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[harper]

Mr H and I have just got back from a fabulous week in Glasgow and we just wanted to say how great it was to meet up with Pat, Jim, Rolo and Jim's lovely parents:)

We are just in after 8 hours driving. I've hugged ma 6foot wean till his pips sqeaked. The takeaway is on the way and we are knackered.
We'll post more later but just wanted to say a big thank you to the folks for making us feel so welcome. It was a real pleasure:)))

My phone died the death on me last night, so apologies for the messages that didn't get picked up. I can't access voicemail or get a signal - the whole thing has gone wonky.

Tara the noo,
Harper x

[Pat]

Mr H and I have just got back from a fabulous week in Glasgow and we just wanted to say how great it was to meet up with Pat, Jim, Rolo and Jim's lovely parents:)

We are just in after 8 hours driving. I've hugged ma 6foot wean till his pips sqeaked. The takeaway is on the way and we are knackered.
We'll post more later but just wanted to say a big thank you to the folks for making us feel so welcome. It was a real pleasure:)))

My phone died the death on me last night, so apologies for the messages that didn't get picked up. I can't access voicemail or get a signal - the whole thing has gone wonky.

Tara the noo,
Harper x

It was a pleasure for us too, harper, and very good to meet you and Mr Harper. I'm sure your boay was delighted to have you back - maybe he'll come with you next time?

Great fun last night - Partick Folk Club certainly put on a very unique and entertaining Burns Night. Hope you enjoy your haggis!

[harper]

It was a pleasure for us too, harper, and very good to meet you and Mr Harper. I'm sure your boay was delighted to have you back - maybe he'll come with you next time?

Great fun last night - Partick Folk Club certainly put on a very unique and entertaining Burns Night. Hope you enjoy your haggis!

The boay was definately pleased to see us. I think I come up to his chist when we hug.

The Burns Nights was wonderful and the rendition of Tam O'Shanter was the best I've seen. It was a really good night - all the more touching seeing the organiser, Mick West, pay tribute to the loss of his friend and fellow perfromer, Alistair Hulett.

The haggis was great and the performers were cracking:)

[Pat]

The boay was definately pleased to see us. I think I come up to his chist when we hug.

The Burns Nights was wonderful and the rendition of Tam O'Shanter was the best I've seen. It was a really good night - all the more touching seeing the organiser, Mick West, pay tribute to the loss of his friend and fellow perfromer, Alistair Hulett.

The haggis was great and the performers were cracking:)

Yes, sure was a lot of talent on display, harper, and Fergus Muirhead's Tam O'Shanter was indeed 'wonderful'. The RSAMD students were knocked out to hear Peter Livingtone, perform his much loved song The Mission Hall, along with his brother Gavin. Mick was clearly very upset about Alistair Hullet's death.

[maggs]

Harper didn't realise you were coming up would have been lovely to meet up with you, let us know the next time, or did I miss it on the board

[harper]

Harper didn't realise you were coming up would have been lovely to meet up with you, let us know the next time, or did I miss it on the board

That would have been lovely, Maggs. I did post a couple of weeks ago but next time I will send you a PM to make sure you know:)

[HollowHorn]

I've been awfy no well throughout the whole of this month!

It's her chist, you know.

Sorry to have missed you Harpic, catch you next time.

[harper]

Sorry I missed ye as well harper, would have liked to have met you. Mind you I've been awfy no well throughout the whole of this month! Still, glad you had a good time.

And - hells bells - I knew Alistair wisnae well, but I missed news that he'd died.

What a shame.

Mr H was looking at his website earlier on and it does seem to have been VERY sudden. We will be better organised next time and do a proper posting. Hope you are feeling better.

[harper]

It's her chist, you know.

Sorry to have missed you Harpic, catch you next time.

You better mister, or you are catmeat:)

Btw, I dragged Mr H up to Anniesland and we went looking for the Temple piggery... real pigs, honest. If you see come across anthing on Hidden Glasgow, please give me a shout. Given the odd look that Rolo gave me when I mentioned it, I'm beginning to wonder if I imagined it.

[rolo tomassi]

Yeah, sure, I was a tad quizzical..........when you said you were up at Temple looking for the Piggery I kinda assumed it was some bizarre name for a new pub at first!

Hahahaha! HH to the rescue soonish, I imagine...

Really good to meet you and Mr H and to find we had so many mutual friends and acquaintances. Haste ye back

[HollowHorn]

Do you mean 'Temple Farm'?
http://discuss.glasg....php/t1941.html

I've set the HG dogs on it, btw.

[ozneil]

Now heres a surprise I remember hearing about it !!!

No idea where it was though

My uncle had a big piggery at Langbank Milngavie & I seem to remember him talking about it. May have been about an outbreak of Swine Fever (no flu) & worried about it spreading or maybe it was foot & mouth. Another little memory, completely forgotten, sees the light of day again.

Was it on road to Balmore from the city????

[rolo tomassi]

Hello Oz,

There's a few farm-type places up at Langbank to this day. The wean's kitten spends a coupla weeks a year in 5* luxury at the cat hotel up there. I've never noticed a piggery on the road up but I'll have a look next time. Mainly Ayrshire cattle farms I think.

And yeah, up the Balmore Road out of Glasgow till you get to the roundabout at Dobbie's. Right for Torrance and Milton of Campsie, left for Milngavie.

Langbank's off to the right as you drive towards Milngavie.

[ozneil]

Hello Oz,

There's a few farm-type places up at Langbank to this day. The wean's kitten spends a coupla weeks a year in 5* luxury at the cat hotel up there. I've never noticed a piggery on the road up but I'll have a look next time. Mainly Ayrshire cattle farms I think.

And yeah, up the Balmore Road out of Glasgow till you get to the roundabout at Dobbie's. Right for Torrance and Milton of Campsie, left for Milngavie.

Langbank's off to the right as you drive towards Milngavie.

Yeah thats correct. Turned left off Langbank Road & down a side road. Uncle's property adjoined someones estate. Very hazy. If memory serves he had about 1,200 pigs.

BTW was meaning Temple farm. Was it on Balmore road on the left heading North?

[rolo tomassi]

Not 100% on it, Oz, but I think Temple Farm was maybe part of what's now the Glasgow University Vet School grounds at Garscube up on what we cry the Switchback (Bearsden Road from Anniesland to err... Bearsden)..

Bearsden Rd is a mile or two west of Balmore Road, they kinda run parallel to the north of town, then meet up via Auchenhowie Road in the douce suburbs of Milngavie...

See if you go into Go*gle maps and key in Bearsden Road, Glasgow G13 and then pan slightly north and east you'll get my drift there.

There'll be folks around here that have the definitive answer on Temple Farm, though.

[ozneil]

God you've opened memories!

Was up visiting Uncle at Langbank & there was a German & his wife there. Apparently he had been a POW & worked in Uncle's piggery for a few years during war. He said he was well treated & was happy working there. He had brought his wife back to introduce her to Uncle & Aunt .

Was there a POW camp around there?

Looked at Google Earth, picked out what I think was house but the pig styes & sheds have all vanished

[notanimby]

Langbank is also a village on ra Clyde coast, almost opposite (DUMBarton) plenty of pigs but nae piggery

[Pat]

Langbank is also a village on ra Clyde coast, almost opposite (DUMBarton) plenty of pigs but nae piggery

There's the most beautiful old pig stye over at the old Erskine Hospital. No pigs now but we used to watch them for hourse when we were weans.

[notanimby]

There's the most beautiful old pig stye over at the old Erskine Hospital. No pigs now but we used to watch them for hourse when we were weans.

It's called Mar Lodge noo, a rather up market hotel establishment efter teh sort of punters who usually stay in Devonshire Grdns - celebs, pop stars, gangsters etc