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[Sandy_Leishman]

Morning Men



Was thinking of having a wee get together for our wee history buffs group.



Venue:                 Counting House, George Square, Glasgow



Date/Time:         Saturday 28^th May 2011 Lunch timeish



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[Piorun]

Sounds good to me, Sandy, if I'm not coaching a referee that day. There are so many postponed fixtures, we've no idea when the season will end! Yours aye, Antony

[Sandy_Leishman]

Piorun, on 11 April 2011 - 02:49 PM, said:

Sounds good to me, Sandy, if I'm not coaching a referee that day. There are so many postponed fixtures, we've no idea when the season will end! Yours aye, Antony

Good man Antony, ye can only do yr best

[unitedsound]

Sandy

Many thanks for your invite.

Looking forward to seeing you guys again at the Counting House next month.

David

[Sandy_Leishman]

unitedsound, on 12 April 2011 - 05:15 PM, said:

Sandy

Many thanks for your invite.

Looking forward to seeing you guys again at the Counting House next month.

David

Good Man David

[skipman]

Hi Sandy. Am afraid I won't be able to make it, but look forward to being able to do so, sometime. Enjoy.

Cheers Mike

[Glesga Highlander]

I am up for it...seeing as you owe me a beer or two for you getting out of the Ayette Memorial Service earlier this month at George Square. I got absolutely soaked to the skin.

[MACRAE]

Glesga Highlander, on 20 April 2011 - 09:22 AM, said:

I am up for it...seeing as you owe me a beer or two for you getting out of the Ayette Memorial Service earlier this month at George Square. I got absolutely soaked to the skin.

Are you feeling better Charlie are you realy feeling better  

Dan

[Sandy_Leishman]

Bit of a disaster men, I'm double booked!... I've got to be in Belfast that weekend, think the best plan would be for it to go ahead though?

[Glesga Highlander]

Sandy_Leishman, on 04 May 2011 - 10:13 AM, said:

Bit of a disaster men, I'm double booked!... I've got to be in Belfast that weekend, think the best plan would be for it to go ahead though?

Don't you worry about it Sandy it is still going ahead as planned...I am up for it and so is young Lynsey. Anyone else still coming along...

[Piorun]

I'm still on. Antony

[DMcNay]

I'm still on for a meetup.

[Piorun]

A very fine afternoon! The motion regarding the court-martial of Private Leishman for being awol ("apologies" being unacceptable) was received with particular enthusiasm - as was the suggestion to find a future meeting-place that barred children of screaming age! Admiration (and disbelief) was expressed for the member who took on the mother and whomever was her shrinking male companion. The fact that the pub ran dry of Deuchars is evidence enough of the successful gathering. The presence of delegates from Edinburgh was also welcomed as evidence of the broad-minded approach to foreigners that the new Scotland endorses. These words are strictly unattributable to any member of this Forum.

[MACRAE]

forgot all about it was to busy enjoying my self. was given a bag of HLI badges and told to help my self to what I did not have and I got 4 in total. Then spent the afternoon with a young lady who also gave me a gift of a masonic ring , it was like my birthday again.

Dan

[barrieduncan]

I had a great time yesterday, from what I can remember of it anyway! It was great to catch up with old friends and was very pleased to make some new ones. Looking forward to catching up with you all again in the future.

Barrie

[DMcNay]

barrieduncan, on 29 May 2011 - 08:32 PM, said:

I had a great time yesterday, from what I can remember of it anyway! It was great to catch up with old friends and was very pleased to make some new ones. Looking forward to catching up with you all again in the future.

Barrie

I second that. Very pleasant afternoon. Nice to catch up with some old friends and to make the acquantance of some new ones.

Let's not leave it so long till next time.

[Glesga Highlander]

Yes I agree totally David apart from the weekend of the Somme First of July Commemorations I am available most Saturday's in June and July if anyone wishes to suggest a date and a venue. And I am still keen to introduce the Glasgow 1914-1918 Group at Lanark in August if Leishman would get his finger out and get committed to doing something positive re this group rather than doing all these 'freeebie' trips to Ulster.

Ach Danny you missed a great afternoon out as some of us ended up discussing a subject close to your heart... the fitba. We went from McCrae's Battalion and ended up discussing the finer points of Slater , Gilzean , Hamilton , Ure and Gordon Smith of Dundee. In amongst this we reminisced re the Famous Five of Smith , Johnstone, Reilly, Turnbull and Wullie Ormond, plus Turnbull's Tornadoes of the 1970's. Not forgetting the Hertz  team of Young, MacKay, Conn and Bauld and of course who could ever forget Ritchie , Shearer , Caldow, Greig, McKinnon and Baxter...now that was some Roll of Honour I am sure that even you would have been moved to comment on. And yes we did come to some agreement re the group and a minute will be forthcoming when young Lynsey sobers up...

[Sandy_Leishman]

Sorry for being so Tardy in replying chaps, been trying to catch up with my tail since returning home from Belfast (and it wisnae a freebie McDonald!) Court-Martial...... well, as some of my Divisional Officers would be only to happy to confirm, it was only a matter of time! Mea Culpa men Mea Culpa.


How about round 2? (if your livers can cope with it!)



'Folk' have mentioned the 9th of July as a possible date, any venue suggestions? one without kindergarten facilitiies?

[Piorun]

Could do. Someone has to keep up the drinking rate! Antony

[Sandy_Leishman]

Piorun, on 07 June 2011 - 11:52 AM, said:

Could do. Someone has to keep up the drinking rate! Antony

Aye I had heard you were setting a farily brisk Pace Antony!

[barrieduncan]

Sounds grand to me. Any suggestions as to a new venue? I know the Counting House was chosen as it is central and easy to find, but perhaps we'd find somewhere less busy (and a good bit quieter) if we ventured out of the city centre? What about Coopers on Great Western Road - its massive, has loads of seats, serves reasonable food, and is a couple of minutes walk from Kelvinbridge Underground? I'm happy to go anywhere, but for me the quieter the pub the better!

[Piorun]

I used to go shopping in Coopers with my auntie when I was a wee boy. They had pneumatic tubes for taking the money from the till to the counting room and back again with one's change. Whoooosh . . . . and away would go the brass cylinder with the rubber ends. Great fun! Can I play? Antony

[Malcolm]

AH I'll be up North on 9th July. Looks like I'm AWOL again. Does this mean a courts martial?  

Aye
Malcolm

[Sandy_Leishman]

Piorun, on 07 June 2011 - 01:45 PM, said:

I used to go shopping in Coopers with my auntie when I was a wee boy. They had pneumatic tubes for taking the money from the till to the counting room and back again with one's change. Whoooosh . . . . and away would go the brass cylinder with the rubber ends. Great fun! Can I play? Antony

I can remember them from somewhere my Mammy used to shop when I was a wean, but can't for the life of me remember where it was now, mibbe the Co-Op?

[Sandy_Leishman]

Malcolm, on 07 June 2011 - 05:00 PM, said:

AH I'll be up North on 9th July. Looks like I'm AWOL again. Does this mean a courts martial?  

Aye
Malcolm

Yes... but you can Nobble the jury with Drink!