The Express Years
Published on 15. June 1994
368 pages
978-1-84502-874-9 (ISBN)
Description
Contains a selection of articles that were written for the "Scottish Daily Express" during the 1960s and 1970s. Covering a wide range of subjects and experiences - from trips to Moscow to meetings with Charlie Chaplin and Mohammed Ali, this book is a companion to Webster's volumes of autobiography.
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"Express" Years
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Former Gordon's pupil Jack Webster worked his way up in newspaper publishing to become one of Scotland's most highly rated columnists, ending his career at The Herald. In 1996, he was voted Newspaper Columnist of the Year. His books include his autobiography Grains of Truth, biographies of Alistair MacLean and Reo Stakis and two books on one of his favourite subjects - Aberdeen FC.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- The Swinging Sixties
- 1961 On A Saturday Morning 22 Years Ago
- 1962 Old Aikey's Fair Lives On
- 1963 Montgomery and Me
- 1964 The Legend of Gavin Greig Gomes Alive
- So Many Names for One Baby!
- A Dog's Life-But it Made My World a Brighter Place
- A Boy Betrayed-By the Language of Love
- As Guid Scots Tongues Stop Waggin'
- Is this the Truth about Bonnie Prince Charlie?
- When Happiness Means Giving Money Away
- Pilgrimage to Hogmanay Hill
- 1965 Far from the Glamour of Wembley
- The Crofter's Son Who Gave Scotland a Voice
- He Set a New Trend at Ibrox
- As Big John Bows Out
- My Friend Dod, and the Catastrophe of Love
- I Married Eden
- 1966 Hame Wi' My Ain Folk
- Slowly, Scotland Begins to Recognise this Tragic Genius
- The Somme-The Horror of July 1st 1916
- So this is Life at the Half-Way Mark!
- The Day I was Proud to Cheer on England!
- Why these Sisters are the Toast of a Village
- Long Johns!
- 1967 A Soft Spot for the Trams
- Trouble with the Mini-Skirt
- Why I'm Glad My Granny Had this Night Out
- Lester Pearson Looks Ahead
- The Country Boy from Cunnyknowe
- When Life Rolls Along to the Sound of Music
- 1968 It All Started on a Sunday at Crimond
- What the Architect Noticed about Knives and Forks
- Who Needs 'Blue' Films to Teach Sex to a Child?
- So Near, the Fireman's Word for Horror
- Maxwell Garvie
- 1969 On Berlin Patrol-With the Argylls!
- When the Tax on Rum Was a Farthing a Gallon!
- 1970 When a Town Lives-and Dies-By the Sea
- I'm On My Way to Hampden.On a Chariot!
- The Man who is Putting Laughter on Show
- Those BBC Accents would he the 'Speak' of the Mearns
- My Father
- Laughter in Court-From the Blue Joke-Book
- Enjoy Yourselves! said the Queen-and We Did
- Bud Neill Dies at 59
- Why Lex will he Taking the Last Laugh
- Let Me Tell You About a Mother
- A Bad Omen, said the Worried King
- When You Live with the Horror of Killing a Man
- 1971 The Ibrox Disaster
- I Don't Care who Wins, as Long as it's The Dons
- A Woman's Wrath
- Under the Skin of an Orangeman
- Wives Who Really Know Their Place
- Men of the Land
- Bomber Tactics
- End of a Celtic Era-Sir Robert's 40 Great Years
- Clarkston's Last Tribute
- My Boy Tommy . Ma Doc
- 1972 Salt of the Earth-Those Men Who Face the Sea
- Was It Really a Love Affair?
- Dame Sybil Stole the Show
- Back Through the Years with Boothby
- A Lesson in Counting Your Blessings .
- No Mean Welcome in No Mean City
- It's All a Game to Lee
- Scots Honour a Battle Hero
- Bing: I Wouldn't be a Hit Now
- Urquhart on Arnhem
- Scot Willie Carson Takes Piggott's Crown
- Gentle Johnny Goes Free at Last
- The Final Octave
- Modern Millie Would Make the Old Laird Smile
- Great Grandad's Wooin' Still Wows 'Em
- Crater Doctor Tells of Massacre Escape
- 1973 Carrick Ahoy!
- So Poetic, You Scots, says Robert Graves
- Jenny, at 70, Off to a Bed-Sitter in Eskimo-Land
- Roddy Rekindles that Vital Spark
- Linklater: the Start of a Slightly Different Chapter
- Into Orbit with Moon Man Patrick
- Sir William-Out of the Lion's Mouth
- Farewell to the Chieftain
- Bouncing Banks Heading for His Second Million
- Set for a New Era-that's Stein
- Why Men Face Black Hell
- Looking Back with the Dam Buster
- Journey into Space . and the Day I Saw Two Sunsets
- Dad's Day of Sports Glory-and then the Rains Came
- George Mackay Brown-A Portrait of a Natural Man
- Our Day for Some Sunrise and Shine
- Where Golf Balls Take Over from Jets
- Now Showing . the Last of the Viking
- The Man in Black-With a Little Touch of Tartan
- Really Stoned! Jumping Jack, Jagger's Back
- Still Marching On-at Ninety Years Old
- The Welcome Return of Neil Pater son-Novelist
- Getting a Salute from My Middle-Aged Heroes
- Grand Old Lady Still has Style
- Come Fly with Me .
- By the Same Author
- Copyright
