tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21660941.post8782509012448418456..comments2024-02-17T18:51:24.318+00:00Comments on Havering On: The Skirl o' the PipesRichard Havershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309594787689405779noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21660941.post-12050882118823258132008-09-01T21:27:00.000+01:002008-09-01T21:27:00.000+01:00Thanks for the chuckle!Thanks for the chuckle!Tamara Jansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957262774317047524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21660941.post-64846770358304052342008-09-01T16:09:00.000+01:002008-09-01T16:09:00.000+01:00The verbal lashing I got may well have been only s...The verbal lashing I got may well have been only sightly less damaging!Richard Havershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309594787689405779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21660941.post-24759709761177935392008-09-01T15:57:00.001+01:002008-09-01T15:57:00.001+01:00Chuckle.By the way, as an historical aside, my gre...Chuckle.<BR/>By the way, as an historical aside, my great grandfather marched through Georgia with the Union Army, took a bullet at the Battle of Atlanta and was crippled for the rest of his life. He died in 1918.<BR/>You are fortunate not to be beaten by a stars and bars.r morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12147514874434254047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21660941.post-55719031158208775562008-09-01T15:57:00.000+01:002008-09-01T15:57:00.000+01:00Chuckle.By the way, as an historical aside, my gre...Chuckle.<BR/>By the way, as an historical aside, my great grandfather marched through Georgia with the Union Army, took a bullet at the Battle of Atlanta and was crippled for the rest of his life. He died in 1918.<BR/>You are fortunate not to be beaten by a stars and bars.r morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12147514874434254047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21660941.post-9238159991715408402008-09-01T14:44:00.000+01:002008-09-01T14:44:00.000+01:00RT, great story! It just underscores the need for ...RT, great story! It just underscores the need for a modicum of research! Ditto Rab, lovely stories.<BR/><BR/>Mr. E. The day the advertising man came back from the ad agency with a tape of that commercial I was the first one to see it. He wanted to try it out on me before he showed the board. i loved it.<BR/><BR/>http://www.airodyssey.net/video/bcal.mpgRichard Havershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309594787689405779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21660941.post-91192456197825939682008-09-01T10:39:00.000+01:002008-09-01T10:39:00.000+01:00A great anecdote Richard!What I do remember of Bri...A great anecdote Richard!<BR/><BR/>What I do remember of British Caledonian was their great TV ad featuring a Brian Wilson classic song rejigged as "I wish they all could be Caledonia Girls!". Brilliant!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21660941.post-61683419010398621062008-09-01T10:25:00.000+01:002008-09-01T10:25:00.000+01:00I have two tales of inappropriate songs being play...I have two tales of inappropriate songs being played by bands on international occasions. Frank Carson tells the one about the Northern Ireland football team being treated to a rendition of 'The sash my father wore' pre-match in the eastern bloc. Apparently in one of the former Soviet republics where a Scottish team were playing (I think football but maybe another sport), the band struck up a very earnest version of 'Donald where's yer troosers?'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21660941.post-75320204059042844602008-09-01T10:16:00.000+01:002008-09-01T10:16:00.000+01:00Ouch!Mind you, it could have been worse. Given the...Ouch!<BR/><BR/>Mind you, it could have been worse. Given the more popular lyrics adapted for the tune of Marching Through Georgia, you could have landed yourself in hot water in parts of Scotland too.<BR/><BR/>Still, nothing tops the now notorious SNP ceilidh in the Albert Halls after a Bannockburn Day in the 1970's. Jordi Pujol was there from Catalonia and the band, in a spectacularly unhelpful attempt to foster Scottish/Catalan relations, struck up with Y Viva Espana.<BR/><BR/>Given he'd seved time for his activities in one of Franco's jails, I understand he took it fairly well...Richard Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00380671811598211337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21660941.post-16954901606486995152008-09-01T09:13:00.000+01:002008-09-01T09:13:00.000+01:00Not at all....I switched jobs!Not at all....I switched jobs!Richard Havershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309594787689405779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21660941.post-67689997495041494472008-09-01T08:38:00.000+01:002008-09-01T08:38:00.000+01:00Oh dear! Major woopsie time. You must be a talen...Oh dear! Major woopsie time. You must be a talented survivor Richard.Dragonstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05935435587527038459noreply@blogger.com