Clifford Leonard Clark "Cliff" Hanley (28 October 1922 – 9 August 1999) was a journalist, novelist,
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
Eastbank Academy
Eastbank Academy is a Scottish secondary school in the suburb of Shettleston in Glasgow.
History
The school was founded in 1894 originally as a senior secondary or Academy, before the abolition of the two-tier system of junior and senior seconda ...
conscientious objector
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He also wrote a number of books, including ''Dancing in the Streets'', an account of his early life in Glasgow (in its contemporaneous serialisation in
The Evening Times
The ''Glasgow Times'' is an evening tabloid newspaper published Monday to Saturday in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Called ''The Evening Times'' from 1876, it was rebranded as the ''Glasgow Times'' on 4 December 2019.coming-of-age novel about a secondary schoolboy, and ''The Scots''.
During the 1960s and 1970s, he published thrillers under the pen-name Henry Calvin. They were more successful in the US and Canada than in the UK. A collection of his humorous verse in Scots, using the pseudonym 'Ebenezer McIlwham', was published by Gordon Wright Publishing of Edinburgh. He also wrote the words of what some still feel is Scotland's unofficial national anthem, '' Scotland the Brave'', and both wrote and recorded ''The Glasgow Underground Song'' - a humorous anecdote on the pre-modernisation era
Glasgow Subway
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. A recording of this was made famous by
Francie and Josie
''Francie and Josie'' were a double act performed by Scottish comedians Jack Milroy as Francie and Rikki Fulton (of ''Scotch and Wry'') as Josie, from 1958 until the 1990s.
History
The ''Francie and Josie'' act first appeared on ''The Five Pas ...
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He wrote a number of film and TV scripts, including ''Between the Lines'', an episode of which was described by
Mary Whitehouse
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The Bowler and the Bunnet
''The Bowler and the Bunnet'' was a Scottish television documentary programme on STV (TV channel), STV, directed and presented by Sean Connery. It is the only film ever directed by Connery.
The documentary, filmed in black and white, was a crit ...
'', and '' The New Road''. His son is artist Cliff Hanley (born 1948).