MISCELLANY
PT NewspaperWatch
From Glasgow’s ‘Herald’ newspaper:‘The death of prominent nationalist
Professor Sir Neil MacCormick reminds Ian Hamilton QC of the time when
he and Neil,who was visiting him,popped into the nearby Connel village for
a bottle of whisky.Some glasses appeared as well as a bottle of Oban malt,and
Neil decided to play his bagpipes outside the village store.A passing police car
stoppedandtheofficersstayedtolistentothehauntingtune.Neilexplainedthat
he had composed the music as he played it.And in honour of the police who
first heard it,he called the tune‘A Breach of the Peace Outside ConnelVillage
Store’.
PTArchives
FromVolume1,1949:‘AlettertotheObanTimessuggestedthatPiobaireachd
could be improved by whittling the tunes down a bit.The writer suggests that
many pieces would be more acceptable if some of the variations were omitted,
particularly those which show little change from a previous part.The idea is
interesting but to me it seems like suggesting that in a seven course dinner no
man should be allowed two plates of soup.’
PT Pic of the Month
This month’s effort features piping
and pipe band judge Bob Worrall
and comedian Billy Connolly. We
want to know what the‘BigYin’is
saying to Bob and what Bob says in
return.Keep it clean and a free sub
to the best. Email answers to
thepipingtimes@gmail.com
For our last caption contest we had
the following:Nils Michael:‘I’d like
to enter this month’s caption
competition. The first thing that
came to mind was:
‘Ha! And they said I wouldn’t get
away with playing on the Royal
Mile!’
Jürgen Pawlitschkow: ‘As you can
see all of them got the same big
smileontherefacesandwhatwecannotseeistheoppositesideofthem.Ithink
thereisaduckflyingbywhoiswhistling‘ScotlandtheBrave’.Imeanitwould
alsoputabigsmileinmyface.’Sorryguysnotquitegoodenoughforasubbut
thanks for trying.Why not have another go with Bob and Billy?
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