Posted on November 2, 2009 by bigrab
A contributor to this blog (who shall remain nameless) relayed to me a description he’d recently heard of the Dunbartonshire village of Renton:
“It’s quite like Romania but without the gymnasts!”
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Posted on August 17, 2009 by bigrab
This comes fromthe Metro Newspaper via my friend John O’Hare.
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Posted on August 9, 2009 by bigrab
How does one explain an Orange walk to someone from outwith Ireland or Scotland?. Here goes with a brief synopsis:
On July 1st 1690 at the River Boyne near Drogheda in what is now the Irish Republic, Prince William of Orange and his army (William the third of England and second of Scotland) defeated his father [...]
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Posted on July 12, 2009 by bigrab
Wonderful just doesn’t cover this adequately. Tommy Crockett’s photo montage set to the superb music of Michael Marra.
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Posted on May 11, 2009 by bigrab
What is the optimal size for…………….a country, a government, a business? How about a football club?
Eh? I hear you say.
Bear with me here.
On Saturday, around 800 folk from Dumbarton made the trip to Annan to witness the success of the local football club in lifting the third division championship. This is unusual. Normally a hundred [...]
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Posted on May 3, 2009 by bigrab
I received an email from a friend of mine this morning pointing out that Dumbarton seem to be the first club to win championships at four different levels of Scottish football
1st level 1890-91, 1891-92
2nd level 1910-11, 1971-72
3rd level 1991-92
4th level 2008-09
I have contacted the BBC, the local MP, MSP and leader [...]
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Posted on April 30, 2009 by bigrab
Anyone who knows me knows that I have a shop in Dumbarton. I have traded there for twenty four years, the last seventeen of which have been from the town’s High Street.
When I initially took a shop there there was 100% occupancy of shops.
There were butchers, fishmongers, fruit shops, gift shops, electrical stores, general stores [...]
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Posted on March 2, 2009 by bigrab
To organiser Allan Sneddon, compere Tom Russell and the bands who provided such quality entertainment on Saturday night at Castlerocks 2009. Even in the midst of the current financial constraints a healthy crowd turned out and Erskine Hospital were presented with a cheque for £775.
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Posted on February 21, 2009 by bigrab
Concert Promoter, Publisher and BLFP contributor Sneddy has organised another Castle Rocks concert to follow on from the very succesful event last year which raised over £4,000 for Bobath Scotland. I’m not involved as a performer this year due to my current non involvement with a band but there are some great acts lined up.
It [...]
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