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by glenshena
Fri Nov 29, 2024 9:21 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Happy Birthday Penny Tray
Replies: 12
Views: 3780

Re: Happy Birthday Penny Tray

Best wishes on your birthday PT. Your knowlegeable contributions to the threetowners website are greatly appreciated.
J.
by glenshena
Sat Nov 23, 2024 11:13 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Service charge.
Replies: 8
Views: 1194

Service charge.

On recent visits to Scotland i've noticed now that all restaurants and eateries are automatically charging 10% service charge - or compulsory tipping included - if we want - From one pound upwards, to be added onto our card payment via pos. I have always left cash tips in restaurants, for as much as...
by glenshena
Sun Nov 17, 2024 12:59 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Trains and boats and planes
Replies: 2
Views: 697

Re: Trains and boats and planes

Speaking to my upstairs neighbour in Saltcoats, she's 87, when she left school she went to Kilmarnock college to learn carpet making at Blackwood and Mortons. She worked five years there then she married and had to leave as at that time married women were not allowed to work in factories. I told her...
by glenshena
Sat Nov 02, 2024 7:52 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Happy birthday - Meg
Replies: 9
Views: 1149

Re: Happy birthday - Meg

Many Happy Returns Meg.
Hope you had a nice Birthday. Jx.
by glenshena
Fri Nov 01, 2024 8:44 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Trivia Quiz - 97
Replies: 8
Views: 1234

Re: Trivia Quiz - 97

6 for me today.
by glenshena
Thu Oct 24, 2024 9:41 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Trains and boats and planes
Replies: 2
Views: 697

Trains and boats and planes

Just back from a week in Saltcoats, visited the Titanic exhibition in the SEC, Glasgow, after taking the train from Glasgow Central. Such an efficiente service. It was really interesting and sad, so many lives lost in icey waters, with the first lifeboats being lowered while half empty. Because one ...
by glenshena
Tue Oct 22, 2024 7:04 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: The ... What are you doing or thinking right now - Topic
Replies: 5738
Views: 1438430

Re: The ... What are you doing or thinking right now - Topic

Another month has passed and my cough has'nt returned. The cognac
has cured me.
No more cough bottles for me!.
by glenshena
Fri Oct 18, 2024 9:35 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Lyrical - Trivia Quiz
Replies: 4
Views: 1171

Re: Lyrical - Trivia Quiz

3 for me.
Nice game Hughie.
by glenshena
Wed Oct 09, 2024 1:09 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Glencoe
Replies: 0
Views: 799

Glencoe

At the end of August we went to Fort William and stopped at Glencoe to show the grandchildren some Scottish history. We parked in the Three Sisters car park which was absolutely full of tourists from all over the world. We also went to see the Glenfinnan Bridge and waited to see the train passing ov...
by glenshena
Tue Oct 08, 2024 8:15 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Waterside Inn at Seamill now being renovated
Replies: 16
Views: 8536

Re: Waterside Inn at Seamill now being renovated

Once again the Waterside Inn at Seamill is being remodernised to become a fully functioning sea spa at a cost of 3 million pounds. Work will start in 2025.
by glenshena
Sun Oct 06, 2024 7:12 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Your favourite music on Youtube etc...
Replies: 828
Views: 394387

Re: Your favourite music on Youtube etc...

Meg, I read today that the song 'A summer place' by Percy Faith was the best selling song of the 60's, staying in the charts for 9 months, equaled only by 'Hey Jude' in 1968.