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15th February 2021, 08:23 PM
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Billy Connolly
Just watched an old Billy Connolly film " Down among the big boys " . Great stuff , full of Glasgow humour.
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15th February 2021, 08:26 PM
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15th February 2021, 10:54 PM
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AFTER the loss of Sean Connery, funnyman Sir Billy Connolly is possibly the most famous living Scotsman.
Sad to hear that he had announced his retirement after 50 years in stand-up as he opened
up on his battle with Parkinson's.
Keith.
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Last edited by Keith at Tregenna; 15th February 2021 at 10:55 PM.
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17th February 2021, 05:12 PM
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Peter McDougal produced several plays for the BBC, all centered around Glasgow life in the ‘60’s or thereabouts.ne One of his very best was “Just a Boys Game” starring Frankie Miller, the Glasgow Blues/Soul singer and many other familiar actors including Hector Nichol.
It’s definitely worth a watch, some of the lines in it are classic Glasgow patter. The full video is available on YouTube.
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17th February 2021, 09:20 PM
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Duke Drennan
Peter McDougal produced several plays for the BBC, all centered around Glasgow life in the ‘60’s or thereabouts.ne One of his very best was “Just a Boys Game” starring Frankie Miller, the Glasgow Blues/Soul singer and many other familiar actors including Hector Nichol.
It’s definitely worth a watch, some of the lines in it are classic Glasgow patter. The full video is available on YouTube.
Saw one of my old ships discharging at Greenock in the video , one of the Seatrain GTV's.
Last edited by John Cassels; 17th February 2021 at 09:22 PM.
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17th February 2021, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by
Duke Drennan
Peter McDougal produced several plays for the BBC, all centered around Glasgow life in the ‘60’s or thereabouts.ne One of his very best was “Just a Boys Game” starring Frankie Miller, the Glasgow Blues/Soul singer and many other familiar actors including Hector Nichol.
It’s definitely worth a watch, some of the lines in it are classic Glasgow patter. The full video is available on YouTube.
Picture this; a husband, wife and two weans pull up to one of the new self-service petrol stations. The husband gets out, takes hold of the pump and then stares in bewilderment at the pump while his wife leans back in her seat while thumping the weans. She turns round, winds the window down and say’s “Whit’s keeping ye”
“Ah’m tryin tae work it oot” he says. “Work it oot, ye couldnae work a tanner oot a dumplin” she say’s. Brilliant !!!
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17th February 2021, 10:18 PM
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What about this one.
Man walks into the ground floor entrance to a block of high rise flats. Walks to the elevator where there’s a kid holding a rope that’s around a horse’s neck. The man points to the elevator door and say’s “yur no gonnie take that in there, are ye”, The kid replies, “Ye don’t expect it tae walk up the stairs, do ye”.
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18th February 2021, 12:16 AM
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WE have his video of his Tour of Scotland, tears job.
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18th February 2021, 12:22 AM
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18th February 2021, 01:07 AM
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They used that in the movie the Commitments (Roddy Doyle)
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