ON HURLFORD ROAD is a collection of six poems Frank McGillivray. Frank is a local Avondale poet and we’re delighted to be able to promote talent from the shire on Frets Words. SKETCH After the warPrefabricated houseswere built upthen knocked down,Now waste ground. Behind a factoryA railway line; behindThe railway line a pond. A fence …
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Frank McGillivray – On Hurlford Road – part 6 – Not Being Catholic, Certain Metaphors Do Not Apply
Frets Words is pleased to showcase the poetry of Frank McGillivray, we will publish the series of poems collectively titled ON HURLFORD ROAD. Frank is a local Avondale poet and we’re delighted to be able to promote talent on Frets Words. PART SIX NOT BEING CATHOLIC, CERTAIN METAPHORS DO NOT APPLY One Saturday afternoonThe boy …
Frank McGillivray – On Hurlford Road part 5 – Message
Frets Words is pleased to showcase the poetry of Frank McGillivray, we will publish the series of poems collectively titled ON HURLFORD ROAD. Frank is a local Avondale poet and we’re delighted to be able to promote talent on Frets Words. PART FIVE MESSAGE I was sent a message to the shop,I bought a book …
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Katy Lironi – A Life In Music part 4 –
PART 4 – SIGN ON THE LINE – (THE TRAVELLING WILDERNESS YEARS)College would go on to consist of some lectures, discovering pints of snakebite, Fizzbombs band rehearsals in very dingy, damp rehearsal rooms in Edinburgh, weekly gigs, recording a 7” single, gracing the centre pages of the NME and making a video with Douglas Hart …
FRETS / t-shirts available now
FRETS t-shirts Thanks to everyone who has supported FRETS concerts over a very difficult 2020. It’s been a tough year for everyone, so here’s hoping 2021 is going to be good one. We are selling FRETS t-shirts, they are available at the link below and come in the following sizes, obvs they make the perfect …
Frank McGillivray – On Hurlford Road – Part 4 – Acting
Frets Words is pleased to showcase the poetry of Frank McGillivray, we will publish the series of poems collectively titled ON HURLFORD ROAD. Frank is a local Avondale poet and we’re delighted to be able to promote talent on Frets Words. PART FOUR ACTING I was the Wee Cooper O’ FifeMy mother adapted my father’sOld …
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Frank McGillivray – On Hurlford Road – part 3 – Half Filled Bottle
Frets Words is pleased to showcase the poetry of Frank McGillivray, we will publish the series of poems collectively titled ON HURLFORD ROAD. Frank is a local Avondale poet and we’re delighted to be able to promote talent on Frets Words. PART THREE HALF FILLED BOTTLE A girl brought in a letterFrom Robert Burns to …
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Frank McGillivray – On Hurlford Road – part 2 – Pond
Frets Words is pleased to showcase the poetry of Frank McGillivray, we will publish the series of poems collectively titled ON HURLFORD ROAD. Frank is a local Avondale poet and we’re delighted to be able to promote talent on Frets Words. PART TWO POND Squeeze through the fenceAt the factory, and the fenceAt the railway …
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Frank McGillivray – On Hurlford Road – part 1 – Sketch
Frets Words is pleased to showcase the poetry of Frank McGillivray. Over the coming week, we will publish the series of poems collectively titled ON HURLFORD ROAD. Frank is a local Avondale poet and we’re delighted to be able to promote talent from the shire on Frets Words.The poems speak for themselves, please read and …
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FRETS CONCERTS 2021 Dates
Here’s the poster for the last concert that took place at FRETS, back on 21st Feb So, 2020 will be remembered for all the wrong reasons, but upwards and onwards! Our last show was memorable, Norman Blake and Euros Childs from Teenage Fanclub was a fantastic night. We have rescheduled all dates that were initially …
