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Derek Mathieson from Darlington, Co. Durham. Posted 17 Jun 2005.
Does anybody remember the shows at the Empire, White Heather Club long summer seasons, with Robert Wilson, Gordon MacKenzie and Will Star.
I also remember the premier of The Young Ones at the old Playhouse in Inverness, which was managed by James Nairn...how many remember 'Fairyland' in the restaurant each christmas? | | |
|  | John Macdonald from Australia. Posted 1 Aug 2005.
Derek ...I do remember the Empire with fond memories ..And The manager John Worth the manager (and even the Lovely Jeannie Brockie - who was the Redhead in the Box Office )John Worth was a great friend to me in my early years when i visited the Theatre ..and performed there ...he played piano for me many times as well ..re the playhouse ..yes Mr Nairn I knew ..even as a young teenager ..i saw Mike and Bernie Winters at the Playhouse ...and the Christmas feature still sticks in my mind there when My parents took me to Inverness ( we stayed in Cromarty - not far away ) Also Mr Nairn had a great camera Shop where my Father was a keen photographer ..and he visited it many times ...I have come across some great old photos of the playhouse and the Empire !! Slainte
John
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| | Margaret Sligar from Richmond. Posted 12 Jul 2006.
Since living in the USA I love reading about all the memories about Glasgow and the Yoker district. Makes me homesick.
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| | John from Australia. Posted 10 Aug 2005.
Joyce,as far as I know the old White Heather Club shows are not on Video or DVD ...but if they were I would be the first to buy them ..maybe there is only so much they kept in there archives?
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| | Beverly Wood from Dundee, Scotland. Posted 16 Sep 2005.
Yes, I remember visiting the Empire as a child 45 years ago.
My mother (Pamela Brough) played the piano in the Ian Powrie Scottish Dance Band as part of the Andy Stewart show. She had plenty long summer seasons in many theatres up and down the country.This usually meant a long summer holiday for us in an exciting big town instead of Perth where I was brought up.
Are you interested in Scottish music then?
Beverly Wood
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| | Graeme from Glasgow. Posted 28 Nov 2005.
The BBC brought out The White Heather club on VHS video early in 1994 as a one of special edition. It contained a 30 minute documentary about the Great show and included interviews with all the shows stars and dancers that were still with us at the time including the late Andy Stewart and Jimmy Shand as well as 2 full episodes of the popular show. Sadly out of 285 episodes only 6 remain in the BBC archive. Understandably this video sold out very quickly and there has been no release of this popular show onto the DVD market. If you can still manage to track one down as I did grab it as they are now like gold dust.
Haste ye back white heather club!!!
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| | James Hamilton from East Kilbride. Posted 13 Jan 2006.
Does anyone recall the date of G.H Elliot's appearance, billed as the Chocolate Coloured Coon, about 1935 or 1936? I am trying to establish the date of a family bereavement.
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| | John Dow from Uphall, Scotland. Posted 13 Jan 2006.
There is indeed a video of The White Heather Club available in this country, also one involving a reunion of the former members - Robert Wilson features on it.
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| | David Scrymgeour from Kirriemuir. Posted 13 Jan 2006.
For many years I was the proud owner of a 78RPM Long Playing record of Andy Stewart and the White Heather Club. I believe that this was possibly the only record where artists such as Andy Stewart, Robert Wilson,Jimmy Shand and his band, Joe Gordon Folk Four, James Urquhart, Anne and Laura Brand, Ian Powrie and his Band etc., all feautured together on one record. Great Stuff! Many of these great artists are no longer with us. It opened with Jimmy Shand playing the 6.20 two step. Unfortunately my record has been mislaid over the years - I wish there was some way I could get this transferred to CD. Does anyone have the record I am talking about and also the technology to get it onto CD?
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| | Graeme from Glasgow University. Posted 6 Mar 2006.
David there are 2 White Heather club albums that have now been put onto the CD format. I have purchased both of them and for there age they sound remarkably good. They have been tinkered with so they sound really clear. If you do a web search for them you should find them for around £10 each.
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| | iain Gibson from orkney. Posted 16 Oct 2006.
does any one know waht film was showing when the play houe burt down in 1972
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