Download or read book Auld Hands written by Tom Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a former shipyard worker, Auld Hands is a unique account of the lives of the men in the shipyards - the humor and banter, the choirs, the gambling, the petty thieving, the camaraderie, the ships they worked on, and the superstitions and stories associated with them - it gives a real sense of the shipyards; an alternative community with a distinct way of life.