Writings – Page 26 – Barrowsgate

Listenin’ In

Apr 2, 1937

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in Bitties Fae Barrowsgate, Observations, Writings

Barrowsgate recounts various tales about the wireless and loud-speakers.

The Eyn’ o’ a Perfec’ Day

Mar 26, 1937

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in Bitties Fae Barrowsgate, Observations, Writings

The weather is calm so Barrowsgate is instructed to let out Tibbie the cow, after she had been kept inside for months. Tibbie made the most of her freedom, and it ends up not being quite the perfect day that it promised.

Cross-Eyed Luck

Mar 16, 1937

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in Stories, Writings

This was published in the Buchan Observer in March 1937 (under the name “Anzac”) and describes an incident that Barrowsgate was involved in when in California in 1911. He was working as a horseman for an apple grower near Castroville and one of his jobs was to transport migrant Chinese apple pickers from the orchards…

The Po’oer o Prayer

Mar 12, 1937

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in Bitties Fae Barrowsgate, Observations, Other verse, Verse, Writings

Barrowsgate needs a new tam o shanter and his wish is granted by a new one arriving in the post from an anonymous lady, complete with verses by both

Jeck an’ Alec Mak’ History – Pairt II

Mar 5, 1937

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in Bitties Fae Barrowsgate, Observations, Writings

Jeck an Alec had agreed to pick up Alec’s wife and Mistress Barrowsgate and give them a lift home, but the two ladies were nowhere to be seen when they reached the end of the journey.

Jeck an’ Alec Mak’ History – Pairt I

Feb 26, 1937

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in Bitties Fae Barrowsgate, Observations, Writings

Jeck buys a lorry to convert into a tractor but he doesn’t have a licence so he has to get Alec to drive it back from the garage.

Mistress “B” Writes and Reveals

Feb 19, 1937

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in Bitties Fae Barrowsgate, Observations, Writings

As Barrowsgate is in bed with the flu, Mistress B takes the opportunity to set the record straight. Barrowsgate won’t be drinking from Mistress B’s secret whisky stash again …