The Moonlighter
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We're delighted to announce that our two remaining Tours for 2016 on Sunday 30th October and Sunday 20th November are now completely sold out !
We do have a waiting list for each Tour which your name can be added to.
We'd like to take this opportunity to again thank everyone who has supported the Founders Project over the last 7 years and for providing the stage that allows us to tell our unique story.
Our first batch of Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour dates for 2017 will be posted tomorrow.
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Can those who are attending please bring strimmers and shears , basically anything that you can get your hands on.........petrol and matches excepted of course.
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I'm going. giving a little bit back for those who gave so much to the club we all love.
I'm trying to bring my son along also.
It's a rewarding experience, after having done a couple before (William Dunlop and Sam Ricketts).
look forward to sharing a beer or two with you and Gordon.
Thanks again mate. See you on Saturday.
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This Saturday folks, all welcome.
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Would all who are booked on tomorrow's Tour please note that there will be a Founders Trail welcome desk available within Bar 72 West at Ibrox Stadium from 11.15am prior to our 12pm departure from outside of the Ibrox Megastore
Access to Bar 72 is via the main entrance to Argyle House .
This will give us an opportunity to greet you and check you from our loading chart and to distribute our travel packs.
Parking is available throughout the day around Ibrox Stadium.
If you have any questions before the tour please don't hesitate in contacting us on 0790 2855536.
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It will be a great honour for us to present the Founders story at Stoneyburn Masonic Hall on Saturday 5th November at 5pm.
The event will be hosted by Stoneyburn True Blues LOL 37
The entrance fee is £5.
Following the presentation there will be a Q&A session.
The lodge will be also having a Blue Night with Sis, Ali Dunn as guest artist and Stoneyburn Crown Defenders providing musical accompaniment.
The £5 entrance fee is applicable if you haven't attended the Founders Presentation. Those who do get free entrance to the Blue Night !*
The Blue Night is from 7pm until midnight.
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We now have 10 volunteers, one more required to get us up to a first 11!
To join us just send an email to thegallantpioneers@gmail.com or call 0790 2855536 if you're stressed about how much a post restoration work round is going to cost you in the pub!
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Last week we gave away 7 pairs of gift vouchers for the Founders Trail & Ibrox Stadium Tour to say thank you to people who have supported us in the past.
This week we’re going one step further. We’d like to offer free concession* seats (normal price £16) on our next tour on Sunday 9th October.
*concession = children under 16 and adults over 65.
To qualify for this offer you must have at least one full paying adult in your group.
Adult seats - £22
To book your seat email*thegallantpioneers@gmail.com
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If you'd like to take the Founders Trail with us before we have our winter break we have seats available on the following dates:
This Sunday 9th October
Sunday 20th November.
To reserve your place please send an email to thegallantpioneers@gmail.com
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As a token of our appreciation for the support the Founders project has received from the Club since March 2015 and in particular from Robert Boyle and his team at the Club’s media office, the Founders team presented the Directors of Rangers with this Partnership Award before Saturday’s game at Ibrox.
The board of Directors and staff at our Club will join us on the Founders Trail before the end of the year.
http://rangers.co.uk/news/club/founders-trail-presentation/
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This is great work you do. Decrepitude prevents my assistance.
Taxis when Mr Henderson was fourteen would have been horse-drawn so maybe not so surprising that he drove one.
Indeed.
Here's the taxi firm at Paisley Road Toll.
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Thanks to those who have volunteered, we're needing more hands though!
And as tradition dictates we will of course be retiring to a local hostelry for some after work refreshments.
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Saturday 15th October Cathcart Cemetery 12pm.
Last year ,and again earlier this year, we put out an appeal for help to clear the final resting places of William Dunlop at Cathcart and Sam Ricketts at Craigton which was supported in great numbers by our fellow Bears.
We again need you help to clear the jungle which has grown around the final resting place of James Henderson at Cathcart Cemetery.
All help will be greatly appreciated.
If you can attend please send a private message or email us at thegallantpioneers@gmail.com or ring 0790 2855536
James Henderson.
President 1898 - 1899
Chairman 1899 – 1912
When James Henderson died after a short illness on 10 May, 1912, the loss was not only felt by Rangers Football Club.
Like so many others who took the office of chairman of Rangers, Mr Henderson served his city as well.
He represented Kingston Ward, entering Glasgow Town Council in 1903. He rose to Senior Magistrate and was made a Baillie in 1907. He was most fondly remembered for the work he did for the welfare of poor children, serving as chairman of the Children’s Committee of Govan Parish Council. James Henderson was also a Justice of the Peace.
James Henderson’s working life began, remarkably, as a fourteen year old taxi driver. By his mid-twenties, he had set up his own taxi company at Paisley Road Toll,( it is now the Grand Old Opry building). Such was the success of the business, it became a limited company in 1897, with its founder as managing director.
It is clear not a minute of a day was wasted in the life of James Henderson.
Despite running a successful business and being committed to serving his city, he also found time to become a highly respected football administrator.
Having been vice-president to J R Gow in 1896-1897 and 1897-98, James Henderson became president of Rangers Football Club in that most wonderful of seasons, 1898-99. That, of course, was the year the record of winning every league game played was set.
At the end of 1898-99, the bold step of Rangers Football Club becoming Rangers Football Club Limited was taken.
President Henderson became Chairman Henderson at the first board meeting of the new company on 1 June, 1899.
A lover of athletics as well as football, James Henderson was a believer in keeping all sport “clean”. He served as president of the Scottish League and the International League Board. He was also one of the oldest members of Queen’s Park.
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We still have a few scarves left in stock , to order your scarf just send an email to thegallantpioneers@gmail.com and we'll post it out today.
Support the Founders Trail and keep your money out of Ashley's pockets !
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Still plenty of time to book your seat on the Founders Trail , join us on Sunday 9th October for a journey of discovery !
The Founders Trail group at Ibrox Stadium.
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Two weeks today folks.
Adults £22
Children (under 16) and Senior Citizens £16.
Group discounts are available upon request.
To reserve your seat just send an email to :
thegallantpioneers@googlemail.com
For further information phone : 0790 2855536
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James Wilson's obituary and funeral cortege at Craigton Cemetery.
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We're delighted today to provide a further update on the project work being carried out at Craigton Cemetery Glasgow to restore the final resting places of those men who built our Club.
James Wilson.
Late last year our research, gleamed from the records at the Mitchell Library, confirmed that a James Wilson who was trainer at Rangers from 1897 , and a respected individual who also worked tirelessly with the building process of our great Club, had died suddenly due to a bout of double pneumonia in 1914 at 21 Princes Street in Govan aged 52 and was buried at Craigton Cemetery.
Mr Struth who was trainer at Clyde at this time was offered Mr Wilson’s job at Rangers but refused to take another man’s place at our Club.
That changed upon the sudden passing of Mr Wilson.
The Club had actually organised a benefit match for Mr Wilson against Everton at Ibrox only a week before he passed.
We recently discovered Mr Wilson's stone at Craigton and were incredibly fortunate that although sadly it was off it's base it was lying on the grass inscription side up.
A real chill went through us as we cleared the earth and moss from James Wilson’s stone and the words ‘'Trainer of Rangers’' emerged.
Craigton Cemetery had given up another gem.
Just recently Mr Wilson's stone was re-erected and cleaned.
Yesterday afternoon the final touch was added when the re-lettering was complete.
Mr James Wilson is once again standing tall.
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Thanks to all who have purchased scarves today, all orders have been posted.
We still have a few left in stock , to order your scarf just send an email to thegallantpioneers@gmail.com
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With winter upon us get yourself wrapped up in one of our trendy popular scarves and in turn support the Founders Trail.
They are only £12.00 (+ £2.86 P&P) and can be purchased directly here on our website https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/shop
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Still plenty of seats left for our next Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour.
Adults £22*
Children (under 16) and Senior Citizens £16.
Group discounts are available upon request.
To reserve your seat just send an email to :
thegallantpioneers@googlemail.com
For further information phone : 0790 2855536
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We're delighted to post this update on the final resting places of George Goudie and George Gillespie.
Mr Goudie's stone has been re-erected and cleaned and Mr. Gillespie's cleaned.
Both stones will be re-lettered over the coming weeks.
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We'd like to sincerely thank the following people who donated over the weekend.
This will let us continue our work on the project.
Members and patrons of Parkfoot Social Club Kilsyth
David Tait
David Cook
Chris Smith
Stewart McPherson
Our passengers on the Founders Trail Sunday 18th September.
If you'd like to donate please using the link below.
Every penny counts.
PAYPAL LINK. - https://www.paypal.com/sendmoney
***Follow the link and add following email address along with donation – sonsofstruth@aol.co.uk
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We only have two Tours left with seats available this year folks.
The first one is Sunday 9th October.
This is an International weekend, Rangers don't have a fixture.
Join us on a journey of discovery back to 1872 when The Rangers were just the dream of a group of young kids who gathered on Fleshers Haugh. They had no ball, no football kit and used a bush on the Glasgow Green as a changing room.
Their Club, which they nurtured, was to become the world's most successful and it all happened on the streets of Glasgow.
Our journey takes us to the area of Fleshers Haugh where The Rangers played their first ever match, we also visit Glassford Street, Union Street, Berkeley Street, Burnbank, Kinning Park, Craigton Cemetery and many other places of interest before finishing off our day with a tour of our magnificent Ibrox Stadium.
During our journey we have a 30 minute break at Partick Bowling Club this gives everyone a chance to unwind, grab a beer or soft drink and a bite to eat at a beautiful and historical setting.
Adults £22
Children (under 16) and Senior Citizens £16.
Group discounts are available upon request.
To reserve your seat just send an email to :
thegallantpioneers@googlemail.com
For further information phone : 0790 2855536
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The Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour 2017 Tour Dates.
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We’re delighted to launch our first batch of Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour dates for 2017.
This is our eighth year and the popularity of the Trail continues to soar!
Since we first took to the streets of Glasgow in 2009 we’ve taken over 6,000 people on the Trail of our Founders and through the doors of Ibrox Stadium ,many for the first time.
Through the education process of the Founders Trail our objective is to safeguard our unique and wonderful history for future generations.
So let us Follow Follow in the Footsteps of our Founders.
The Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour dates are as follows:
SUNDAY 19TH FEBRUARY
SATURDAY 25TH MARCH
SUNDAY 16TH APRIL
SUNDAY 21ST MAY
SUNDAY 11TH JUNE
SATURDAY 15TH JULY.
***Tour dates may be subject to change due to football fixtures***
Join us on a journey of discovery back to 1872 when The Rangers were just the dream of a group of young kids who gathered on Fleshers Haugh. They had no ball, no football kit and used a bush on the Glasgow Green as a changing room.
Their Club, which they nurtured, was to become the world's most successful and it all happened on the streets of Glasgow.
Our day begins at the Founders Trail welcome desk which is located within Bar 72 at Ibrox Stadium from 11.15am on the day of the Tour prior to our 12pm departure from outside of the Ibrox Megastore.
Our journey takes us to the area of Fleshers Haugh where The Rangers played their first ever match, we also visit Glassford Street, Union Street, Berkeley Street, Burnbank, Kinning Park, Craigton Cemetery and many other places of interest before finishing off our day with a tour of our magnificent Ibrox Stadium.
During our journey we have a 30 minute break at the Partick Bowling Club which is in the shadow of the historic West of Scotland Cricket Ground which was the scene of the Rangers first ever Scottish Cup Final in 1877. This gives everyone a chance to unwind, grab a beer or soft drink and a bite to eat at a beautiful and historical setting.
Due to an increase in price of the Ibrox Stadium Tour we’ve unfortunately had to adjust our Tour price accordingly.
To avoid disappointment please reserve your seat early as the Founders Trail does sell out very quickly.
Prices are as follows.
Adults £25
Children (under 16) and Senior Citizens £18
Group discounts are available upon request.
To reserve your seat just send an email to :
thegallantpioneers@gmail.com
For further information phone : 0790 2855536.
An insight into our research can be found here on our website.
http://www.thegallantpioneers.co.uk/