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***Please note that all publications can be bought using credit/debit card by phoning the Gallery Shop on 0131-529-3969*** SHE
WAS AYE WORKIN' : Memories of Tenement Women in Edinburgh and Glasgow Helen Clark & Elizabeth
Carnegie The hidden lives of women who raised families and made ends meet in Scotland’s early 20th-century urban tenements.… She Was Aye Workin’ is an eloquent tribute to the management skills, stamina and moral strength of women who held homes together against all the odds of poverty and poor living conditions. The book covers life from girlhood through marriage and childbirth to old age. It includes material previously seen as taboo on subjects like sexual awareness and domestic abuse, but looks also at standards which regulated behavior, and the mutual support systems of women. There is fascinating detail on such things as the ingenuity required to feed a family on little money, and on central institutions like the Co-op and the pawnshop. Happy memories of days at Portobello or ‘doon the watter’ balance the grimmer side of life. The pooling of material from Edinburgh and Glasgow highlights interesting similarities and differences in the experience of tenement life in Scotland’s two great rival cities. With all the vividness of oral history She Was Aye Workin’ continues the compelling exploration of tenement home life begun in the best-selling Up Oor Close .
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EDINBURGH:
AN INTIMATE CITY Edited by Elaine Greig, curator of the city's literary collections at The Writers' Museum, and lecturer and poet Bashabi Fraser, Edinburgh: An Intimate City contains 85 new poems inspired by some aspect of the capital. The book is illustrated throughout with works from the city's fine art collection, and further photography by Lloyd Smith. £5.00
David Fisher
traces the story of the Socialist Sunday School movement in Edinburgh
and the surrounding area. Among the sources used are the reminiscences
of those who experienced Socialist Sunday Schools at firsthand, How
were they run, what was taught, and what did they mean to those who
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ROBERT
LOUIS STEVENSON'S EDINBURGH Walkers and armchair ramblers alike will find this an essential guide to the geography Stevenson's Edinburgh, and to its influence on the work of the great writer. £4.95
RAISE THE BANNERS HIGH: BANNERS FROM THE PEOPLE'S STORY
£19.95 SIR
WILLIAM ALLAN: ARTIST ADVENTURER A long overdue account of the work of the Scottish artist Sir William Allan (1782-1850). Having travelled widely in Easter Europe and the near East, Allan returned to Scotland in 1814 and set about depecting the peoples and events he had encountered and observed during his travels. Later he turned to subjects from Scottish history, and from the novels of his patron Sir Walter Scott. £7.50
THE
KYOTO ARTIST MAKERS EXHIBITION Published in English and Japanese, this catalogue accompanies the exhibition of Japanese contemporary art from Kyoto on show at Edinburgh's City Art Centre from 27 October to 8 December 2001. The exhibition is the second stage of a cultural exchange, and follows on from the successful Edinburgh Makers exhibition displayed at Kyoto's National Museum of Modern Art in 1999. £1.00
EDINBURGH
MAKERS Published in English and Japanese, the catalogue produced in association with the Edinburgh Makers exhibition staged at Kyoto's National Museum of Modern Art in 1999. Sold Out!
THE
QUEST FOR CAMELOT This richly illustrated booklet reflects the themes of the City Art Centre exhibition. Sold Out!
The above publications are available by mail order from: The Gallery
Shop Please add £1.50 for postage and packing, £4.50 in the case of Raise the Banners High. Cheques should be made payable to the City of Edinburgh Council.
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The
banners collected and conserved by The People's Story Museum in the Canongate
provide an insight into the concerns of the people of the city during
the course of the last 200 years. Among the earliest are those waived
to welcome George IV in 1822, closely followed by banners demanding the
extension of the franchise. Containing sections on the banners of friendly
societies, trade unions, the co-operative movement and the Labour Party
and its forerunners, this informative and colourful guide to The People's
Story banner collection is published in the year marking the 75th anniversary
of the General Strike.
