Win a copy of 'Tales From the Back Green' on Audiobook

02/10/2008

The much loved Scots actor Bill Paterson was brought up in Scotland in those halcyon days of post-war Britain, when a child could still play happily – and safely – in his own back green and the streets beyond.

 

Now, in Tales from the Back Green he evokes his boyhood and youth in Glasgow`s East End during the 1950s, full of intriguing characters and extraordinary events. Always eager to push the boundaries of what they were allowed to do, Bill and his mates construct a giant dust `atomic` bomb, try to hold their own World Cup tournament, learn history from a man who`d lived in the tenement since the nineteenth century and play endlessly on wasteland `over the Molly`, an area beyond the Molendinar burn that`s now unrecognizable from the exciting jungle of his childhood.

 

Then there were the trams, vessels of excitement and delight which were so much part of his growing up and the beginning of his career as an actor. Tales from the Back Green is not only a brilliant realisation of a time and a place, but a classic memoir of childhood that will strike a chord with everyone who`s ever played and dreamed with little thought of life `when I grow up`.

 

Tales from the Back Green is available on CD Audiobook RRP £14.99

 

 

We have 5 copies of the CD to give away. For the chance to win a copy, just answer the following question.

 

 

Which female singer, born in Glasgow, was interviewed for the Personality Interview section of this website back in 2005?

 

(The interview can be found in the Interview Archive section!)

 

 

 

Competition closes 6th November 2008