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Jonnyboy
19-09-2011, 07:18 PM
Just finished reading Sandy Macnair's Carspotting and thought it worth saying a few words about it on here.

Sandy is a lifelong Hibby and close friend of Irvine Welsh with Carspotting offering up umpteen tales of the mischief the pair of them got up too. Well worth a read and well worth remembering that amongst his many other talents Sandy was responsible for writing both Grumpy Gibby the North Stand Hibby and Hibbie Hippie for the excellent Mass Hibsteria/Hibs Monthly fanzine. If you enjoyed the 'Zine you'll enjoy this book :thumbsup:

Details here http://www.blackandwhitepublishing.com/books/book.php?isbn=1845023684

Nakedmanoncrack
19-09-2011, 07:50 PM
Just finished reading Sandy Macnair's Carspotting and thought it worth saying a few words about it on here.

Sandy is a lifelong Hibby and close friend of Irvine Welsh with Carspotting offering up umpteen tales of the mischief the pair of them got up too. Well worth a read and well worth remembering that amongst his many other talents Sandy was responsible for writing both Grumpy Gibby the North Stand Hibby and Hibbie Hippie for the excellent Mass Hibsteria/Hibs Monthly fanzine. If you enjoyed the 'Zine you'll enjoy this book :thumbsup:

Details here http://www.blackandwhitepublishing.com/books/book.php?isbn=1845023684

Picked up a copy today, only had a skim through it so far but will get stuck into it tomorrow.

At The Edge
19-09-2011, 08:05 PM
looks like it will be a good read, stuck a request in for it to be available on Kindle as well,

Onceinawhile
19-09-2011, 09:50 PM
grumpy gibby was easily my favourite mass hibsteria character.

sadtom
19-09-2011, 10:30 PM
Just finished reading Sandy Macnair's Carspotting and thought it worth saying a few words about it on here.

Sandy is a lifelong Hibby and close friend of Irvine Welsh with Carspotting offering up umpteen tales of the mischief the pair of them got up too. Well worth a read and well worth remembering that amongst his many other talents Sandy was responsible for writing both Grumpy Gibby the North Stand Hibby and Hibbie Hippie for the excellent Mass Hibsteria/Hibs Monthly fanzine. If you enjoyed the 'Zine you'll enjoy this book :thumbsup:

Details here http://www.blackandwhitepublishing.com/books/book.php?isbn=1845023684


Did the Hibee Hippie first appear in the long forgotten glasgow gossip?

Jonnyboy
19-09-2011, 11:27 PM
Did the Hibee Hippie first appear in the long forgotten glasgow gossip?

Indeed he did Tom :agree:

ChilliEater
20-09-2011, 09:03 AM
Somewhere, in the bottom of some cardboard box gathering dust in the garage, I should have copies of both "Buile and Guile in the Emerald Isle" and "Storm the gates of Hampden". Both were a very good read. Can't imagine "Carspotting" getting an Australian release, but I'll keep my fingers crossed.