SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 406 Title : Biggam Collection Letter: 13 Author(s): Norman Biggam Copyright holder(s): Mr William Biggam Text UNICORN Thursday 20th Dear Aunt Joan, Here is the clock as promised. I hope you like it and it give goood service. Things are quite quiet at the moment it is the in between time after the holidays and before christmas. Today is lovely weather and I am going out for an hour after closing dinnertime got to make the best of the weather. I certainly enjoyed having you and my niece down we have some good laughs All for now Norman. This work is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The SCOTS Project and the University of Glasgow do not necessarily endorse, support or recommend the views expressed in this document. Information about document and author: Text Text audience Adults (18+): Females: Audience size: 1 Writer knew intended audience: Text details Method of composition: Handwritten Word count: 82 General description: Letter to Joan Taylor Text setting Private/personal: Text type Correspondence/letters: Author Author details Author id: 696 Forenames: Norman Surname: Biggam Gender: Male Decade of birth: 1930 Age left school: 15 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism Occupation: RAF Sergeant Place of birth: Glasgow Region of birth: Glasgow Birthplace CSD dialect area: Gsw Country of birth: Scotland Father's occupation: Joiner Mother's occupation: Hospital Cleaner Mother's place of birth: Glasgow Mother's region of birth: Glasgow Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Gsw Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: No Write: No Understand: Yes Circumstances: