Monday 21 December 2009

Huv a guid wan anawarat

That's us signing off for 2009 and the end of the first decade of the 21st Century.

I've completed a wee post to end the year and another to end the decade, so check out the link, and I'd like to thank you for listening to our new podcast - let's hope it begins to take off in the New Year.

Have a great festive break and we'll see you soon.

Wednesday 16 December 2009

The Second: "Coal"


The Second: "Coal".

This one's all about Christmas and Hogmanay in Glasgow back in the day, and I think you'll soon come to the understanding via Charlie's fading memories about the festive period, that when he was growing up in the City, the real celebration was at the Bells rather than around the Christmas dinner table.

He really tries his best to call up some recollections of the homemade toys and penny caramels, visiting the genuine Santa at the old Lewis's store in Argyle Street, and saving for some Italian treats at Christmas, but what becomes clear is that back in the 40's and 50's in Glasgow, the New Year parties were far more important, with the spinning of bottles until 8am, the first footing of all the tenement neighbours, the walking through the East End to find another bash, and the strange tradition of polishing coal...

...That said, the main revelation in this episode is actually the choice of faither's first record, but it's probably best to keep that one quiet. Have a great festive break on us and we'll see you in 2010!

Tuesday 15 December 2009

Some Christmas Memories

Alrighteo, this is just a wee quickie to let you know that we'll be recording the new episode of the podcast tonight, so it should be available tomorrow at some point.

This one will be focussed on Christmas fun in Glasgow back in the day, and how it used to be Hogmanay that stole the headlines at this time of year rather than Santa Claus.  Just wait till you see the photo of my faither meeting ol' saint Nick in Lewis's in Glasgow during the 50's - it's a cracker!

Cheers for now.

Monday 7 December 2009

Festive Love from iTunes




It just goes to show you.  All those long, droning conversations you might have with your parents from time to time can actually prove interesting to other folks out there.

All we're doing here with Glasgow Generations is to record me listening to my faither yap on about growing up in the City, so when I noticed today that iTunes have not only listed our little cyberspace adventure, but also featured it in their New Releases section of podcasts, I'm still scratching my napper!

Hopefully more people will catch on to the show as we record more and more over time, and as before, we'd love to hear your own stories and memories about the old Glasgow.

Friday 4 December 2009

Glasgow Generations on iTunes

As the momentum begins to roll on, you'll be pleased to know that iTunes has caught us up already, and you can now download and subscribe to the podcast for free at iTunes.

Just click the link here iTunes and you'll be taken to our new page.  You can subscribe there and it'd be great if you could leave us a wee review and rating to help us climb the charts and get us noticed - the more the merrier!

Hopefully soon it'll get featured in iTunes and we'll start to show up in more places online, as whilst it's just enough to be recording my Dad's memories for the family, it's also a wee bonus if more people listen & like the show.

We're planning the next episode already, and are thinking of giving it a cheeky wee festive theme given the time of year, so look forward to my Dad droning on and on about how he only got one wooden toy and an apple in his stocking every year, and that despite this, "Christmas meant more in the old days!"...

The new one'll be recorded and available hopefully sometime around the 16th, and I'll post once it's ready.

Thursday 3 December 2009

Wee technical update

Just ignore this email. It's a wee technical message to add the blog to Podcast Alley.

Cheers.

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Wednesday 2 December 2009

The First: "Rambling"



The First: "Rambling".

In this, the first episode of the new Glasgow Generations podcast, you'll hear Scott Docherty talk Glasgow with his dad, Charlie Docherty. You'll hear lots of rambling bits and pieces about the Townhead area Charlie was brought up in, some of the bombs that either exploded or didn't explode in the City during WWII, a little about the teacher's strap & punishment exercises, oh, a great deal about banana rationing! To be fair, we do say at the outset that it'll be pretty general to begin with, so surely we're off the hook on that one (erm...), but no doubt in time we'll get far more specific about the history of Glasgow if we work out how to keep faither on track!

The photo you might see attached to this episode is of Charlie and his motley crew from school, circa 1949-ish, including Brother Gabriel and another particular teacher who, after listening to this show, may sue us for defamation!


Welcome to Glasgow Generations, and feel free to share your own memories of the City with us.

Monday 30 November 2009

It's on the way...




Here's a wee image I've designed in about 30 seconds.

At some point in the next few weeks I'll be trying out some even more fan-dangly image design to create the official image of the Glasgow Generations podcast, possibly by merging an old photo of my Dad and a new one of me, if I can work out how to do that.  So this one'll do for the meantime, and you'll likely see it attached to the first episode which we'll be recording tomorrow night if all goes to plan.

I'm hoping to get the first one uploaded and ready for your ears by Wednesday, and as soon as the first one's out there I'll be setting it up in iTunes, the Top Ten Glasgow Guide and pretty much every podcast directory in the online interweb world.

So I'll post again once the show's ready, and feel free to share your Glasgow memories until then.

Arrabest

Wednesday 18 November 2009

Aye, cum awa in fae ra cauld!

Hello there, and welcome to Glasgow Generations.

My name's Scott Docherty, and in the coming weeks, months, maybe even years, I'll be recording with my Dad, Charlie Docherty, a wee podcast designed to cast your mind back to what it was like growing up and living in Glasgow after WWII.

Over time you'll hear my Dad's memories of the tenements in the Townhead area of the City, playing kick door run, fitba and marbles in the street, jumping the backcourt dykes avoiding the middens below, watching the Queen's Coronation on the street's first TV, trying to catch the jeely pieces flung down fae ra windaes, going to the Carlton and the Grafton to watch a Western, enjoying the lemonade stalls at the street parties while running after the rag and bone men, and hearing about the No Mean City beyond.

There'll be reflections on how music's always been at the heart of Glasgow, what the old games between the Auld Firm were like as a kid as well as what it felt when the real Hampden Roar was raised.  Anything and everything really, and the hope is that as you listen away, you'll remember a few things of your own you might want to share, and I'll be setting up a Skype line & contact form so you can leave a wee message or email we can put into the episodes.

So the first one should be available soon and I'll post whenever a new show's out.

Yours aye...