Maw Broon has trouble ljc

Subject: Maw Broon has trouble ljc
From: little john cameron
Date: 15 May 02 - 11:35 PM

Wha wid hae thocht it,efter aw these years?Paw Broon haein it aff at the But-n-Ben!!Here it is,richt fae Maw hersel.Dunt here

Subject: RE: Maw Broon has trouble ljc
From: CapriUni
Date: 16 May 02 - 12:06 AM

What a heartbreaking poem -- but such a beautiful reading!

Is this part of an ongoing story -- a soap opera in verse?

Subject: RE: Maw Broon has trouble ljc
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 16 May 02 - 12:11 AM

Good story! (I guess)

Subject: RE: Maw Broon has trouble ljc
From: Noreen
Date: 16 May 02 - 05:41 AM

Thank you, ljc, lovely, sad poemTitle: There's Trouble for Maw Broon by Jackie Kay
Author: BBC World Service : Arts

CapriUni: there is a very long-running serial (?) called the Broons in the Sunday Post, a Scottish newspaper, where these characters appear (not that anything like this ever happened...)

Subject: RE: Maw Broon has trouble ljc
From: CapriUni
Date: 16 May 02 - 11:46 AM

Okay. Thanks, Noreen. I had a feeling there was greater context around it, just by the feel. But I couldn't be sure...