was working on an autobiography. But the illness with which he struggled for more than 20 years caught up with him in 2001, two years after he lost his wife and companion, Isobel. Works The Last of the People's Palaces, in Hearn, Sheila G. (ed.), Cencrastus No. 14, Autumn 1983, pp. 17 - 19, Oiney Hoy, Polygon, Edinburgh, 1989, Research collection Glasgow's Caledonian University Library houses the Freddie Anderson collection. References Biography Socialist Review article "Local hero" Irish poets Royal Air Force personnel of World War II People from County Monaghan Scottish dramatists and playwrights Scottish socialists People associated with Glasgow People associated with Glasgow Caledonian University 2001 deaths 1922 births 20th-century Scottish poets Scottish male poets 20th-century British dramatists and playwrights 20th-century British male writers 20th-century British writers Further reading Spring, Ian (ed.) (2020), Freddy Anderson: Collected Poems & Prose, Rymour Books