I have been a customer of the Ashvale in Bridge of Don but never the legendary original. It's a belter - almost as good as a proper Paisley Tally chippie (please note, this should NEVER be referred to as "a chipper")
It's chipper not chippie heathen. You know Tennents had that promotion on recently with the sayings specific to certain cities in Scotland well "it's chipper not chippie" was one of them So was "Seagulls like Labradors"
My 48 year old mother said to me the other week: "Things are getting worse these days, the streets are full of wee bastards and it's no longer safe to walk to the shop". To which my response was: "Hold on here, didn't you spend 30 years of your 48 with a bloody civil war going on around you, where we literally had an iron front door in case someone tried to kick it in and shoot my dad?" "Aye but at least the young respected their elders." Old people
A lot of it's due to people being labelled too easily at a young age. If you can't read/write, you're labelled dyslexic - which often makes the child think they can't read so can't be bothered. This isn't just dyslexia, I've only been out of high school for 4 years and the number of people who just accepted they were 'stupid' and carried on with their lives amazed me. Anything can be achieved with a bit of effort.
Ernie Wise's plays were great for that Dev, still makes me laugh like hell whe I think of the eloquent Glenda Jackson having to quote his great English.
He was a wee arsehole in reality, one of my mates met him years ago and he was a ****ing wee upstart.
