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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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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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.