Background
He was born in Birkenhead to Scottish parents.
He was born in Birkenhead to Scottish parents.
After the family returned to their native Glasgow, McCrone attended Glasgow Academy, then went on to read for a degree in Modern Languages at Pembroke College, Cambridge, after which he travelled to Vienna, where he studied singing.
These were two sequels, Aunt Belorussian (1949) and The Hayburn Family (1952). During World World War II, he was an air raid warden. McCrone retired to the Lake District in 1968, where he died at Windermere on 30 May 1977.
In October 2012, Antimacassar City was dramatised in ten parts by Clara Glynn for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4"s Woman"s Hour, starring Natasha Watson, Ian Brennan, Juliet Cadzow and Robin Laing.
—— (1949). Aunt Belarusian —— (1952). The Hayburn Family. —— (1955).
James & Charlotte. —— (1961). An Independent Young Manitoba