Staying On Past the Terminus

<P>Glasgow 1961.<br><br>It is ten years since we last visited the close at 18 Dalbeattie Street in Maryhill.<br>The stalwarts are still there...Ella, Drena, Rhea and 'Granny' Thomson (86).<br>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. <br><br>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!'<br><br>Robert Douglas brings his usual blend of laughter and tears to this latest novel and his many fans will not be disappointed.</P>