I know one or two peeps talked about it before. I've already got one.

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I don't own a copy but I've read it (borrowed it from Peter Paul). Well worth a read. Did Rodwill Clyne write it?

Aye, that's write  :015:

Aye, that's write  :015:

Write enuff! 

Was there a book published for Caley's centenary, round about the same time?  If so, is it obtainable anywhere?

"Caley all the Way" by Alex Main 1986. Softback and hardback. Second hand shops only. I doubt if you'll see many copies down your way  :015:

That mearlach Leakey occasionally has a copy. I got a hardback copy in Edinburgh a while back.

"Caley all the Way" by Alex Main 1986. Softback and hardback. Second hand shops only. I doubt if you'll see many copies down your way  :015:

That mearlach Leakey occasionally has a copy. I got a hardback copy in Edinburgh a while back.

Thanks Mantis, I'll see what I can find.  If unsuccessful I'll try Leakey's next time I'm in Inverness.

What about " In A Different League" is that still in print ? I had a copy but long since mislaid it.

"Caley all the Way" by Alex Main 1986. Softback and hardback. Second hand shops only. I doubt if you'll see many copies down your way  :015:

That mearlach Leakey occasionally has a copy. I got a hardback copy in Edinburgh a while back.

Thanks Mantis, I'll see what I can find.  If unsuccessful I'll try Leakey's next time I'm in Inverness.

And people complain about prices of tickets for the Caley Stadium!? I take it Mantis is using Gaelic when the quotes the word "mearlach"!

I went into Leakeys a couple of years ago and thought I had got a reasonable enough deal for two manky looking but interesting tomes which I thought he was selling me for 80p. He did indeed give me a strange look when I gave him a pound coin because it transpired he was wanting 18 quid!!! ****'s teeth, one of them only cost ?1 7s 6d new!

I left the books on his counter and walked out of the shop.

What about " In A Different League" is that still in print ? I had a copy but long since mislaid it.

I treasure my copy, and often browse though it.  Out of curiosity, I just searched for it on Amazon.co.uk. There's one used copy at ?75!.  I think I'll now wrap my copy in cotton wool.

Good grief ! I wish I'd been a bit more careful with mine 20 odd years ago.

Back in the day I used to spend a fair bit of time in Auld Reekie's 20 or so second hand bookshops.

I have to say Leakey's prices were always worse than Edinburgh ones. I've also seen the dismissive way he talks to people who come in with books to sell. Mearlach indeed  :015:

I had a good laugh one day listening to a woman in the indoor market going into rant mode about him but I'd better say no more.......

Kingsmills, I got a brand new copy of 'In a Different League' a few years back in Ottakars (Blackwell's?), probably when it said Thin's above the door. I remember it was 3 quid and they had a load of them. Again, you'd have to nose about the second hand shops to get it now.

I bought my original copy so long ago that I recall it came from Melvin's.

I see the book got 10 bids and went for ?36.01  :010:

Could you not get the club for that? :023:

I see the book got 10 bids and went for ?36.01  :010:

Could you not get the club for that? :023:

Yes, I noticed that. I ducked out at ?13.50.  Had it been Alex Main's book about Caley however, which I don't have, I would have gone a fair bit higher!

I bought my original copy so long ago that I recall it came from Melvin's.

You mean you have the papyrus version?