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That old ! Did you know the Cavendish in Edinburgh ? my Mum used to do her Scottish Country Dancing there and also in Princes Street Gardens in the Summer..Pre White Heather Club..19 late 40's and 50's....I remember getting off the tram from school and waiting in the gardens for her....
Rotten cloudy day today..

That old ! Did you know the Cavendish in Edinburgh ? my Mum used to do her Scottish Country Dancing there and also in Princes Street Gardens in the Summer..Pre White Heather Club..19 late 40's and 50's....I remember getting off the tram from school and waiting in the gardens for her....
Rotten cloudy day today..

Bother ,how did I do that doubled.. :-S

Yes Polly, I remember it well.

Started off young at North Merchiston Boys Club and as I got older the Palais then more sophisticated, the Cavendish. Office dances were held in The George Hotel, The Grosvenor and the Caledonian Hotel. Happy days.

Just thinking, I might even have known your Mother!!!

You could have done... ;-)

Me too.... Palais and the Cavendish...met hubby in the Cav.. (thinks can I sue them now lol) Oh and the Plaza :-D

There you are again Nolls..I have a Cavendish badge of Mum's somewhere... :-) :-)

Isn't it a small world..?We left Edinburgh in 1955 then went to Aberdeen..where Mum went to Gaelic classes,difficult language..

The Plaza - That was the posh one, but i was allowed in occasionally!!

Well Robert .... The Plaza that's where my mum liked me to go to...haha if only she knew :-D

As I say Nolls, that was the Posh one. Mind you a lot of Boroughmuir FPs went there, so I felt quite at home.

Then they took me away for two years, (to do my National Service)

Morning All,
How's everyone doing?
What a beautiful weekend we have had.
Bank Holiday Monday, and the sun is shining again!
Me and my youngest have been on our own since Saturday morning, as the rest of the family are in London ( NFL Webley) and don't get back until later tonight.
What shall we do today? Any ideas?

Lucky you. A Bank Holiday???

Mind you when you are my age, every day is a Holiday.

As a family we applied for various tickets for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Just had an email...
Didn't get tickets fot the opening ceremony at Celtic Park but, we seem to have been successful with everything else.
Tickets:
Squash, Hockey, Badminton ... and the Closing Ceremony at Hampden Park
Whoo Hoo!

According to the BBC Scottish news (Reporting Scotland) many people have been disappointed. I am pleased you have been lucky.

I'm glad that at long last Bobby is getting a facelift :-)

Work has started to restore the nose on one of Edinburgh's most famous public statues.

The dark colour on Greyfriars Bobby's snout had been worn off by people rubbing the nose "for luck".

Restoration specialists Powderhall Bronze have been commissioned to clean, re-patinate and wax the affected area.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24348923

Well done GlasgowLass on getting tickets for those events at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games - enjoy :-)

Ha Ha OFITG.
Squash, Hockey and Badminton tickets are for my OH, my daughter and her BF
Me? I'm going to the closing ceremony! ;-) ;-)

GL,

I am sure Glasgow will flourish at the Games.

I remember my days at Ibrox and Celtic Park and the atmosphere at both grounds. Hopefully the atmosphere at the Games will be just as electric.

Morning to everyone, the weather down here in Kent is rapidly turning a lot cooler but still not resorted to turning my central heating on.

On another note, I was disappointed to read that today the Queen will start the Baton Relay for next years Commonwealth Games, which are being held in Glasgow, from Buckingham Palace in London. I would have preferred to have seen her start this from somewhere in Glasgow, like say George Square.

The baton relay which will visit all the competing countries and territories will take 288 days to complete - it starts from Buckingham Palace in London later this morning.

The start of the relay looked quite good with Chris Hoy and Alan Wells and of course the Pipe Band although I agree with you that it should have started in Glasgow.