The Moonlighter
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The Founders Trail,and Ibrox Stadium Tour Sunday 10th July.
We're delighted to announce that this Tour is now sold out.
Thank you for the continued support.
We have places available on Saturday 25th June and will post Tour dates from August to November over the coming weeks.
If you'd like to reserve your seat please send an email to thegallantpioneers@googlemail.com
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The Founders Trail Tour of the Gareloch and Rosneath Highland Games .
Sunday 17th July .
We're delighted to announce that this Tour is now completely sold out !
Every seat gone in 6 days.
The level of support for the Founders Project show by yourselves continues to blow us away.
We once again thank you sincerely for providing the stage which allows us to tell the greatest sporting story of all.
Thank you.
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34 Vernon Street and 57 Cranwell Street.
William McBeath lived at both of these address's during his time in Lincoln.
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On the 7th May 1856 Founder William McBeath was born.
William McBeath was born in the village of Callander. His dad Peter owned a general store on Callander’s Main Street , the family home was above the store which is now as you can see The Waverley Hotel.
William had an older sister, Jane, and an older brother, Peter. Another boy was born after William but he, like so many other children of the time, died in infancy.
Tragically, his dad Peter McBeath died 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…………the same address as five members of the McNeil family, including brothers Peter and William.
It was at the beginning of 1872 the four boys had the idea to form a football team.
A few weeks later William was to play in that first ever match v Callander.
Rangers player William Dunlop wrote in 1881:
“Their first game was a terrible spectacle with the ball suffering an incredible amount of abuse” William McBeath was given man of the match and then spent a week in bed recovering due to his exertions’’.
William McBeath was Rangers first ever President from 1874-75.
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.
A report on the presentation in the Scottish Athletic Journal in 1884 also stated that William McBeath enjoyed dabbling with paint and canvas! It read:
” Mr. McBeath, many of his old friends will be happy to learn, is doing well, and still cultivating these tastes for high art which made his company so pleasant to the more scholarly of his companions”
By 1878, William was a commercial traveller. He had moved to the Crosshill area of Glasgow after marrying a Jeannie Harris. Within a year, the family had moved to Bristol in what was almost certainly the most settled and happiest period of William’s life.
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. He unfortunately had not married.
William last year’s 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.
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 was buried in an unmarked, pauper’s grave in Lincoln Cemetery but there is a happy ending to his story.
During his research for his book, “The Gallant Pioneers”, 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.
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Still plenty of seats left for this additional Tour on Saturday 25th June.
To reserve your seat just send an email to :
thegallantpioneers@googlemail.com
For further information phone : 0790 2855536
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It will be an honour for us to present the Founders Story to the Thringstone RSC on Friday 17th June and to join them at their end of season bash on Saturday 18th June.
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Once again due to an overwhelming level of bookings for The Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour we’re delighted to announce an additional date to cope with demand.
The Founders Trail will now also operate on Saturday 25th June.
Booking details are as follows.
Adults : £22
Children (under 16) and Senior Citizens £16.
Group discounts are available upon request.
Please book early to avoid disappointment.
To reserve your seat just send an email to :
thegallantpioneers@googlemail.com
For further information phone : 0790 2855536
An insight into our research can be found here on our website. http://www.thegallantpioneers.co.uk/
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Details now on the official club website.
http://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/founders-trail-gareloch/
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Still seats remaining.
Just send an email to thegallantpioneers@googlemail.com to reserve yours.
Paying our respects to Moses McNeil at his final resting place in Rosneath Churchyard.
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25 seats gone for this Tour already folks !
If you'd like to reserve your place drop us an email to thegallantpioneers@googlemail.com quickly !
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As we continue to promote and celebrate the lives of our Founders we’re delighted to announce details of our fourth annual bus tour up into the Gareloch, where those who formed our Club were born and bred.
The Tour on Sunday 17th July will coincide with the Rosneath Highland Games.
As we make our way from Glasgow to the Gareloch we’ll also visit the final resting place of Tom Vallance in Bearsden.
The Tour itinerary is as follows :
11.00 Depart Ibrox Stadium.
11.30 Hillfoot Cemetery Bearsden. Final resting place of Tom Vallance.
11.45 Depart Hillfoot Cemetery.
On route to Garelochhead via Dumbarton and Helensburgh we will highlight many locations linked to Rangers over the years.
13.00 Arrive Garelochhead and Rosneath.
We will visit Bendarroch Park where our Founders ran races against and with each other aged only 10 and 11 .They were also to return there during our early years with their newly formed Rangers team to participate in the Garelochhead New Year Day Games.
We will also visit the homes of Peter Campbell and Moses McNeil and pay our respects at Moses final resting place in the churchyard at Rosneath.
13.45 This is free time to enjoy the Rosneath Highland Games where food and refreshments are available or you can just have a leisurely stroll around the beautiful setting which is the Gareloch.
16.00 Depart Rosneath.
17.00 Arrive Ibrox Stadium
The cost of the Tour is as follows :
Adults £20
Senior Citizens and Children ( Under 16) £15.
(Please note that entry to the Highland Games, Lunch and Refreshments are not included in the price.)
Places on this Tour went very quickly last year and we’d advise you to book early to avoid disappointment.
If you’d like to reserve your seat please send an email to thegallantpioneers@googlemail.com.
Or call us on 0790 2855536
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Please note that due to overwhelming demand our April , May and June Tours are completely SOLD OUT.
Seats for our Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour on Sunday 10th July are going quickly so please book soon to avoid disappointment.
We will advertise our Tour dates for August to November once next season's fixtures are published.
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
An insight into our research can be found here on our website.
http://www.thegallantpioneers.co.uk/
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Four seats still available !
Would all who are booked on Sunday's Tour please note that there will be a Founders Trail welcome desk available within Bar 72 East 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 .A staff member will be in the area to give directions .
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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Four seats have just become available for this Sunday's Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour.
Adults £22 Children and Concessions £16.
To secure your seat please send an email to thegallantpioneers@googlemail.com
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We’re delighted to announce that the restoration of Mr William Craig’s final resting place at Cathcart Cemetery was completed last night.
Chairman of Rangers 1923.
William Craig’s sudden death on 20 November, 1923 gives him the sad distinction of enjoying the shortest period in office of any Rangers chairman. This, though, understates the contribution he made to the Club over many years.
He had served on the Board since 1903 – 1904.
The “Glasgow Herald” obituary stated William Craig had been “engaged as a Clan Line stevedore”.
His life suggests he must have had a second string to his bow, possibly in business. His long years of service on the Rangers Board and his position as a Justice of the Peace would appear to support this.
William Craig lies in the “Rangers Triangle” of graves at Cathcart Cemetery.
By extraordinary coincidence, the grave next to that of Mr Craig is R S McColl’s. Almost directly opposite, a matter of yards away, is the final resting place of our first manager Mr William Wilton.
Funds are in place to let our work continue but please donate if you can via the link : Every penny donated counts.
PAYPAL LINK. - https://www.paypal.com/sendmoney
***Follow the link and add following email address along with donation – sonsofstruth@aol.co.uk
These men from our early years gave us so much that we still enjoy today and it’s now time to give them some respect back in return.
The Founders Project isn’t only about an education process it’s about putting everything in place for this and future generations to enjoy.
Every Rangers supporter can now contribute to The Restoration of Rangers Graves Project.
Regular updates on progress will be posted.
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The series of games that was the 1877 Scottish Cup Final not only created a fierce rivalry between Rangers and Vale of Leven it also cemented great friendships that would last for over 50 years.
Anniversary dinners were also held in 1887 and 1907.
Incredibly as late as the 1930’s the surviving team members including our own Tom Vallance would organise reunions and take a sail up Loch Lomond from Balloch then stop off for lunch and a few drinks at a Hotel.
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I hope you haven't got all your information on just one hard drive mate. I hope you have plenty of back-ups and also a non-digital filing system. it would be a shame to lose all the info you, and possibly colleagues, have conjured up.
You do absolutely brilliant work.
Have you got a bed at the Mitchell Libruary?
Everything is stored safely mate.
A season ticket for The Mitchell is simply a must have !
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On the 13th April 1898 a supper was held in Tom Vallance’s Metropolitan Restaurant at 40 Hutchison Street ,Merchant City Glasgow.
It was held to mark the 21st Anniversary of our first ever Scottish Cup Final in 1877 v Vale of Leven.
It was this series of games that was to change the course of our Club’s history.
The small memorial plaque at the bottom of the invitation lists players whom we’d sadly lost since the Cup Final.
Sandy Marshall, Peter Campbell, William Dunlop and goalkeeper James Watt.
As a footnote, Tom Vallance was actually having the results of Rangers matches wired to his restaurants and announced to his patrons as early as the 1890’s.
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Sunday 24th April.( SOLD OUT )
Sunday 15th May ( SOLD OUT )
Saturday 11th June ( SOLD OUT)
Sunday 10th July 55 seats available
We will also operate from August to November. These dates will be published once the fixtures are released.
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
An insight into our research can be found here on our website.
http://www.thegallantpioneers.co.uk/
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Very nice mate. I'll be in touch soon.
Thank you.
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I'll get a couple when I'm on the tour on 15th May.
Looks great.
Thanks very much.
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The Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour Extra Date Added Saturday 25th June.
in Rangers Chat
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Only 16 seats remaining for this Tour.
Adults : £22
Children (under 16) and Senior Citizens £16.
Group discounts are available upon request.
Please book early to avoid disappointment.
To reserve your seat just send an email to :
thegallantpioneers@googlemail.com
For further information phone : 0790 2855536