General Chat

Morning all,

Bill my OH thought Robert or George for his name,
I thought maybe George, didn't see Louie in the
mix.
Beautiful day here really scorchio :-D

Have a good day all.

Emma :-)

Hi LadyScozz, don't think Ive heard Clanadonia. Liked the Bay City Rollers.
Noticed you on The Wattlers thread, You've been in Oz 50 years then, Ive been out
In NZ / OZ for almost 60 years.Think Ive finished my Traveling now.

Hi Robert, Can't remember seeing the Forth Road Bridge, I crossed the Forth in 1972, and 77. I Must have been asleep.
I used to follow East Fife.
Was 12c today.should be windy and sunny tomorrow.

Bendigo Bill in Oz

Well Scozz,
I had no idea that the "Big Hairy Drummer Men" actually had a band name.. .. so
they're called .....Clanadonia?
They are always Buchanan Street Glasgow.and are a big draw with the crowds.
I posted a link a few days ago re a shop called Tartan Plus, (owned by OH's nephew) and the drummers play outside it on a regular basis
However the Hairy Men have to move pitch every few numbers because the drums are so loud that the shopkeepers can't hear their customers.

I must admit that the drummers are in Glasgow less often than they were, and I suppose they must be getting gigs by now.
I expect that every single person in the Glasgow area has seen and heard them play at some point!.... You couldn't possibly miss them. LOL

Edit:
Around Christmas time Glasgow is full of buskers.
There are 2 young lads in kilts with bagpipes who play the same half a dozen numbers over and over and over again....interspersed with bursts of the "Hokey Cokey", actions and all, whilst piping.
It was amusing at first but became boring after a while.
I hadn't realised that other shoppers had bored of it too.

One afternoon, The Big Hairy Drummer Men were banging their drums and playing their pipes as usual... when they suddenly burst into the Hokey Cokey... totally immitating the 2 boys.

It was so funny to see it.... just about every one in Buchanan Street laughed because they knew exactly what the Hairy Men were up to... they were bored of it too!

Hello Bendigo Bill Think the Road Bridge was started in 1959 and opened in 1964 maybe you were looking out of the other side of the train so missed it !! Not seen the Forth Bridge for a while but was interested to see that it was painted with special paint so that it won't be needing painted again for about 25 yrs... Hope it's worth the £130m ...I suppose quite a lot of painters lkhave lost their jobs :-(

After a long week at work and a busy weekend ahead, I finally sat down this evening and caught the end of the Scottish News and..... I am really miffed!

I have not heard of this festival before and I really, really want to go to Perth!
http://www.rewindfestival.com/scotland

I'm definitely going next year!

PS
Scozz.... check out The Red Hot Chilli Pipers!

I'm laughing out loud at the thought of the Hairy Men (Clanadonia) doing the Hokey Cokey!!!!

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Please don't tell me they did the Chicken Dance :-0

I have seen the Red Hot Chili Pipers, great fun.

There's a crazy guy in Oz who plays bagpipes (Scottish born) I think he lives in Perth WA. Here's a clip ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4I59w3ISzA

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Lol
Punk Piper!
He is fun.

I think this is an age thing but..... the Edinburgh Mlitary Tattoo has never interested me.

I went for the first time 2 years ago and I loved it...so.I've got tickets for next month again!

When our Oz rellies came to stay with us, we spent a day in Stirling and they BOUGHT a set of bagpipes !

Lol.
Dau No2 had a part time job in an electrical/pc store in Argyle St.
She was there for about 3 years
She always worked full time at Christmas and holidays but the redident busker who plays outside thinks he's Hank Marvin.
He has an electric guitar and plays the same stuff all day long.( yes he's still there)
She came home absolutely demented with his rendition of "Apache".

The shop eventually closed down and moved up to Sauchiehall St, where the new resident buskers were the 2 lads in kilts ...Hokey Cokey
LOLOLOL
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Glasgow Lass the Tattoo is great it's the atmosphere that helps been to the first 21 my Dad used to work in the dept and got half price seats for the dress rehearsal then as the years went on we went with our family. Years ago we went to the First (don't know if they have done it since) Adelade Tattoo which was held on/near the beach and done in conjunction with Edinburgh it started off with an Aborigine playing the didgeridoo and an old fashioned Scot playing the pipes together it was really good only difference the night wasn't dark and it was warm :-D Tell you what though it was a lot cheaper when we went to Edin than it is now had a fit recently to see how much they charge ..wouldn't like to take a family - inflation :-(
Would love to see the Hairy Men miss that sort of thing ..we get operetta down here not the same haha!

The period covering the Edinburgh Festival, the Military Tattoo, and the Fringe, was never popular with me as it made it nigh impossible to get a drink in any of my favourite pubs in and around the Royal Mile, the Grassmarket, and the Cowgate :-(

Daughter off to the Edinburgh Tattoo some time soon,
never been myself but watch on TV. I don't think its as
good as it was years ago. OFiTG had to smile re getting
a drink in your pubs :-) you should make up for lost time
when everyone has gone home.

Emma :-)

OFTG I know what you mean ...Tourists ... bah! I am not very good at walking and have to sit down every few yards when in town in H/g. OK in winter but can you get a seat in summer Oh No ! :-D :-D

And the things some tourists put in their whisky would make Rabbie Burns sit up in his grave - ginger ale; lemonade; cola; and water :-(

Whenever someone asks me if I want water with my Scotch, I say I'm thirsty, not dirty ;-)

LOL.....love it :-D :-D :-D :-D

Very true OFTG :-D :-D

OH & I went to the Edinburgh Tattoo some years ago (around 2000), we really enjoyed it, except for the size of the seats! We went with my cousin and her OH, he and my OH are both big boys, they had to sit sideways!

Nolls ~ I used to live in Adelaide. There was a Tattoo at Adelaide oval many years ago, before they thought about having them at Glenelg. I went to the Adelaide one with my Mum, it was a very hot night, we felt so sorry for all the guys in their heavy kilts & bearskins, they must have been melting.

I'm with you on the whisky OFIG! I shudder when I hear people order "a Scotch & Coke" :-( I might have a wee drap of water with it, or one small piece of ice, definitely not cola, soda water or ginger ale! Sacrilege!!

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Hi BillinOz, sorry, I just saw your post.

Have a look at YouTube for Clanadonia......... they're a whole lot different to the Bay City Rollers!!

Try this one ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGpx11UT6bI

still laughing about that..........sorry.

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GlasgowLass ~

This is just for you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjpX0cirQ2I


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Morning scotties,

I am going to send those links to Foggs :-D he will go mad :-D :-D :-D

Have a great day everyone :-)

George :-)

Lady Scozz ....I love it esp the Hokey Cokey ...a new dimension :-D :-D

LOL.
Glasgow Hokey Cokey is quite a theme!
I don't remember those guys but they are quite fun too.

That's a very popular spot for buskers, and it was filmed from outside the shop that I mentioned,
(although the shop wasn't there in 2008)

That whole area of Buchanan St that you can see on the left side has been redeveloped since 2008 and has only recently been re opened as larger retail units.
I was there on Monday of last week , buskers that I remember were a skiffle band , a puppeteer , a child violinist and... a teenage vocalist with a guitar.

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