Category: Observations
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Young Fitey Gangs Hame
Fitey and his friends head for home, but have to get the car started first. Mistress Barrowsgate helps to push-start the car but it suddenly lurches forward, leaving her face-first in a puddle.
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Fitey Jun. an’ his Attymobeel Call
Fitey Junior pays Barrowsgate a visit in his father’s “new” car which Barrowsgate describes as looking like a portable henhouse.
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The Posty, The Mistress an’ Me
Mistress Barrowsgate starts to move the ladder so that Barrowsgate can come down from the roof when the postman appears and tries to lend a hand. Suddenly, Barrowsgate’s trousers come free froom the hook and he lands on top of both of them – with a bump.
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Forty Winks an a Frugal meal
After forty winks and some brose, Barrowsgate goes onto the roof to put the chimney cap on and slips half-way down the roof before getting his trouser caught on a hook.
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Alec’s System for Bawthin’ Bairns
Sandy recounts to Barrowsgate the time when Alec attended an open evening at the WRI to hear a talk on how to bath your baby. His own method of determining whether the water was at the right temperature was to throw the baby in and see what colour it turned.
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Fitey Answers the Bobby’s Questions
After the policeman finds Fitey in his car a ditch, he starts to take down his particulars when Fitey’s son comes to his rescue.
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Alecs Goat Scores a Bull
Sandy finishes the story of how Alec tried to get rid of the goat that he won, and didn’t want.
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Fitey’s Car Ran B’ Force o’ Habit
Fitey buys a second-hand car of dubious quality and he ends up in a ditch. He explains to the policeman “I got a little behind with the steering and before I realised it, the road had slipped away and left me”.
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Alec an His Goat
Sandy tells Barrowsgate the story of how Alec got rid of the goat he won at a raffle, and didn’t want.
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The Soleless Souter
Sandy uses a “special” glue to stick new soles onto his wife’s best shoes ready for her trip into town.