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  1. On the 7th May 1856 our Founder William McBeath was born in the village of Callander. triumvirate crossword Willie’s dad Peter owned a general store on Callander’s Main Street and the family home was above the store which today is The Waverley Hotel. triumvirate crossword William had an older sister Jane and a brother Peter. Another boy was born after William but he like so many other children of the time died in infancy.Tragically, William’s dad Peter McBeath passed in November 1864. Shortly afterwards,his wife took William and his sister Jane to Glasgow to start a new life. By the time of the 1871 census, the McBeaths were living at 17 Cleveland Street,living in the same close were five members of the McNeil family,including brothers Peter and William.It was here that the boys first made contact.The following year,at the beginning of 1872,the boys had an idea to form a football team. William McBeath played in our first ever match v Callander and according to fellow Ranger William Dunlop ‘’William was awarded man of the match but then spent a week in bed recovering due to his exertions!”. In 1874, incredibly at the age of just 17,William McBeath was elected as Rangers first ever President.This highlights how young the founders of our Club were. By 1878 William was a commercial traveller and after marrying a Jeannie Harris he moved to the Crosshill area of Glasgow .Within a year the family had moved to Bristol in what was almost certainly the most settled and happiest period of William’s life. In 1884 at the Club’s ‘Annual Hop’ his friends and fellow Founders honoured William for the role he played in its conception and presented him with a gold badge.This was at an event held in the St.Andrews Hall which is at the rear of today’s Mitchell Library in Glasgow. Sadly,the remaining period of William McBeath’s life is clouded in mist. What happened to cause a breakdown in the happy family life of the McBeaths is uncertain.William’s son Norman was sent to Glasgow to live with his grandmother.Norman McBeath died in Glasgow, aged eighty-three, in 1973. William last few years make for unpleasant reading. He moved from town to town, found himself in court on charges of fraud (of which he was acquitted) and married for a second time.He then moved to Lincoln and stayed at 57 Cranwell Street and 34 Vernon Street. triumvirate crossword Tragically the deterioration in William McBeath’s life continued until his death in a workhouse at Lincoln in 1917. He was certified‘’imbecile”.The evidence of his state of health suggests he had actually suffered from Alzheimer’s.Medical terminology back then was brutal to say the least. William McBeath was buried in an unmarked, pauper’s grave in Lincoln Cemetery but there is a happy ending to his story. During his research for the Gallant Pioneers book Gary Ralston found William’s final resting place.The grave is now marked with a fitting stone which was paid for by the worldwide Rangers support and placed there by a group of fellow supporters. As we celebrate our 55th title we today remember Founder William McBeath. triumvirate crossword
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  2. You have to ask yourself, what exactly is it that the SNP has done well that convinces so many people it's the best party to lead the country for another term? All I've seen is an endless catalogue of failure but, fair enough, if that's what people want then that's what they should get.
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  3. High turnout in Glasgow, according to reports. I'm hoping Unionists there have realised the importance of this election but I suspect Channel 5 showing Braveheart a couple of weeks ago might be the real reason.
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  4. I don't think it actually does, Labour are under the illusion that the Tories are their opposition in Scotland when it's the SNP voters they need to capture back, while the Tories biggest asset has just run off south leaving the School Prefect that nobody likes in charge while the Liberals are little the dottled old maiden auntie that you tolerate but don't realy like all that much.
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  5. This post seems contradictory, given your previous pro-EU stance.
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  6. That is certainly a growing feeling from what i've seen/heard having lived down here for quite a few years - views are definately hardening and that is exactly what the SNP want. People are reacting from years of the SNP blaming the English for everything and yet receive more funding per head, despite there being many poor parts of England in need of extra funding. I know people that will never take a holiday in Scotland while the SNP continue to dominate as they would rather spend the money elsewhere.
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  7. That would help, no doubt about it. I wonder if the SNP will ever get round to doing it.
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  8. Yes, that sounds about right. Holyrood is judged by what Westminster does. Sturgeon is judged on what Johnson does. Scotland forms its views on what happens in England. I'm clearly out of my time, thinking that Sturgeon and the SNP should be judged on what they do in Scotland. It just feels sad seeing our identity as Scots reduced to a reflection of someone else's politics and not our own. Thankfully, I'll be one of the lucky few that won't actually be disadvantaged by independence and there's growing thought that it will be enormously satisfying to see the day when it's no longer possible to hide behind opinions of other countries.
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  9. I would worry about that - a lot of English voters would vote to get rid of troublesome Jocks.
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  10. This has been an enjoyable election. No flags, no processions, no motorcades and no balloons apart from some of the candidates. I thought this would be detrimental to the Nationalist vote but a high turnout says otherwise. Conservatives can generally be relied on to vote even if sometimes it’s not for the Conservative Party. The result may be less enjoyable than the process.
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  11. Our motto could be "Maximum Inclusion with Minimum Diversity"
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  12. Majority massively reduced.
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  13. Now, now to be fair he's always believed in Brigadoon.
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  14. So we both agree Scotland should stand on its own feet.
    1 point
  15. I'd have chopped my ears off BEFORE i listened to it.
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  16. I'm not sure what challenges Scotland faces just now. None will be remembered after the implications of the fiscal deficit becomes clear.
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  17. The main problem we have is the never-ending divide that nationalism is causing. It'd be nice to get back to party politics.
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  19. Salmond and Sturgeon are probably thinking the exact same thing. When the problems start mounting up, they'll be long gone.
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  20. The SNP vote share suggests it isn't 'more and more'. Not much has changed in the last generation*. *7 years for normal people
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  22. SNP win in Banffshire and Buchan coast was a bit of a surprise - pretty srong eurosceptic area, no? I'm sure there's one or two Gersnetters from up there.
    1 point
  23. Looks like a tactical vote here. Sadly just a hold rather than a gain.
    1 point
  24. A good example of the difference between SNP winning a multiple choice election but not a binary choice referendum on independence.
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  25. For a large number of people the state pension is only a minor part of overall pension income.
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  26. Big boosts to Conservative vote share in the North East. Given that the Scottish Conservatives are rather pathetic I think that this must be a measure of how reprehensible the S.N.P. are.
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  27. Indeed we are but the point is the French are making this a Brexit - UK issue, which as far as I can see is bollocks.
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  28. Only thing I didn't like there was the comment about 'ridiculous' triple lock pension income. The UK has already the lowest pension rates in the Western world so abolishing the triple lock would only make things worse.
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  29. Goldson, Davis and McGregor have excelled all season in their respective position, rightly candidates for this award. Tavernier has not only excelled as a defensive right back, an area he's been criticised for in the past, but he's taken the attacking side of his game to a completely new level. He's currently second top with 'assists' and the 6th top goal scorer in the entire league, from right back. Even his leadership, again something that's been questioned in past seasons, has been unrivalled this season. It's Mr T. for me.
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  30. I was hoping this would be the case when he joined RC at the beginning of the season but I'm afraid it looks very unlikely now that he'll make the cut with us. He has only played more than half an hour 14 out of 36 league games with them, and many (if not all) of those appearances were due to injuries to others. It has been a similar story with McCrorie, I had hoped he was ready to step up but his season with Livingston hasn't gone to plan at all.
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