Author: Barrowsgate
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Fitey Among the Dirty Linen
Fitey writes to the Editor to complain about Barrowsgate, and put the record straight.
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The Portable Makes port
With his “portable hen house” in the ditch, his hopes of getting home again fade, as his mother, waiting at home, starts to worry.
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Fitey Indulges in Het Bannocks
Fitey’s lady friend is keeping his bannocks warm by sitting on them and, as fog descends, Fitey’s crashes his car into a telegraph pole.
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Joy Be Wi’ Ye A’
Barrowsgate wishes all his readers a Happy New Year and thanks them for their support.
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Young Fitey Gangs Hame
Fitey and his friends head for home, but have to get the car started first. Mistress Barrowsgate helps to push-start the car but it suddenly lurches forward, leaving her face-first in a puddle.
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Fitey Jun. an’ his Attymobeel Call
Fitey Junior pays Barrowsgate a visit in his father’s “new” car which Barrowsgate describes as looking like a portable henhouse.
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The Posty, The Mistress an’ Me
Mistress Barrowsgate starts to move the ladder so that Barrowsgate can come down from the roof when the postman appears and tries to lend a hand. Suddenly, Barrowsgate’s trousers come free froom the hook and he lands on top of both of them – with a bump.
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Forty Winks an a Frugal meal
After forty winks and some brose, Barrowsgate goes onto the roof to put the chimney cap on and slips half-way down the roof before getting his trouser caught on a hook.
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Alec’s System for Bawthin’ Bairns
Sandy recounts to Barrowsgate the time when Alec attended an open evening at the WRI to hear a talk on how to bath your baby. His own method of determining whether the water was at the right temperature was to throw the baby in and see what colour it turned.