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The Tobacco Merchants Lawyer, Oran Mor Glasgow  

The ghosts of Francis Seneca McDade and the Reverend I M Jolly float over the characterisation of Enoch Dalmellington in Iain Heggie's contribution to A Play, A Pie and A Pint. . . .

Dalmellington, however, is more of an optimist in the face of his misfortunes. Heggie uses the Virginia Street lawyer to paint a picture of Glasgow in the days when the Merchant City was an enclave of fine houses occupied by men who made their fortunes in trans-Atlantic trade . . .

The smoking ban, riverside apartments and converted churches as palaces of entertainment are all foreseen, to the bafflement of our narrator.

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