Loved the characters, the dialect, the " high jeenks". Loved these stories.


Just been given this edition of Munro's tales as a Christmas present - what a treat! Delightful reading for anyone, though.


I read a lot of these stories some twenty years ago as a callow youth, I enjoyed them then but having now dipped into them again as a man of 'a certain age' I find them even more of a hoot. The Tales of Para Handy is a Scottish television series set in the western isles of Scotland in the 1930s, based on the Para Handy books by Neil Munro. These four made up the crew of the puffer Vital Spark which was employed by the Campbell Shipping Company, headquartered in Glasgow and run by Andrew Campbell (Paul Young), … Just been given this edition of Munro's tales as a Christmas present - what a treat! anyone who htinks that their generation has the monopoly on humourHilarious.

The humour is wry rather than laugh out loud, but the cumulatCaptain Peter Macfarlane (aka Para Handy) and his ship SS Vital Spark (smertest ship in the tred) have been making Scots laugh for over a hundred years, and it's about time the rest of us caught on. Inveraray Jail . This time, the stories were set in the 1930sCaptained by Peter 'Para' Handy, the crew of Scottish puffer The Vital Spark regularly find themselves in all sorts of trouble, both with authorities and their erstwhile employer, who also happens to be Handy's brother-in-law.Venturing around the western coast of Scotland and its many islands plying their trade, the ageing cargo vessel seems never far from total break-down, and its crew never far from unemployment! A Scottish classic both as a book and a TV series - the first if my memory serves me right. this book is so funny that things came down my nose .Captain Peter Macfarlane (aka Para Handy) and his ship SS Vital Spark (smertest ship in the tred) have been making Scots laugh for over a hundred years, and it's about time the rest of us caught on.

by Birlinn Ltd Lots and lots of short stories taking you back to vintage simpler times about a tug boat and it’s crew. Published Comedic adventures of a Clyde puffer ship.

Loved these stories. Timeless humour at it's best, as well as an affectionate glance back into a not-so-long ago forgotten age.Originally written as sketches for the Glasgow Evening News, the Para Handy stories inspired Ealing film ‘The Maggie’ and two BBC serials.

Shrewdly observed character humour (leavened with topical gags that may need footnotes nowadays) are the staple of these classic short stories by Neil Munro. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a Page. Para Handy is one of those fictional characters like Jeeves or Miss Marple that I wish were real, the world is just that much more bearable because of them.

Cramming all eighty-odd of them into one volume - they were originally published in three collections - emphasises their ‘sameyness’.We are not all gritty kitchen sink social realism in Scotland! Para Handy was the nickname of fictional steamer skipper, Peter MacFarlane, who sailed up and down the west coast of Scotland and the Inner Hebrides with his motley crew in the puffer Vital Spark.The stories were originally published in the Glasgow Evening News. My favorite chapter was "The Goat" about the small policeman Wully Crawford who was so wily he could make an offender come in to the jail of his own accord, even the biggest bruiser of a bad guy. Based around a small Puffer (small coastal flat bottom boat) that transports anything from coal to animals etc, etc mainly from the Scottish mainland to the the Islands and and ports around the west coast. ), Dan McPhail the engineer and Sunny Jim the deck hand, who lives up to his name in name only! With Duncan Macrae, John Grieve, Roddy McMillan, Angus Lennie.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful. I've just finished it and I feel bereft already. Hilarious stuff. Hilarious stuff. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account.

Neil Munro's tales of the crew of the 'on-its-last-legs' boat "The Vital Spark" sees Para Handy, the skipper, (if I remember rightly 'Para Handy' is the Gaelic name for the skipper, Peter) and his crew of Dougie the first mate (a man who puts the super into superstitious"! Loved the characters, the dialect, the " high jeenks".

The humour is wry rather than laugh out loud, but the cumulative effect is most enjoyable. They evoke the long-gone world of the Clyde steamers and the men who sailed them. as the skipper would say. On the ground floor of one such traditional building, with the added advantage of being right on the loch front, is Para Handy Cottage, a snug and charming holiday home, which has been cunningly renovated to create a delightful sense of space. "We put into Greenock for marmalade, and did we no stay three days?"

You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. I read a lot of these stories some twenty years ago as a callow youth, I enjoyed them then but having now dipped into them again as a man of 'a certain age' I find them even more of a hoot. Production values on this can't be faulted - everything was right in that way. Just been given this edition of Munro's tales as a Christmas present - what a treat! anyone who htinks that their generation has the monopoly on humourHilarious. Rab C. Nesbitt is lowlife scum (and proud of it) in Glasgow, Scotland who spends his time drinking in his local and speaking to the camera about the state of society as he sees it. Bewertung 4,5 von 5 3 Crombies Land, Inveraray ☎ +44 1499 302668. parahandycottage.com; Überblick: Karte: Satellit: Routenplaner: Überblick: Karte: Satellit: Routenplaner: Inveraray Hotels. No library should bewithout Para Handy.I guess it’s a bit like Trainspotting, written in dialect so a bit difficult at first, but after a while you get into it. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of This edition contains 19 previously unpublished stories which are worth a read though to be fair none of them are as good as the previously published stories. We’d love your help.

The Tales of Para Handy is a Scottish television series set in the western isles of Scotland in the 1930s, based on the Para Handy books by Neil Munro.It starred Gregor Fisher as Captain Peter "Para Handy" MacFarlane, Sean Scanlan as first mate Dougie Cameron, Rikki Fulton as engineer Dan Macphail and Andrew Fairlie as Sunny Jim.


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