Life in the Raws

Life in the Raws

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Memories of a Shale Oil Village

Jock Findlay

ISBN: 9781910022122

Binding: Paperback

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This book is the life story of John ‘Jock’ Findlay, rediscovered by his grandson Neil Findlay MSP after finding Jock’s writing on the back of a plywood bath panel.

Pumpherston village in Scotland, built by Pumpherston Oil Company in 1884, was home to the brave shale oil workers who faced life threatening conditions. In Life in the Raws the life of ‘a proud, good, clever working class man’ is revealed from 1919 to 1994 spanning almost a whole century of Scottish history.

It presents the story of one man’s life as well as the history of a unique Scottish village and its community and culture.


Reviews

‘Mr Findlay’s reminiscences provide a wonderful insight into everyday life in the Raws – the closeness of the community, the sense of security experienced through growing in a small village in which everyone knew everyone else.’ - Sybil Cavanagh, author of Pumpherston: The History of a Shale Oil Village