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Tales of the Savoy: Memoirs of Glasgow Cafe Society
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #378960 in Books
- Published on: 1999-10-19
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 183 pages
Editorial Reviews
Synopsis
One of Glasgow's best-known restaurateurs, Joe Pieri ran a cafe in the Cowcaddens district which attracted the lowlife by day, was cleared for theatre-goers in the early evening and then serviced prostitutes and villains late at night. Here, he recounts his tales of those who passed through.
Customer Reviews
Tales of the Savoy
Superb nostalgia, as a former customer of the Savoy..I knew Glaswegians of the colourful types so vividly captured by this fine author...reminds me of Jaconelli's Cafe at Queens Cross, too. Also of the old beat cops like Big John McLeod from the Island, who took no guff from drunks, punks or punters.
A good read...
Coocaddins
I've never lived in the area of Glasgow where most of the book is based. I wasn't born until after that era had ended, however, I found the book fascinating and thought it was a great, caricaturistic view of the people living and working in and around the Cowcaddens area at that time.
A by-gone day captured with imagination and reflects with amusement a more obscure side of Glasgow life.Well worth a read.
Initial Enthusiasm leading to disappointment
I began my reading with considerable interest as it related to an area in which I had lived albeit as a small child and in which my father continued to have a business for many years.I could not see the sense of the author having adopted the name Mario Pietri as he was quite clearly referring to his own experiences but I chose to dismiss this.I continued to enjoy the book until I came to the chapter on the safebreaker...The Freddie referred to here was quite clearly my own father but his wife was not called Teresa and she never had any secret formula for the ice cream which was considered to be the best.They never lived above the shop....never....Yes they had a safe in the house and were the victims of a robbery but not by anyone like the character described....I could go on....I did with increasing incredulity.
