Biggar Gala Day 1964
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Is there still a band?..... that is good to know!
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@CallumODonnell your Toms son !? we hear nothing but good things about your dad in the band now-a-days!
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0:49 biggar pipe band ?
if so then i bet you didnt know the drum major only has one arm
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How great to see the Pipe Band in the 'old days'. And yes, John Howie only had the one arm. He was a very competent snare drummer too. He took off his false arm and fitted on a spring device which he had made and which held the drumstick. He also arranged the tune 'Highland Laddie' to be played with one hand only on the pipe chanter.!!! Quite a resourceful chappie. I think that my Dad - Tommy O'Donnell - will also be in that film but I can't quite make him out,
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CallumODonnell 6 months ago
@CallumODonnell I remember your Dad well! The last time I saw him was at the Gala Day when my nephew (George Moffat) was Cornet.
ElToroCa 6 months ago