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by John Donnelly
Tue Jun 23, 2020 9:31 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Not the THREETOWNS but close
Replies: 443
Views: 209183

Re: Not the THREETOWNS but close

No legend, but a fact. It happened in Hayocks Road in Stevenston. Sometime around the late '50's I think.
Check out Angel Glass.

JD.
by John Donnelly
Tue Jun 16, 2020 2:10 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Coronavirus pandemic
Replies: 458
Views: 371831

Re: Coronavirus pandemic

Marcus Rashford for Prime Minister. Well done, son for convincing some-one with no brain to do something that is a no-brainer.

JD.
by John Donnelly
Sun Jun 14, 2020 10:39 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Coronavirus pandemic
Replies: 458
Views: 371831

Re: Coronavirus pandemic

Meg,
I'm being pragmatic and maybe actually realistic.
As you said yourself, 'that's going to be worth investigating.'
Let's investigate before we assume we're just putting Scotland down again.

JD.
by John Donnelly
Sun Jun 14, 2020 2:25 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Coronavirus pandemic
Replies: 458
Views: 371831

Re: Coronavirus pandemic

Meg, using a bit of lateral thinking, that could actually be bad news. It is an accepted fact that Scottish health, in general, leaves a lot to be desired. It could be that the actual level of health in Scotland is lower than that of the white, caucasian population in the rest of the UK, bringing it...
by John Donnelly
Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:04 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: George Floyd
Replies: 32
Views: 9207

Re: George Floyd

God help us. And the've got the vote. No wonder we're in the mess we're in.
JD.
by John Donnelly
Sat Jun 13, 2020 3:32 pm
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: buildings built and demolished in my lifetime
Replies: 13
Views: 7403

Re: buildings built and demolished in my lifetime

Stevenston had the pub at the top of Townhead St.; The Lonsdale ??? A whole row of houses in Lundholm Rd. has gone, as have several streets of prefabs at Greenhead Ave. Admittedly, these prefabs were not intended to be permanent. I seem to recall a petrol station in Caledonia Rd. that has also gone....
by John Donnelly
Sat Jun 13, 2020 3:04 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: George Floyd
Replies: 32
Views: 9207

Re: George Floyd

Meekan; I shall take you to task about criminals and vandals. I have a notion that the people who pulled down the statue in Bristol were principled protesters who are scandalised, and have been for years, that such a personage should be put on a public pedestal, - bearing in mind the normal use of t...
by John Donnelly
Fri Jun 12, 2020 2:10 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: George Floyd
Replies: 32
Views: 9207

Re: George Floyd

Hi Meekan, you got the nail on the head there. JD.
by John Donnelly
Fri Jun 12, 2020 2:08 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: George Floyd
Replies: 32
Views: 9207

Re: George Floyd

Got to have been done by an Englishman. :evil: Well, I suppose, at the end of the day, Robert was indeed a racist. He was agin the English, so that falls within the definition of the word. During the war, the population here in Holland, as was in Belgium, France, Denmark, Poland, etc., etc., were ra...
by John Donnelly
Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:36 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: George Floyd
Replies: 32
Views: 9207

Re: George Floyd

The struggle has started here in Holland also, where the whole land is strewn with statues of our heros. Just to name three of the most famous, Piet Hein, Willem de Ruiter and Pieter Jan Coen. The first two were admirals and Coen was the Governor General of the East India Company. I could bore you w...
by John Donnelly
Mon Jun 08, 2020 5:03 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: George Floyd
Replies: 32
Views: 9207

Re: George Floyd

Mekan, hi. the point I'm trying to make is that, for years, public opinion has been trying to make it clear that the situation is unacceptable. Thus, by definition, the 'lawful' procedure has not been successful; IE, it has been ignored by the powers that be, so, in my opinion, there is but one alte...
by John Donnelly
Mon Jun 08, 2020 2:27 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: George Floyd
Replies: 32
Views: 9207

Re: George Floyd

Oh Brian, I wish. What I cannot understand is the genuine protesters allowing the anarchist cretins to take over their lawful and pertinent protest. Why do they, the genuine protestors, not conspicuously stand back from them, the rioters, and use their mobiles to record the identities of the rioters...