A Good Night Out: a look at leisure activities in Past Times - Paperback

Bob McCulloch was born in Edinburgh in 1944 and educated locally. He worked for British Rail from 1960-1974 occupying various posts including fireman on steam engines. He then went to Liberia to work for an International mining company. On his return to Edinburgh in 1978 he became a taxi driver, a job he would do for over thirty five years.

In 1984 he became a qualified tour guide. Due to his charity work Bob became a Freeman of the City of London in March 2006, and a Burgess and Freeman of the City of Edinburgh in 2019.

He is the author of My Fare City a taxi drivers guide to Edinburgh and bi-annually produces a street directory.

He now operates illustrated talks about Edinburgh and its characters and also runs a taxi drivers training school where he is able to pass on his expertise.

The present book reminisces about past times and lost leisure activities in Edinburgh. Bob is married with two sons and two grandchildren.