Whose Turn for the Stairs? Paperback – 18 Mar. 2010

This book is brilliant I'm from Glasgow and I miss my tenement close it just brought me back to the life I knew growing up.

Excellent value. Arrived earlier than stated.

If your from Glasgow and from round about the same area as Robeert Douglas then you'll know the people and placeshe's writing about. For me it was a journey back in history to a time and a place in the memory of a small boy.It's not the best book written about Glasgow but it'll do for the time being.

This is the second time I have read Robert Douglas’ books. The first time I read them I laughed, I cried and I got very attached to the characters who are so well written to be as real as Glasgow people that I know. I arrived to work in Glasgow aged 16 as a proud, and one of the first female Police Cadets for the City of Glasgow Police. As a Lanarkshire resident I was unfamiliar with the sense of humour and more importantly the Glaswegian patois. It was an education for me and for my parents when I carried the stories home. Mr Douglas has captured the essence of what it is to be a Glaswegian and to have that “dear green place” to call home.

Bought this for my mother in law and she loves it. She'd definitely recommend it.

Let me say i have read Roberts first book and wanted to read this one straight away. my interest was to see what happened to robert, and, because i have worked in the prison which robert served his time!! let me say, that i felt i was on the wings with him. i could see where he was, watched him check his prisoners, so so real... in the title to this review, you will see i have written '' as it was'' in prison. i was suprised how robert described the officers and himself, being violent to the prisoners. let me say, that i was a registered nurse in this prison and others, and never once witnessed the physical punishments he states in his book. robert was talking about prison life in the 1960s. prison has changed since his officer days..robert talks about his married life and his discrepancies with other women. he talks about the pubs and officers club, i can see it all. prison humour..... i did enjoy this book anyone who has read 'night song of the last tram'' will want to read this too. i enjoyed this book too. but not as much as the first, childhood memories, his mum, etc. but read it, please, and then i read the next one ...

Great read for all weegies

It is a pity the opening chapters have to include the "sex" descriptions. Therefore it is not really a book my 86 year old mother would be happy to get from me....We old Scottish Calvinists may read these things but wpuldn't dream of passing the book on to friends or larents.

Granny was my Granny, the ladies chatting at the close mouth on a hot sunny day were my granny's neighbors. I even remember the women had their nylons rolled down around their ankles on hot days. Children climbing on the dykes and midden sheds. Helpful, happy neighbours who never, ever locked their doors, and, yes, even shared their coal if you were running short. The big butter barrels in the grocer's shop, ration books, being able to by only 2 ounces of certain meats. These were so very hard but happy days, especially for the kids, who didn't know they were pretty poor because everyone was in the same boat.This book is a must for nostalgia freaks, like me.

The Author of this book lived just a few streets away from me in Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland where I grew up. He must have been a few years younger than me, but he has captured the history and the people of that place in a precise and factual manner. It brought back vivid memories of my youth. I did not think Americans would be interested in the history and events portrayed in this novel, however, my American friends were fascinated by the way people lived in tenement buildings and how they coped with so many hardships in such a cheerful manner. I enjoyed all of the books Robert Douglas has written but I think this is one of my favorites.

It brought back so many memories of my childhood in Glasgow... love it

Terrific! A typical tenement saga set in the post second world war of Glasgow's Maryhill district, a poorer workingman's area north of the river Clyde.Twelve flats and twelve different stories to follow and you get quite involved in each drama, comedy, disaster, romance etc. All well written in Glescaranto. I met a lot of words and expressions I hadn't heard in years. You'll have no trouble understanding it and it will make you smile.Typical Glesca!

I really appreciated this story as it took place Scotland. Glasgow to be exact and I spent my childhood there in the district in which the story takes place. It brought back many memories of things I had forgotten. I don't think it would have the same appeal for someone who had not grown up in that time or that place.