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Regulus1
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DerekR Moderator
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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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Regulus1 wrote: | http://youtube.com/watch?v=IrP0JqiRFe4
Familiar name at the end of this clip, Calling Doon The Line... |
That is my 30 seconds of fame...............
Here are some new images taken by a Belgian, Mikey Maes, who laid a wreath on behalf of Siol nan Gaidheal at the unveiling.
http://www.pixagogo.be/2769394155 _________________
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gnr.ktrha
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 13 Location: Blairgowrie, Perthshire
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:38 am Post subject: |
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Regulus1, the photo of the young boy in the kilt and the little girl, are my children. They love going to Ieper. His name is Alasdair and my daughters name is Ellen. I will have to show them the photo.
I was busy playing my bagpipes with the massed Pipe bands at the time. I was also one of the two pipers on the dawn march, the next day. I think I am the first Piper to play 'Flowers o' the Forest' as a solo at the Memorial. The other piper, who you have photographed, is Frank Dubois, of the Passchendael 1917 Pipes and Drums.
What a great weekend that was, I am glad I went.
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DerekR Moderator
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:15 am Post subject: |
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My ears still haven't recovered. Here's the culprit in question:
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gnr.ktrha
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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That's me! Notice how everyone else is keeping a safe distance. Did anyone take a photo of me playing at the memorial that morning? Erwin sprang it on me that morning and I had not played the tune for a good few months! It seemed to go fairly well in the end!
In fact we might be moving to Ieper this year! I have a job to go to, the only hold up is selling our house here, but my wife might let me go on my own at first
All the best,
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DerekR Moderator
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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Superb stuff - I've a list of graves you can look up for me when you're eventually domiciled out there
Sadly, I don't have a pic of you at the memorial as I had to bin a lot as the ight was so poor - mind you it was 4 in the morning!
Here's Alan Brydon though and you'll know the piper:
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gnr.ktrha
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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Hope to move over in the next 3 months! If all goes well, so will be more than happy to find graves for you. Also, I was thinking about taking photo's for people of specific area where actions were fought, you know the sort of thing, ''this is the field your granddad advance over as it appears today.'' It is always good to get an idea of the layout of the land.
The Piper is Frank Dubois of the Passchendael Pipe Band. I remember he had a bit of trouble that morning getting his drones to start, it's a real B when that happens!
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Regulus1
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DerekR Moderator
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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Johan,
Thank you for the link - great photographs.
I can't believe that it's a year on. _________________
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Regulus1
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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Derek, thanks, neither can I.
I just added a first video of this morning on the forum, second one will follow later tonight. _________________ http://flower-of-scotland.skynetblogs.be/ |
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kosb
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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bonnie photos,
ane question,who is the man wha was playing the bagpipe? his face looks familiar tae me
william _________________ Is łasal mac-an-t-łasail an tir na merileach,
Ach chan łasal mach an t-łasal mar bi e
treubhach! |
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DerekR Moderator
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Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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Taken by my son, July 2010, Scottish memorial in background:
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DerekR Moderator
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Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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Taken by my sons dad in July 2010
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DerekR Moderator
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Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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My eternal thanks are due to Erwin for his dream of a memorial to all Scots who fell in the Great War.
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dhubthaigh Our first ever 1000-poster
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:57 am Post subject: |
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Quite a few of Reguls photos have gone from this thread. |
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