To See Ourselves: A Personal History of Scotland Since 1950

Reflects on Scotland’s dramatic transformation since 1945 through personal memories and eyewitness accounts.

Since 1945 the world has changed at breakneck speed, and life in post—war Scotland is now entirely different from what it was like when Alistair Moffat grew up in the quiet Border town of Kelso in the 1950s. At that time the rhythms and practicalities of daily life which had remained constant for many generations were about to change in the most unimaginable ways.

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