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There is nothing surer to evoke Glescafolk than .....are ye a Billy or a
Dan.
Witness extracts from my Message board..........
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Extract message board 28th Dec
2002. Charlie McDonald, Scotland
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Peter Ferguson now there was a great big guy I spoke to him about 12 years
ago when he turned up at the Parkhead Gala Day in Helenvale Park When he was
younger he played in some Orange Band and used to always stop at the
corner of Arrol Place and bang his big drum as a favour to my old
granda who was a member of the No Surrender Flute Band when he was
younger.......... Big Peter ended up opening up the old Black Cat cinema in
Springfield Road as a furniture shop. Sadly he committed suicide several
years ago...he had been diagnosed with cancer and rather than let his family
see and feel his suffering he took his own life. He never ever forgot his
roots I will say that about him and he was a perfect gentleman to the very
end.
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Extract message board 29th Dec 2002. Hugh Morrow, Scotland
..........does this sectarian who celebrates the big drum being
bashed to keep his granda happy realise the offence to others he was
indulging in, as a protestant I object to being tarred with the
same brush as these people who think that to be a Brigtonian was to be a
bigot wrapped in the orange sash, no way !!!! We are better than
those who want to march from Landressy St. to the Orange Halls along the
Dalmarnock Rd. wherever it was they crawled out of to keep their claptrap to
themselves!!!!!
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Extract message board 29th Dec 2002. Charlie
McDonald, Scotland
.........First of all Mr.Morrow I am no Bigot.I was only stating
fact in regards to part of my childhood and what was memories in regards the
person that I knew as a child. It does not matter where you go in this
world..if you say you come from Bridgeton people will automatically mark you
down as a Protestant. Likewise if you say that you come from Parkhead
they'll mark you down as a Catholic. However if you are a
student of social history you will know that this is a popular
misconception. Bridgeton had the biggest Catholic parish in Glasgow
and the children of Sacred Heart used to march regularly around the
Toll...even in the days when the Billy Boys were in their
heyday...without any hassle. In Parkhead we have one of the oldest Orange
Lodges in Scotland and there is a fund called the Watson Fund that is
paid out annually to people who were born and bred in Parkhead...only Protestants
can apply. In regards to my grandfather he grew up in times when it was
fashionable to be part of something whether it be the local ILP branch or
the Temperance society..he chose the NOEY. And if you want to make
remarks about bigots I would suggest you go and find out the true
meaning of the word before you start lambasting people....because by your
posting it sounds to me as if you are one... in regards to people who are
members of the Orange Order..which incidentally I am not a member. If
you wish to revel in nostalgia then you must accept that there are things in
people's memories that are not all about dreeping aff dykes and lucky
middens. Bridgeton will be Bridgeton. .
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Extract message board 29th Dec 2002.
Hugh Morrow, Scotland
....as
a socialst and a keen student of working class history, I certainly know the
true meaning of bigotry, irrespective of which side of the divide practices
it,but I must say I was unaware that joining a ludge or being in the knights
was merely being a follower of fashion, maybe we should let the Scottish
Executive know so we can save all that police time and money being wasted on
arresting people for being "dedicated" followers of fashion, I
have never revelled in nostalgia but I have dreeped aff a few dykes and
raided a few middens in my time out of necessity, and thats down to those Bigots
who would keep the working man in his place and by using any means
necessary, and what better and easier way than to divide and conquer with
the use of religion to keep us occupied while the fat cats get off
with the cream, so Charlie come down off your high horse and at least
recognise for all the good charitable works these organisations
undoubtly do, at the end of the day it is charity...when it could be so much
more!!
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Extract message board 29th Dec 2002. Ronnie McPhee, England
Pheeeew! I'm keepin oot o' this wan, intellectully wae above ma heid,
dreepin aff dykes is mer ma level
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Extract message board 30th Dec 2002. Charlie McDonald, Scotland
...I have no intention of turning this
excellent website into a debating society on the east end of Glasgow's
religious past. However , you got your
history wrong when you mentioned 'ludges' and people marching from Landressy
Street to wherever. It was a Masonic Lodge in Landressy Street
not an Orange one.
Does anyone remember the day it got blown up....two would be Loyalists
decided to heat their pies up in the oven...not realising
that one of their fellow Loyalists had hid the gelignite in the drawer at
the bottom of the cooker. The result was the Masonic halls was blown
to kingdom come and also the wee sweetie shop below it which made the best
Candy Balls in the city of Glasgow.
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Extract message board 30th Dec 2002. Hugh Morrow, Scotland
.....this site is for a blether and we`ll
agree to disagree....but I`m afraid yer wrang aboot the candy balls!!
Surely
it must be Glickman`s????
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