Was there really a Thomas Shitbum in Addiewell, who made the
village idiot look bright by comparison? Did 'Thumbs' McGushin, who
lost both thumbs in pit accidents, really ever say that he was 'the
only man in Stoneyburn who could hook his thumbs into his waistcoat
pockets and comb his hair at the same time'? I am totally convinced
there was a 'Tam the Bam' who could get a shilling at anybodies
door - I've known his like - and, if there never was a 'Glascae
Maggie' then there should have been. These were the tales related
to me by my parents who, by their own admission, would never let
the truth get in the way of a good story. My aunty Katie related to
me the story of how she was exempt from school and sent into
service, kicking and screaming, at the tender age of thirteen. This
novel is about the lives of the miners, struggling to survive in
the 1920's. My paternal grandfather, Michael McKenna, was evicted
from his miner's cottage in 1926 for refusing to return to work
after the General Strike. Blacklisted, he never worked again. My
mother insisted that an incompetent doctor killed her father,
Thomas Curran. She stated that it was his view he was killed
because he was a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and MI5
had him bumped off. I'll believe anything. This is the theme
running through the book, but the bulk of the story is about the
families and friends of these two men.
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