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I think that was his name. Was Alison Burns one of your crowd as well?

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aye ali burns , now a top lawyer in the music business and a jazz singer in her own right. beh goad doon, yer no half rattling a lot o skeletons here today They were good days, and im proud o them. Even now folks try to slag me and mention in front o my bairns " oh i remember yer mum she used to...." and im like " im STILL a punk". that puts their gas at a peep, i kin tell ye !

/pogos arthiritically fir effect..

Oh bum - I'm trying to upload a pic of my bruv in his punk hey day, but as per I can't do it

Lot of talk here about gangs and the recurring mention of Lochee.
I left Dundee In 58 and went to sea; then to Canada so can not comment on " gang situation "after that date .

But for the Lochee crowd this may be a bit of a pick Up.

A while ago I used to drink at lunch time in " The Bank Bar "in Hull Quebec. ( Name and location were good; also It was one of the few places in Canada where a man could go for a Pee and stand on Scottish Soil ). Maybe the ONLY place.
ANY WAY .
One St Andrews Day I was having My beer when Wee JimmY from Lochee came thro from the pool hall side of the pub. Just to share a pint and remember Scotland.
When somebody pointed out that I wore a Rampant Lion ON my sweater and he wore a Tiger.

So I asked him the question. Why ?

Answer ----- 140 miles on his own for seven months behind the Japaneese lines in Burma.

Now that says a lot aboot the real hard men in Lochee.
When I got Back to Canada after a wee trip to the Falklands HIS big question was " Is the railway bridge over the street still There " Hard as nails and still sentimental.

Spent a lot of time around the NS scene in dundee and big Stu was a friend. Sadly he and number of other peeps no longer with us. LAst 3b48 Jimmy Radcliff - Long After Tonight Is All Over, Tobi Legend - Time Will Pass You By, Dean Parish - I'm On My Way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYIJInS4W9g

good call imadee. There are not one but 2 soul discos this very weekend in Dundee. Seems to be having a bit of a resurgence. Jim Kenny died the other week too. The opening riffs of " on my way" still manage to make my hair stand on end, think its something to do with acoustics, and how it would be played in a half empty marryat hall.

I’m working with a guy from Keighley in Yorkshire ( Leeds) , his dad was a Dj at Wigan Casino.
Sadly his dad is dead, but he has all his original vinyl collection.
No its not for sale I asked.

Funny how little things just seem to come together in later life.

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seen in the courier yesterday their making a film and actually seeking Roy wallace and kanga (jim mcandrew) from the original wigan casino archives. nae doubt they have beenn found by now. well Roy anyway.. i never seen kanga for years fae the time he lived aff the Caledonian Road up Kings cross way.