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| #Post#: 393-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Storys from a virtual pub in shetland. | |
| By: George Date: January 9, 2011, 1:42 am | |
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| Some storys I told in a virtual pub on the Shetland Islands.. | |
| Right Im ready to start...I'm off to the Magnies rest ... got to | |
| tell them a wee story that happens to be true........hello | |
| all.......what the hell are you all wearing hardhats and | |
| gumshields for.. is Alky and her sister been at the triples | |
| again?.... barmaid could I have a pint o watter before I | |
| start....thanks....Right.. this happened to me back in the | |
| sixties, but it is still very vivid in my mind..my late wife | |
| Jean was always getting on to me for scaring our children with | |
| these stories... So I will start..it was in August when I knew | |
| the Salmon were in the upper reaches of the river Ayr and the | |
| river Luger...so I set out in my car and headed for Mauchline, | |
| passing through Moscow and Hurlford on the way there... I | |
| arrived outside the village, and parked the car at a place | |
| called the Haugh, then set up my fishing gear, I walked | |
| downstream to a place called the meeting o the watters.. where | |
| the Luger meets the Ayr.. I decided to fish the Luger first..so | |
| went upstream about a quarter o a mile and started to fish.. It | |
| was not to long when I was into a Salmon, a nice fish of seven | |
| pounds.. So I took it back to the car and then decided to fish | |
| upstream on the River Ayr.. I was fishing a long pool. when I | |
| noticed someone else was fishing on the opposite bank to me... | |
| it was a Mink, its colour was unusual as it seemed to be blue | |
| fur...anyway it was a far better angler than me, as evertime it | |
| slipped into the pool, it would come up with a Salmon Parr, then | |
| disappear into a gully, where I presumed it had young to feed.. | |
| So I decided to move on to the next pool, as I thought it had | |
| probably scared off the Salmon in that pool...... so I moved | |
| upstream to the pool above, and started to fish again... It was | |
| a very pleasant day for fishing.. the birds were singing.. the | |
| water was gurgling down over some rapids, sheer paradise to | |
| someone like me, who loves the country........... I first became | |
| aware that something strange was about to happen at this place, | |
| I had a very uneasy feeling that all was not right....... The | |
| first thing I noticed.. was the birds had gone quiet, then I | |
| realised that the water was not gurgling either...... I sensed | |
| the hairs on the back of my neck rising, and a tingling on my | |
| neck ......... something wasnt right......... even the tree | |
| branches seemed to have stopped swaying in the | |
| breeze.................. Then I slowly raised my eyes and looked | |
| over the river to the bushes.......... I was being watched I | |
| thought......then a man in black materialised right across the | |
| river from me...He did not speak or move..just stared at me, for | |
| what seemed like an age...then he started to fade away in front | |
| of my eyes........................This story.. IS TRUE AS I | |
| DESCRIBED IT............................right.. Why are you all | |
| holding hands..and you John .. what are you doing sitting on the | |
| barmaids lap.. | |
| More to come.. hope you enjoyed it.. | |
| george.. | |
| #Post#: 394-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Stories.. The soldier.. | |
| By: George Date: January 10, 2011, 1:36 am | |
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| This one is from Benjismum.. in response to mine.. | |
| You'll have to buy everyone doubles, George, to calm them down. | |
| I like a good ghost story - especially when they're true!! And | |
| that's a good 'un!! | |
| I've got a few "little" stories but nothing I've experienced | |
| myself - except a flying glass once. But, my friend over the | |
| road told me of her experience in her garden. Now, if you knew | |
| my friend, you would know that she is very matter-of-fact, no | |
| nonsense, isn't sentimental doesn't believe in ghosts, | |
| horoscopes, fairies, Father Christmas or any such things...... | |
| She and her husband had built a new house behind the old stone | |
| farmhouse which they had been required to demolish. Where the | |
| stone farmhouse had stood was now a large lawn. | |
| ......one day she was mowing the lawn. It was the middle of the | |
| day................ | |
| As she busied herself in the garden, she was aware that someone | |
| was watching her. She stopped what she was doing momentarily | |
| and saw a man standing looking right through her (as I'm telling | |
| you this I've got goosebumps all over and my eyes are | |
| watering!!!) She watched him for a few seconds, smiled at him | |
| and greeted him cheerily but got no response. | |
| He appeared to be very over-dressed for a summer's day - even | |
| for a farmer - which, at first, she took him to be. Then she | |
| realised that he had a very big army coat on, and had something | |
| like a bag slung over his shoulder and an army hat. She turned | |
| back to her lawn mower to stop | |
| it............aaaaaahhhhhhh......and when she turned back to | |
| speak to him..........he had disappeared. | |
| When she made enquiries about who had lived in the old farm in | |
| the past, she discovered that the son of the house had gone away | |
| to the first world war. He should have taken over the | |
| farm......but, sadly never lived to return. | |
| She is convinced that it was him she saw that day. She's never | |
| seen him since, but tells me she sometimes feels a presence | |
| there when she is in the garden. | |
| I'm so terrified that if I have to go over there at night I take | |
| my million watt torch with me!!! ;D | |
| Now, where's that double brandy????? | |
| Thanks Benji for your wee story.. | |
| Oor Pat .. | |
| Joost drapped in for a glass o Nortmavine Sparklin fur my 11s'. | |
| Ah'll hae tae stick up fur da lasses ahint da bar.. Dey might be | |
| a bit rough aroond da edges but dey serve a good gless o watter | |
| an da stovies is second tae none .. Mind you dat false eyelash | |
| in da reestit mutton soup wiz hard tae swalloo.. Still I fin da | |
| place lichtsome enouch despite dis creepy feelin dat dere's folk | |
| dat I canna see all aboot me.... | |
| Geordie said.. | |
| Hi.David, and zdrahstvooite dobree vyechir..kak vy oazhyvahyete | |
| David ..... Nice to see you in da magnies for da first | |
| time...you have to watch your back in here David... it can get a | |
| bit wild at times..een keep your eyes off da burds, Alky and her | |
| twin...cause, wee Willie fancies dem...................telt me | |
| he is not fussy about who he can pick up....I think he is just | |
| looking for free boarding.........He is a tourist you know... | |
| just like you....but you seem to have your head screwed on da | |
| right way. ...Anyway whits yer poison. and I will have the same. | |
| thank you.... Ok Alky, pit it on Davids tab...always pays to be | |
| nice to people.......... | |
| george.. Meeting a Rooskie tourist.. | |
| Hello all.. I see we have got our first tourist o da season..I | |
| wonder how he found oot about da magnies rest..Must have heard o | |
| it on da internet...Hello tourist... are you up for a bit o | |
| sightseeing, or up for da burds...Eezveeneete, pazhahlsta nyet, | |
| rooskee......... O my god he is wan o dem.....ok rooskee do you | |
| speak da lingo?... Nyet. nyet. prashoo vas pamoch mnye [ can you | |
| help me ] It depends on wat you want. if it will cost any | |
| money. your nae chance... Skolka stoeet [ how much does it cost | |
| ] ...Kak nahm papast navagzahl [ how do we get to the station ] | |
| Noo hes pulling mae leg noo...think he is a bit o a joker... | |
| Alky gie him a wee dram o vodka.. that will shut him up fer a | |
| time...and pit it oan Davids tab. cause im skint as | |
| usual........ | |
| george.. | |
| #Post#: 395-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Storys from a virtual pub. Alky.. | |
| By: George Date: January 10, 2011, 4:29 am | |
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| Hello Alky. Nice to see you back from the asylum, I suppose I | |
| will have to give you a wee hand today, as you seem to be a bit | |
| tied up.. Did they forget to take da straight-jacket off, or, | |
| are you still a wee bit nutty. I see your sister Alkapop is | |
| nearly normal, apart from her talking to herself in da mirror, I | |
| heard yesterday that there is going to be big turnout in da pub | |
| next week, I think its because someone overheard that there is | |
| to be free drinks...anyway I will be off to my daughters hoose | |
| doon sooth in Paisley toon, whit dae you mean your never heard | |
| of paisley, dats where da big cotton mills were, an Tannahill da | |
| auld poet...I mind when I wis a lad we had what was known as da | |
| Paisley Fair, when da mills shut for da holidays, then just | |
| aboot every family in da toon jumped on the auld steam trains | |
| and headed for Ayr and Saltcoats, all the snobs went to Largs.. | |
| And talking about Ayr, thats when I had my first encounter wae | |
| da spirit life..It kind o makes you a wee bit scared at times, | |
| it was at night and we had rented a flat above an old | |
| blacksmiths shop..[ god I can still smell the burning o da | |
| horses hoofs when da smithy put the red hot shoe onto its hoof | |
| then nailed it on,then he would cut and trim da nail around da | |
| shoe] ,...... whit dae you mean you dont want to know aboot | |
| ghosts, ok. be like dat then, I might tell it another time as I | |
| dont want to upset you when your just oot o hospital...... Right | |
| then. I am off now, I will see you both later........... | |
| Next day.. | |
| Hello Alky. How are you today? They new glasses your wearing | |
| fairly help to take da squint oot o your eyes, big improvement.. | |
| I was telling you that I was going down to my lasses hoose in | |
| paisley..well I canna make my mind up whether to take my car or | |
| not..the drivers doon there are sheer mental..sorry Alky, I | |
| shouldna have said dat word [ mental ] Do you think I should | |
| take da car?... whit do you mean, you hope da ferry sinks, I | |
| thought you liked me, and here I was going to bring you and your | |
| sister a wee present, I was going to get you both a pair o pink | |
| wellies. I heard dat the pub was empty again last night, I bet | |
| it will be mobbed when I go off da island, I dont think I'm very | |
| well liked in here, ???. Probably because o da way I talk to | |
| folk.. Anyway, I think I will go out today wae da camera and | |
| see if I can spot da otters an take a picture or two. .. See you | |
| later four eyes.... | |
| next day.. | |
| Hello Alky. Hows it going the day then, have du heard dat I am | |
| going to paisley in a week or two......... whit do you mean, the | |
| sooner the better, that wasnt very nice o you......and here I | |
| was, wae my camera, going to take you and your sisters photo dis | |
| morning.........I would really like to get a picture o you both | |
| withoot your makeup on, kinda natural like........Why......Well | |
| I wis going to enter it in an ugly twins competition, I think | |
| wae faces like yours I would definately win it, what do you | |
| think...........................................WHAT are doing | |
| wae dat knife...aaarrrgggg.......I'm oot o here....... | |
| Next day.. | |
| Hello benji.. | |
| I thought I would join you in a wee drink......aye...... you are | |
| right about the memory bit..I'm forever forgetting what I am | |
| looking for, and the joints, well thats just normal wear and | |
| tear after years o hard work... But the government seem to | |
| forget about things like that, when they want to increase the | |
| retirement age for the auld age pension... and that bit about [ | |
| only as young as you feel. ] that sounds familiar to me... I | |
| feel as fit as when I was a lad...until I start hiking ower da | |
| hills, thats when I realize that I am not as fit as a young | |
| lad..he.he.... Alky.. would you give Benji another wee brandy, | |
| and I will have a wee dram......Whit do you mean I forgot to pay | |
| for the last one... o dear.. this memory o mine.. it must be | |
| getting worse..... | |
| #Post#: 399-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Storys.. Alkys twin.. | |
| By: George Date: January 11, 2011, 2:14 am | |
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| Some carry on in da Magnies rest last night..When I went in, | |
| Alky brought ower ma gless o watter, een sat doon wae me, den | |
| she telt me hur brass necklace wis broken, I telt hur ta take it | |
| aff an spread it oot on da bar..ah said I would be right on da | |
| job een a second,,but hur sister Alkapop [ who.s a bit deaf ] | |
| misstook da conversation an thought I ment something else.she | |
| grabbed ma gless an skelped me ower da heed wae it,, to say I | |
| wis shocked een stunned wis an understatement., a wis mair like | |
| unconsious.. somebuddie phoned da cop shop in Lerwick Toon and | |
| telt dem ta send da Black Maria, da said they didna huv wan but | |
| would send a panda,[ why they call dem that I dont know cause | |
| they dont look anything like bears ].. anyway da came an lifted | |
| Alkapop, she wis shoutin ta dem dat it wis a missunderstanding, | |
| dat she wis a bit deaf an missheard me....think she is up afore | |
| da beak next week.. so we will huv ta wait an see whit happens | |
| tae hur... | |
| A few days later.. | |
| Hello Alky, your looking real pretty dis morning. but I think | |
| you could do with a shave and a bit o make-up on | |
| ............George.. why are you talking to the mirror..Sorry | |
| Alky. I forgot ta put my specs on..Its an age thing Alky..anyway | |
| I'm aff to court this morning, I have been called as a | |
| prosecution witness, against your crazy sister Alkapop, hope da | |
| put her in the stocks and throw away da key. err. Or should dat | |
| be, in the cell den throw away da key... | |
| The court case.. | |
| Whit a day its been in the courtroom, da first case was an auld | |
| pensioner, nicked for stubbing oot her f*g at the market cross, | |
| she couldna walk too well, so they lifted her into the dock, | |
| poor wee thing, I think the judge was in a bit o a bad mood this | |
| morning, cause he found her guilty afore she could even plead | |
| not guilty..but she got a lenient sentence at least.. she was | |
| fined three hundred pounds and banned from smoking fur a | |
| year...serves her right... NEXT CASE...was Alkys sister | |
| Alkapop..... She wiz dressed in a tight fitting, low cut, slinky | |
| little number, well you should have seen the court ushers | |
| rushing to help her into the dock, but they were too late, the | |
| auld judge beat dem to it. I thought it was quite funny. because | |
| in the fight between the ushers and the judge his wig was | |
| knocked aff and he was quite bald.. anyway the court usher asked | |
| her to plead.. Guilty or not guilty.. afore she hud a chance ta | |
| reply the auld judge shouted.. Not guilty... Then excepted his | |
| plea.. een told her she was a free woman.. den he asked her for | |
| hur telephone number... CASE CLOSED..... | |
| Wonder whit will be next.. Dis virtual pub is gettin worse.. | |
| george.. | |
| #Post#: 401-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Stories.. Coos & banter. | |
| By: George Date: January 12, 2011, 4:03 am | |
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| Hello benji... Your getting as bad as M ... drinking in a sunday | |
| morning..tut.tut....I like da thread you opened about being | |
| scared as a kid..... and your feart o COOS as well.. I just | |
| thought it wis just me ........ I mind years ago. I went with a | |
| good mate o mine. another fireman like me [ he died a long time | |
| ago ] .. anyway he was also scared o cows.. and I will always | |
| remember this day. When we were oot fishing for Salmon on the | |
| River Luger.. Jack and me had to get past a big herd o the | |
| beasts, scattered aboot the field..so we decided the only way | |
| was to creep through the bushes and hope they wouldnt see us.. | |
| Jack was in front o me.. and as we thought we were oot o the | |
| danger area.. Jack ran and jumped off a high bank at the | |
| riverside.. and screamed.. as he almost landed astride one o the | |
| big beasts.... the coo got such a fright it jumped into the | |
| river.....................talk about funny..we laughed all the | |
| way home in the car... anyway I won the lottery last night so | |
| your drink is on me... thinks benji.. thats a first for | |
| george,,,,,,,,,,,,thinks george. thats the last for | |
| benji..he.he.he. | |
| Banter.. | |
| Hello Alky you look rather fetching in your yellow wellies | |
| tonight... pity you didna change your fishnet tights. cause you | |
| have a wee ladder in them.. sorry Alky. I just cant help myself. | |
| but being an honest type o guy. I thought it would be better for | |
| me yer auld pal, to tell you, rather than some o they misfits | |
| dat come in here.. you know who I mean. nudge. nudge wink wink.. | |
| anyway could I have a pint o your best watter please.... by the | |
| way I just wish you would go back ta dat plastic-surgeon and get | |
| yer nose fixed. where its ment to be. instead o in da middle o | |
| your foreheed it just dont suit you up there. een your sister | |
| she will get a sair back efter getting these breast implants...I | |
| think he overdid it with them........... dat rooskee that wis | |
| in, I got him drunk last night...een I got a bit o interesting | |
| information oot o him..........He wis sent ower here frae Moscow | |
| he is a KGB hired by some burd , think he said her name wis | |
| TAMARA....his name wis Vlad..or wis it Igor.. he wis sent ta | |
| find oot if.. H.. hung aboot da magnies rest... een da plan wis | |
| to kiddnap him an spirit him ower tae Moscow......... cause | |
| TAMARA canna get.. H.. oot o her mind.. plus da fact he owes her | |
| a lot o money for certain favours she did for him............its | |
| amazing whit information you can get efter you ply these | |
| Rooskees way a bit o vodka, init Alky....can I get another pint | |
| please...... | |
| Orange wellies.. | |
| Hello Alkapop.. how ur you today, your looking really nice | |
| today, with your matching wellie boots on, I must say. I like | |
| the colour of them. bright orange. at least it matches your | |
| face...... I thought your sister would be in today, where is | |
| she.... whit do you mean she had a nervous breakdown.. wonder | |
| what caused that.. has some idiot been saying something to upset | |
| her... whit do mean. me. i'm her best pal. I gie hur the best o | |
| advice that money can buy........the cheek o some folk....... | |
| anyway Alkapop I think dat plastic-sureon did a great job on you | |
| wae the breast implants. you look a bit like Dolly Parton, but. | |
| I better warn you not to go oot in a windy day. some o they | |
| gusts o wind, might catch them and lift you up an hurl you ower | |
| da banks into da sea........ tell Alky I wis asking for her.... | |
| on second thoughts, maybe you better not.. If you mention my | |
| name she might do something silly........ | |
| george.. | |
| #Post#: 402-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Storys. A wee ghost story.. | |
| By: George Date: January 13, 2011, 1:08 am | |
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| Hi. F. Its busy in here tonight, I heard that the AA twins are | |
| off for a wee holiday, god sake I think they need it, I was just | |
| saying that the other day to m, that I thought they were | |
| cracking up, M wis saying that they were off to sunny Fetherland | |
| up in da north o da island for a bit o piece an quiet...thats | |
| fine. but I heard that its haunted, imagine going to a deserted | |
| village full o ghosts...Talking o which.. I have a wee ghostie | |
| tale to tell....... are you all sitting comfortably, M, get aff | |
| marees lap, I havent even started yet, ya big feartie, ok. here | |
| it goes.. This one is a kinda follow up to the one I telt you | |
| about, o da wee wife dat I met in the mansion..... if you | |
| remember. I wis in Sandys hoose doing some work for him...when I | |
| saw a wee ghostie wife wandering aboot da place...... This next | |
| one wis another day................. I got a phonecall from | |
| Sandy, to explain that he had ordered a chest freezer, he wanted | |
| it down in the cellar. but it was a bit too wide to fit through | |
| the doorway, and it was to be delivered the next day, could I | |
| help.... I said no bother Sandy. but I will have to do it | |
| tonight, I had the spare key o the hoose... So that night I set | |
| out to his hoose, as I drove up the long driveway, trees on each | |
| side o the driveway they were swaying in the wind, when I got to | |
| the mansion, it looked a wee bit spookie, and I got that kind o | |
| feeling.. Something was watching me............ So I entered the | |
| hoose, switched on the lights, and made my way to the cellar.. I | |
| measured the doorway between the door stiles and figured out | |
| that if I removed the door and the stiles, then he would get the | |
| freezer in with no bother.. so I removed the door, then levered | |
| off the stiles,, when I THOUGHT.. I WASNT IN THE CELLAR | |
| MYSELF.... the next moment I felt like a punch in my back. which | |
| threw me onto the floor.. I quickly picked myself up and did a | |
| quick exit from the old house... When I think back on this | |
| event.. I can only think that the old man who was the original | |
| owner. Mr. Robertson, who died a number of years ago, took | |
| exception to me altering his cellar door. and it was his way of | |
| letting me know..................... Well Fifi.. I think that | |
| one is worth a pint o your best... look at you.. all three o you | |
| sitting on top o Ms lap , a big bunch o fearties.. | |
| he.he.he....... | |
| george. | |
| #Post#: 406-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Storys.. Aff tae da pub.. | |
| By: George Date: January 14, 2011, 12:45 am | |
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| Think I will go to the pub today.. But I think I better watch | |
| myself, I think A an A are getting a bit fed up with me and my | |
| loose tongue.... I thought it was just a bit o banter.. but some | |
| folk are a bit thin skinned and canna take a joke. he.he....and | |
| see dat benji, she was wondering where TAMARA came from...a doot | |
| she hasna read that excellent bit that H wrote.....from RUSSIA | |
| WITH LOVE... It was sheer brill... | |
| Anyway i'm off to the magnie rest and test oot the atmosphere. | |
| See if A and A..ARE TALKING TO ME.... ???..... God sake. it | |
| disna take a blink o an eye to get to the pub.... just a wee | |
| click o the mouse and your there........... I better be nice to | |
| da twins today,and watch what I say to them........ | |
| Hi. twins, hows it gaun da day... could I have a pint o your | |
| best please...[ noo dat wis nice and polite ] thank you......... | |
| cheers.... | |
| I have to say. i'm a bit dissapointed wae the both o you, dat | |
| you didna take my advice and go back tae the surgeon an get all | |
| da defects sorted oot, if I wis you, I would ask for your money | |
| back, as it didna work.. in fact you look worse noo........ WHIT | |
| DO YOU MEAN im BANNED....... I wis only trying to gae you a bit | |
| o friendly advice.......i'm off again, my problem is I canna | |
| help whit I say.....its just an auld age thing... | |
| Pat says.. | |
| I tink I need ta stay away fae dis establishment ower da denner | |
| hour..... I joost met George flyin oot the door - again.. I | |
| suppose he's been tellin jokes ageen..... Never mind George, | |
| you'll be forgiven I'm sure, Boy dat tattie soup is dat fine on | |
| a cowld Up Helly Aa day.... | |
| Hello maree, I see its your turn to be da barmaid, its awfully | |
| quiet in here these days init.. I have been to see wan o da | |
| doctors that delve inta your mind, I had a problem communicating | |
| wae folk, seems I just upset some o da folk that come in here, | |
| so I thought I would go and get it fixed.. | |
| Anyway... I didna like da way the doc. asked me all they | |
| questions, like what age are you, do you drink, how many units o | |
| drink do you have, it went on and on. so I got a bit fed up wa | |
| his ranting, then to crown it all he said that I had a problem | |
| wa my drinking.. ah telt him the only problem I hud wa drink wis | |
| I couldna get enough o it, you know as well as me maree, I only | |
| have a bottle o magnies best mineral watter a day.... | |
| So I telt him to get lost an mind his own bl...y business an no | |
| to be so blinking nosy, so I left him wae a sair jaw. as I wis | |
| storming oot he wis trying ta give me some kind o leaflet aboot | |
| some guy called da moongod, or something like dat. I telt him | |
| tae shove it. a wisna interested in dat kind o propaganda..... | |
| Well maree give me a pint o your best and you can have wan | |
| yourself, but put it on oxes tab, dat miserable auld gits never | |
| bought a drink fur me yet.. he will never notice it. he. he. he. | |
| well maree, how are you getting on wae dat nikon camera dat you | |
| got, have you sussed it oot yet, cause I huvna sussed mine oot | |
| yet, man, dat photoshop elements is da business init, its | |
| amazing whit you kin do wa a photo.. I am taking all my pictures | |
| in RAW. then you kin play aboot wae it tae your | |
| likeing............ | |
| Right maree, I am away hame noo, its been a pleasure talking tae | |
| you, makes a change frae they twins, their aff there heeds.. see | |
| you later................ | |
| george.. | |
| #Post#: 409-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Storys from a virtual pub.. Explosion.. | |
| By: George Date: January 15, 2011, 2:08 am | |
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| This is a true account of the Brown & Polson explosion.. | |
| It happened on the 5th. June, 1964.. In Paisley town.. | |
| Hello all, its nice to see the pub so busy, makes a | |
| change....... | |
| So I think I will tell you all a wee story about an event, which | |
| I was involved with back, in 1964, it is an eyewitness account | |
| of the Brown and Polson dust explosion on the 5th. of june 1964. | |
| when five souls lost their lives.. | |
| But to start with.. I have to go back to the night previous, the | |
| 4th. june 1964.... I was on nightshift with blue watch.. When I | |
| was told by my station officer to get myself out to the | |
| thornhill hospital as my wife was about to give birth to my | |
| first born.. When I arrived at the hospital, my wife Jean had | |
| given birth to a son.. I was over the moon with delight at | |
| having a son.... the first of six... five boys and one | |
| daughter.. unfortunatly one of my sons died at childbirth..... | |
| Anyway. back at the fire station to complete my shift. the bells | |
| went off at 0630am.. | |
| It was a call to an explosion at the brown and polson factory, | |
| persons reported missing.... | |
| The factory was an old building with very thick walls, It was | |
| five stories tall... | |
| When we arrived at the scene, all that was left of it was one | |
| very large pile of bricks and morter, being young, and | |
| inexperianced [ I was only 24 at this time ] My first impression | |
| was that the mill had been pulled down by contractors.. But I | |
| was so wrong... | |
| As I made my way to the debris, I noticed a movement in the | |
| rubble, when a man appeared out of it.. his brown overalls | |
| shredded off of him along with half his skin hanging like | |
| tatters from him.. He muttered to me where his two mates were | |
| seen last.. | |
| So I helped the poor soul over to the care of an ambulance crew, | |
| turned round and headed back to the scene of chaos... I called | |
| over to another fireman, [ Alec Lawler ] to come and help me to | |
| search the area that the injured workman had told me about.. | |
| So together, we tore at the rubble with our hands, when we heard | |
| someone groaning... We cleared the rubble from him.. and made a | |
| stretcher out of a short extension ladder, roped him in it with | |
| a personal line [which we all carried in these days ] then | |
| lowered him down to some other firemen.... | |
| We then resumed searching the rubble and came to a bit of brown | |
| cloth... As we cleared the bricks and mortar from it.. we had | |
| found another soul.. But he was dead, he was lying face down wth | |
| a massive lump of concrete on top of him..We cleared it off of | |
| him and called for another stretcher to be passed up to us, we | |
| wrapped his head in rags and secured his body with a line and | |
| lowered him to our mates down below ....... | |
| another two workers were found in the remains of a works van... | |
| it was completely flattened by the whole of the gable wall... | |
| which crashed down on it... | |
| It was just like a butchers shop.. Terrible.. | |
| The last person was found two days later.. He was lying beside a | |
| three ton truck. Which no one knew was there... untill a | |
| bulldozer found it.. | |
| the fifth worker was never found ...... | |
| The explosion was caused by corn dust.. which had gathered in | |
| the old mill over the years .. Under certain atmospheric | |
| conditions, this dust can glow.. and then ignite.. Devouring the | |
| air inside the building.. which then causes an implosion....... | |
| Although this happened back in 1964... I sometimes dream of the | |
| apparition of the first workman lumbering towards me... It was | |
| scary... | |
| Now I tried to google up this tragic event.. But could find no | |
| trace of it..... So I thought.. If there is no public record of | |
| it.. Then why not tell it to you all on this forum ... and | |
| hopefully lay to rest the ghosts in me..... | |
| George.. | |
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| Re: Storys from a virtual pub in shetland. | |
| By: tracy Date: January 15, 2011, 2:58 am | |
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| such a sad story :'( brings a tear to the eye | |
| also makes you appreciate all that the fire service does | |
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| Re: Storys from a virtual pub in shetland. | |
| By: George Date: January 15, 2011, 3:09 am | |
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| Thank you Tracy.. | |
| It was a tramatic experience. for me.. | |
| Another time i'll tell of the Clarkson disaster.. 22 were killed | |
| in that fateful saturday.. I attended that as well.. | |
| george.. | |
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