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     137th Glasgow.   Garrowhill cc1952

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137th Glasgow Boys Brigade Company. 
Parading outside Mure Memorial Church in Garrowhill cc 1952
This photo was taken at the church Remembrance Day service. The BB company with its Bugle & Pipe bands would have paraded to and from the church with all church members and friends proudly looking on. In the photograph it is nice to see a war veteran displaying his medals and all the boys wearing their poppies.  

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   Anyone have any information about this photo?

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Sept.2007 extract from email, Drew McDicken, USA

Hi Webmaister ....I am in this photo second row down 4th from the right, Drew McDicken. On my right is my best friend Harry Trew and the wee face back top right you can just see is Brian Waterson our other best friend who could not join the BB as he was a catholic but loved the pipes, he was not supposed to be in the photo....... Jimmy Stubbins is the WW1 veteran.  It seems like yesterday we stood for this photo !    Aye yours Andrew McDicken.

PS : Andrew is the Pipe Major of  The Clan Gordon Highlanders located in Locust Valley, Long Island, New York, having honed his piping skills in the BB !
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 footnote Webmaister :  I attended the BB for many years in Bridgeton and we had boys in our company who were RC,
                         however in many areas the local Priest would not allow the boys to follow their pals into the BB  .....

 

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