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Justice Killer
Martin Knight
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R346
R283
Discovery Miles 2 830
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Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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The Bay City Rollers were one of the brightest things to happen in
the tumultuous 1970s, illuminating a dark decade marred by falling
stock markets, a plummeting economy and industrial unrest.Â
Alan Longmuir, an apprentice plumber from Edinburgh, was inspired
by The Beatles to form a band in the 1960s. Firstly, he enlisted
his brother and then his cousin and via throwing a dart at a map
they eventually became the Bay City Rollers. Success was slow in
coming but when it did it was beyond Alan’s (and almost everyone
else’s) wildest dreams. A string of million selling records led
to Rollermania – a mass-hysterical fan reaction not seen since
Beatlemania. Like a wildfire it spread across the world. The
Rollers’ juggernaut was out-of-control. Alan Longmuir recounts
his surreal journey from the Dalry backstreets to the Hollywood
hills and back to being a plumber. Along the way he punctures some
of the myths and untruths that have swirled around the group. Most
of all, though, Alan captures the great adventure that a bunch of
young boys from Edinburgh embarked on that for a few years
threatened to turn the whole world tartan. Tragically, while
finishing his memoirs Alan Longmuir was taken ill while on a
holiday in Mexico marking his 70th birthday and died back in
Scotland a short while later. It was his great desire that I Ran
With The Gang should be released.
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The Working Man's Ballet (Paperback)
Alan Hudson; Introduction by John King; Afterword by Martin Knight
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R411
R339
Discovery Miles 3 390
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Tommy Mutch is a working-class lad from the slums of West London,
eager to escape the mean streets of Notting Dale. Boxing is in its
1930s heyday and, like many in his position, Tommy sees it as an
escape route from poverty.
Barry Desmond is an only child and his sheltered upbringing leaves
him ill-equipped to cope with life. In middle age, following
redundancy and the death of his parents, he ventures into the world
determined to form relationships and start afresh.
An overview of evil throughout the ages. Not for those of a
sensitive nature!
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