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Wee Mac · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:06 pm Post subject: 1975 Edinburgh Tattoo

Yes, it was 1975 and because of the heavy rain, the RM motorcycles were cancelled and the Finale was next. Rolls one -two and on marched the massed bands, well some of them anyway. Have you ever seen a bugler run up hill in the pouring rain, wearing a cape and carrying his drum in both hands. Good effort Pedlar.
As already stated, Lt Sharp was on the dais that night, which meant the other RM Dom had that performance off. A young Oboe player, who shall be known as Baz, Walked up behind a soaked figure, who was waring a hooded anorak, gave him a good pat on the back and said, "F....ng good value that" Unfortunate for Baz, it was the other Dom, who shall be known as Wally. I'm not sure but I think Baz got away with It.

Anyway,.... for the rest of the Tattoo, we were confined to the building until needed.
( and we still did not get any oranges) That's another story for an older member)!
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Wee Mac · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:05 am Post subject: CHINESE XMAS CAROLS

I had acopy when my kids were small. Used to really p..s them off at chrimbo.. Don't have it anymore ! I'll have a copy please Will pay p&p
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Bomber · On Draft Joined: 16 Feb 2008 Posts: 126 Location: Deal

Nearly right about Pedlar, Mac if you remember he was doing tenor drum in the finale and marched on from the side swinging.
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Wee Mac · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:02 pm Post subject:

If young Michael Edwin was on tenor drum, who ran past me carrying his drum??

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Wee Mac · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:03 pm Post subject:

And what sort of scam was he on??
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Wolfy · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:10 pm Post subject:

Bulger??? Scam????????? Don't usually see them words in the same sentence!!

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RAB · Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:46 pm Post subject: Re: 1975 Edinburgh Tattoo

Wee Mac · Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:46 pm Post subject:

You got it Rab! Although it was a bit before my time, the story was told to me by Bglr Brian Rose.
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Nick B · Bugle Major Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 824 Location: Deal

Ok after all these years lets put it to bed. It WAS 1981 RT Tri-Service with Col. Jim as PDM and the RAf Band was travelling in from Uxbridge every day much to our disgust. They got held up by traffic and missed the matinee. We marched on and played two bars rest in their absence as Col. Jim States!! The milk Bosun was Rivs Jordan who stuck a knife into the box of milk in Warwick Hall (to open it) prior to attempting to load the milk machine for the first time!! I was there!!!

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Mr Bass Trombone · Drum Major Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Posts: 622 Location: Spain

The orange rolling incident may have happened at Endinburgh sometime in the very late 50s or 1960,I did my first Edinbugh in 1962 and it did not happen in that year. In those day's we still used blanco on our white gear and if rained as it often did,we wore those silly ground sheets known as capes no fun at all, it was just after that paint was trialed and we all know the result of that. The only consaltion of getting wet was that we got a TOT on return to Colinton much to the disgust of others who obviously got wet as well. I don't recall a dustbin but I know we used to toss coins during the lone piper, only copper ones we had halfpennies in those day's they didn't buy you much. I will try a little recall and see if I can come up with other incidents.
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RAB · Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:44 pm Post subject:

Len · On Draft Joined: 24 Dec 2005 Posts: 132

Mr Bass Trombone · Drum Major Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Posts: 622 Location: Spain

Well I guess there has obviously been more than one orange rolling at Endinburgh, I know there was one at the time I said, I can remember it being talked about at Deal, as for this dustbin I aint got a clue, if you were on that gig Rab it was before my Dogends days, but I bet it was fun anyway. See you and others of the Scottish contingent at the annual Beer swilling contest this year will I?????
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Hornblower · Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:17 pm Post subject:

I distinctly remember a similar incident on TV whilst I was still 'in the box' at Deal.

'Colchester Searchlight Tattoo' was televised and the cameraman cottoned on to the fact that one of the Guardsmens bearskin box had been carried on and left in the middle of the arena.

After it had been spotted, all you could see was one searchlight searching for the hat box once the band had passed over it again. Each time it was in a totally different place.

Turns out it was my future band that was doing the lifting and shifting.

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Jim R mason · Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:56 pm Post subject: Orange Rolling

I believe that the first "Orange Rolling" took place at Edinburgh in 1961
I was the Director of Music and the bands were from Whale Island, The Cameronians, and the RAF Regiment, and it was during "The Skye Boat Song" slow march. This was also the occasion when the finale piece was "When the Saints" - After each performance I would start to climb down from the rostrum and the announcer would then say "Would you like to hear that again?" I would then climb back on to the rostrum and repeat the finale - this was even when the rain was p-----g down. On the last night he then announced "The bands will now march off playing
We Are No Away To Bide Away " - But they didn't - they stayed there and played "The Saints" again - and in spite of his plea to march off, they played it 5 more times! Eventually he announced "All right the bands win, will you now please march off" The audience loved it!

Jim Mason
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