kingjoey Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Just discovered that Pittodrie is being used as a Polling Station. I'm really annoyed with myself that I've no idea if this is the norm for elections. Any other stadiums in use today as Polling Stations? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 On 12/12/2019 at 11:05, kingjoey said: Just discovered that Pittodrie is being used as a Polling Station. I'm really annoyed with myself that I've no idea if this is the norm for elections. Any other stadiums in use today as Polling Stations? quite appropriate as Aberdeen were a-polling last Saturday. I'll get my coat. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Sadly no longer with us but a decent photo of the old pill box from Borough Briggs popped up on twitter earlier. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 3 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Sadly no longer with us but a decent photo of the old pill box from Borough Briggs popped up on twitter earlier. There's also a photo of it in one of the Borough Briggs pie stalls. Shame they had to get rid of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_K_97 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) Via the excellent PictureThis Scotland on twitter, Kilbowie Park in 1993 with the Wet Wet Wet signs on the floodlight pylons. Simpler times, when international pop stars would take an interest in Scottish football teams that weren't the twisted sisters... Edited January 3, 2020 by Andy_K_97 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Patterson Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 22 minutes ago, Andy_K_97 said: Via the excellent PictureThis Scotland on twitter, Kilbowie Park in 1993 with the Wet Wet Wet signs on the floodlight pylons. Simpler times, when international pop stars would take an interest in Scottish football teams that weren't the twisted sisters... Funny you say that I saw that CHVRCHES were shirt sponsors to Whitburn recently 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_K_97 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 26 minutes ago, ArabAuslander said: Funny you say that I saw that CHVRCHES were shirt sponsors to Whitburn recently A few years back Biffy Clyro sponsored Bonnyton Thistle for a bit too. Not sure if it was just the kids teams or not but still was good to see the link between the band and the club. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tout P'ti FC Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Mogwai sponsored St Roch's Primary. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 German metal band Heaven Shall Burn sponsored Carl Zeiss Jena when they were in non-league 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 8 hours ago, Le Tout P'ti FC said: Mogwai sponsored St Roch's Primary. Shame they couldn't have sponsored a non-sectarian school instead. -5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tout P'ti FC Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Shame they couldn't have sponsored a non-sectarian school instead.I find your comment pretty distasteful if I'm honest. It's a school for children aged 4-12, including a specialist deaf unit, serving a fairly deprived section of Glasgow. I don't think you need to bring sectarianism into this.Also Mogwai can give their money to whichever school pleases them. The connection here is that a class teacher is a friend of the drummer and asked for some funding to replace some tatty old kit. Whether or not Catholic schools should exist, or whether their existence is a contributor to sectarianism, is a wholly different matter to challenging a band for paying a few quid to kit out some kids. And I'm not getting involved in that question, having attended both a Catholic and a non-denominational school I can see the arguments plainly. That's about all I've got to say on this. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Patterson Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 2 hours ago, GordonD said: Shame they couldn't have sponsored a non-sectarian school instead. Take a day off ffs. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 2 hours ago, Le Tout P'ti FC said: It's a school for children aged 4-12, including a specialist deaf unit, serving a fairly deprived section of Glasgow. I don't think you need to bring sectarianism into this. Also Mogwai can give their money to whichever school pleases them. The connection here is that a class teacher is a friend of the drummer and asked for some funding to replace some tatty old kit. Well, I was just going by the name. I was unaware of the link through a teacher. But I feel it's separate schools that fuel the divide between the OF. And I'm not going to say any more either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 GUN sponsored Forth Wanderers one year. Quite obscure. GUN that is, not Forth Wanderers! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, GordonD said: Shame they couldn't have sponsored a non-sectarian school instead. There is no such thing as sectarian schools, only sectarian attitudes to faith schools, as shown here. Faith schools exist all over the UK, Europe and beyond yet, only in Scotland is their existence worthy of 'debate' .... and I'm being generous with the word debate there. There is a clue in that very fact alone as to the nature of the debate, their existence neither promotes nor advocates sectarian attitudes and behaviour, the rabid hostility to the very fact they exist in Scotland does. Edited January 3, 2020 by Flybhoy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 1 hour ago, tamthebam said: GUN sponsored Forth Wanderers one year. Quite obscure. GUN that is, not Forth Wanderers! Great band, their first three albums were superb, the rest a bit 'meh'..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 There is no such thing as sectarian schools, only sectarian attitudes to faith schools, as shown here. Faith schools exist all over the UK, Europe and beyond yet, only in Scotland is their existence worthy of 'debate' .... and I'm being generous with the word debate there. There is a clue in that very fact alone as to the nature of the debate, their existence neither promotes nor advocates sectarian attitudes and behaviour, the rabid hostility to the very fact they exist in Scotland does. Some web sites have a “frequently asked questions” section We should have a “frequently trotted out self righteous posturing cliché” section to save time 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 On 03/01/2020 at 19:10, GordonD said: Well, I was just going by the name. I was unaware of the link through a teacher. But I feel it's separate schools that fuel the divide between the OF. And I'm not going to say any more either. Well I went to a RC school and you are talking shite. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 The temporary stand at Celtic Park, in use from late 95 to early 97, with one of the ponchos Celtic handed out when it was pishing down, I.e 90% of the time. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Celtic Park, in it's original form is torn down in 1994. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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