mother through the hard times after WWII and travelled to Australia to fill his pockets - but he never returned home, and broke his mother's heart.
Far Across The Sea is the sequel to Ours, Yours and Mines, but it is a stand-alone story so you don't need to have read the first book to enjoy the second. It's a good source of information about life in Scotland from 1913 to 1950 and the assisted passage scheme for migrants. It also provides a snapshot of Brisbane and Ipswich in the 1950s. I'd be happy to answer any questions.
http://www.amazon.com/Far-Across-Sea...ACROSS+THE+SEA
That was my father as a nine-year-old at his school in New Cumnock. He survived a serious accident in the pits, helped his mother through the hard times after WWII and travelled to Australia to fill his pockets - but he never returned home, and broke his mother's heart.
Far Across The Sea is the sequel to Ours, Yours and Mines, but it is a stand-alone story so you don't need to have read the first book to enjoy the second. It's a good source of information about life in Scotland from 1913 to 1950 and the assisted passage scheme for migrants. It also provides a snapshot of Brisbane and Ipswich in the 1950s. I'd be happy to answer any questions.
http://www.amazon.com/Far-Across-Sea...ACROSS+THE+SEA
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