Barrhead Gala 1987, Cycle race

Part of Barrhead Gala week 1987, thr cycle road race.

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• barrhead
• barrhead gala
• cycle race
• 1987

[jimbangles]

Hello Gillsybray, I have left a message on your page.

[freacls]

and we used to have concerts too for the old pepole even had big Douglas yates up singing one time so the queen went to that and she opend fetes as well as going to church even doing xmas events and i think on remberance sunday shed lay a poppy wreath as well as her gala day duties but now she only does the stuff on gala day and thats it and even the gala has gone down hill with the druggies and that and drunks fighting its sad

[jimbangles]

@freacls It would be nice if it could go back to those days and we will have to wait and see what happens this year. Yes, you're right, Sandra Kirk was in the other clip and was on the Gala committee for quite a long time. I do think that these clips are very important as they are part of Barrheads history.  Have you seen the clips that I put on of my great grand daughter Lucie, born in Barrhead as was her mum Robyn and dad Jonathan, she is a real darling.

[jimbangles]

Part two, they don't give you enough letters.

Good that it will be back this year as Barrhead needs events like these to keep the folk of Barrhead together. That's me on the bandstand doing the announcements, a long time ago now. Sorry that you only got a box of chocolates.

[jimbangles]

The 1987 Gala was the only one, as far as I know, that had an official video made, I have a copy of that video, there is also a copy in Paisley museum I believe, I had it copied to DVD, ( I have mislaid it at the moment ) and the clips are taken from that. There is a part that tells the name of the Gala queen and I will track it down eventually.

[jimbangles]

Hello freacis, all taken from the Gala video that we had made that year, I was on the committee for 3 or 4 years, unfortunately there was never enough help from the folk of Barrhead and just a small group had to give a great deal of time.

I believe that you are right in naming the gala queen. I came to Barrhead45 years ago from down south and thought it was a good idea to do something for the town.

[stephenmiller1000]

at 2.45 guy walking doon street picking leaves off a hedge discovers a ball at the side a the road quality find fella .ha

[gillsybray]

The Gala Queen was April Gilchrist. I was the first lady in waiting (Gillian Walker). I can't believe this is on here...blast from the past or what!!

[stephenmiller1000]

no way check the old borrhead brilliant.

[freacls]

@jimbangles no ill need to look at them but the Barrhead gala is really importent its a tradition and i hope it goes on for many years to come yeah i knew Sandra too she was on the commmittee when i was their i remenber she had a little boy too but i donyt think the Gala will go back to its old days lack of funds and no intrest really its sad oh who knows maybe Lucie will be the Gala queen one day

[freacls]

@jimbangles lol thats okay i liked them and they lasted like 2 nights in our house lol yeah i used to be right into the gala i went to all the meetings befreinded the queen and atendents [used to tease them they had to kiss the cadetts they were like oh no gross and go blech poor girls ] but the events dwindled into nothing really and the queens duties became less and less before shed attend all the events like going tound all the buisnesses schools nusery schools old pepoles homes

[freacls]

@jimbangles oh that will be good i was born in Barrhead so im related to some of the past gala queens and atendents theirs a couple of gala videos up from 1990 the guy who did them his daughter Laura was a lady in waiting she had the short brown hair and glasses Gail was the queen and Elain was the lady in waiting 3 really nice girls