The Navy Lark

From my friend Stevie G who sends me a blizzard of stuff. This is a cracker.
ROYAL NAVAL RETIREMENT
The Navy found they had too many officers and decided to offer an early
retirement bonus. They promised any officer who volunteered a bonus of
£1000 for inch measured in a straight line between any two points [...]

Larry Adler

On Saturday night my pal Kit quoted his late mum as describing me as “Dumbarton’s Larry Adler”. Actually whereas I can tootle about on blues harmonica a bit, the late Larry Adler was a true classical virtuoso and universally respected musician. I was fortunate enough to meet Larry in 1993 and heard him play twice [...]

So Farewell Then Firs Park.

Last night I attended the East Stirlingshire v Dumbarton match at Firs Park, Bainsford in Falkirk. The match ended in an unremarkable 1-1 draw and I have to admit that Sons were very fortunate to come away with a point.

The following comes from the excellent Scottish Football Ground Guide
where there is also a good landscape [...]