Tag: Humour
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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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Indigestion
Barrowsgate notices that, apart from having indigestion, at this time of post-Hogmanay excess, people’s noses tend to betray them by taking on a range of red and purple colours.
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Murder!
In his last column before Christmas 1933, Barrowsgate draws our attention to the murder that is carried on, up and down the land, at this time. He is talking about the murder of turkeys and hens for the dinner table.
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Speirin b’ Spasms
Jean, the kitchen maid comes into the milking parlour and strikes up an amorous conversation with Chairlie the farmhand. They leave, arm in arm, and Barrowsgate sees a wedding on the horizon …
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Bogie tae Burn
Tam – a wooden-legged tramp goes into a shop for tobacco. Seeing that there is bogie-rowe (a type of rolled tobacco) for sale, Tam, brandishes a silver half-crown and asks how much he can get for that. For this, the shopkeeper offers him a much as can fit between Tam’s feet. Tam points out that…
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Aunty Barry’s Dream
Aunty Barry fills the church with people eager to hear her play the organ. But it was all just a dream.