

Murdo Morrison
Mar 6, 20174 min read
The ‘Good Old Days’ - Growing Up Before Clean Air
The aerial image shows my old neighborhood in Scotstoun, Glasgow in March of 1950. I was born the month before this image was captured....


Murdo Morrison
Feb 16, 20176 min read
Roasting Coffee - The Power of An Aroma
I spent my childhood years during the 1950s in working class neighborhoods in Glasgow, Scotland. In those days, when any money went to...
Murdo Morrison
Aug 3, 20165 min read
My Life in a Glasgow Housing Scheme - Drumchapel in the 1950s and 60s
In "My life in a Glasgow tenement in the 1950s" I described what it was like to be a child in a Scotstoun tenement. In 1957 we moved to...
Murdo Morrison
Jul 27, 20165 min read
My life in a Glasgow tenement in the 1950s
In my novel Roses of Winter set in World War 2, the characters live in tenement apartments in Scotstoun and Maryhill, neighborhoods of...


Murdo Morrison
Dec 30, 20152 min read
A Child's New Year in Scotland
I hear that the old traditional ways of celebrating New Year are in decline. During my younger years, New Year was a very important...