Tag: Country life
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The Resort Courteous
Kirsty and Sandy Catchpenny decide to have a holiday by the sea but find the place less than friendly.
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Nature in the Raw
Barrowsgate is invited to the opening of a Public Bathhouse. Note: This was republished in 1950 in the Huntly Express and was broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 1958.
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Soothing Syrup
Barrowsgate eavesdrops on a conversation on the bus between two women, one of whom thinks she has got herself a coat at a bargain price. Note: An English language version of this was published in the Buchan Observer on 09 February 1937 in the ANZAC column.
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Thrift
Barrowsgate thinks that Mrs B is fairly thrifty, but knows of a lady in Torry who could teach her a thing or two.
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The Third Degree
Barrowsgate describes the ideal characteristics of a Policeman. Note: An English language version of this was published in the Buchan Observer on 26 January 1937 in the ANZAC column.
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Sheiks and Shekels
Barrowsgate eavesdrops on a conversation between two farmers on the bus. One of them was is mean to his wife that he takes her false teeth with him when he goes out, to stop her eating.
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Mr Stationmaister
A sarcastic paean to the railway stationmaster. Barrowsgate must have been fond of this piece as it was later republished in the Buchan Observer on 02 March 1937 under the name “Anzac” and, later, in the Huntly Express in the “Observations of Jeems” column. Spoiler: the whole article is clearly just a vehicle for the…
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A Tale of Whoa
Barrowsgate pokes fun at the rise of the “leisure horse rider” and their lack of horse skills. The Mill Inn referred to in this Bittie was on the Crynoch Burn that fed into the River Dee at Maryculter, near Drumoak. It closed down in 2014 after flooding. Note: The anecdote about the “cavalier of ample…