Mr McLean would play his chanter along with the 4th engineer who was from Mallaig I can't remember his name . Archie Maclean was a bit of a character though he's name throughout the company was known as the white haired animal
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Mr McLean would play his chanter along with the 4th engineer who was from Mallaig I can't remember his name . Archie Maclean was a bit of a character though he's name throughout the company was known as the white haired animal
Cannot say I knew the name but Abercrombie, senior chief engineer as a Scot let the side down as all he drank was Vodka.Quote:
Originally Posted by robpage
He was a Man after my own Heart (taste) then John!
Smirnoff the only one!
Cheers
Anyway, we're a' Jock Tamson's bairns Bill.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill Cameron
Long may we live to be proud of them and listen to their Pipes and Drums.
Regards from,
Fouro.
My Dad, had No Scottish blood in his entire family history, He had never set foot in Scotland,
BUT he played the bagpipes like a professional Scotsman.
He also played E Flat Bass in a Brass Band.
Cheers
Brian
Marian,
How dare you say I have froggy french blood somewhere in my line, If I did I would throw myself off Blackpool Tower, certainly not that awful Tower in paris,
My blood is from the Vikings of 1,500 years ago, ODIN
##i have great faith in marions ancestry .....it looks like you will have to throw yourself off .......lol cappy
###ok doc message recieved.....i am just going to TOSS some eggs in a pan..cappyQuote:
Originally Posted by cappy
I remember the last time that came up Brian and you treated us all to the story of the Aspinall family, it all started withQuote:
Originally Posted by Captain Kong
a seed of a tree being dropped down a well :) (if I remember right). Cheers JF
Hi Johnf,
In old Ormskirk [a Viking settlement] 1,500 years ago, on the banks of the River Ribble was a well.
In those days people only had one name. and then described by their location or the job they did,
Out of the well grew an Aspen Tree, and so people who lived by the well became known as .... Brian of Aspen in the well.
This over the ages was shortened to Aspen well, then later it became Aspenwall, and later became Aspinall.
and so Fifteen hundred years, eight months and ten days later, here I am. a Viking descendent.
I know this as I discovered last November 7th, that that it was 1500 years ago.
Cheers
Brian