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Hey my friend. I watched a video of yours from two years ago. I just discovered your channel and I subscribed of course. I just wanted to say that I am white (not that it should matter in ANY way!). I love your content and I watch all your videos trying to catch up. You have an amazing talent to tell these stories and I am appalled that at any point someone seemed to question your right to talk about what I assume is your home country, and even if it weren’t, you do something you love and you do an amazing job. I could listen to you all day. I hope I can support you in some way one day. Thanks for reading sir
It's great the way you poke holes in the sanitized version of history and talk about the scoundrels as well as the heroes. Makes history more interesting and human. Great work!
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Outstanding video Bruce! A great example of how actions after major historical battles/events can be just as important or more so than the actual battle or event. "Some bits of history are more enjoyable than others", another bit from The Historical Wisdom of Bruce Fummey!
This is the kind of history that I'm looking for with regard to Robert the Bruce. Too many historians are lazy, and make no effort to draw reasonable conclusions beyond the obvious. Great work!
Thanks for providing this story that shows the unexpected twists and turns of events that create history. How ironic that Patrick’s act letting Edward escape was effectively offset miles away by Fitzgilbert’s taking of Hereford.
Congratulations for your videos and…stories. I ,humbly, suggest a story about Sir James Douglas, killed in combat at Teba, Málaga, South Spain, fighting by the side of King Alfonso XI against Moors ….probably a more than quite pretty story.
Ye back, Hey Bruce, hey I learned something about my dad's family and how the name change over time, and possibly my mom's family. From watching another video about this battle.
Algorithm brought you to me last week. Love your delivery and the way you join all the interlinking names, places and events up is amazing.! It's something I try to do when I read...it's complex.! After watching the first one I was hooked and watched one after another for hours. Keeping our history alive... they don't teach this stuff in school since the 'national curriculum'. That's what destroyed our Scottish education system, and with that intent....they want us ignorant. It's crucial work that you do. Thank you.! 🌈
Very cool! I’ve been waiting for a while to hear about one of my ancestors on your channel. I always got a kick out of Walter fitz Gilbert’s “tactical realignment of loyalty” 😁
This is wild. I literally have to watch this video again because I did not understand the confluence of events, just so many things happening that feel like... whims!!! whims judging the course of history!
I really don't know how you keep all those family names straight!!!!!! I'd have to write them all down, look at their lineage and study it for a week before these names could sensibly spew from my brain down to my mouth. Good job Mr. Bruce love your videos.
Thanks for making my education more rounded between yourself and the generally spooky podcast I'm getting good at hearing a name and knowing what is happening
Great vid love the background and the perils of filming near the Midland Highway or perhaps Geelong Road and its constant traffic.. Still great tale well up to Bruce's standard
I was so involed listening to you whille washing my dishes I jumped out my skin when you said Dam it lol. Brilliant content as always thanks for making History intetesting with your flair to grab an audience attention
Fascinating Bruce! I was brought up on Cadzow St in Hamilton and live not far from there now. Wish you’d come and do a video on the now demolished Hamilton Palace and all the associated buildings/properties. The local museum is a must visit too!
Its also interesting to think that it they were Welsh infantry - they may not have been able to speak English all that well and been lost in a foreign land. Even if they did speak England - they were still pressed into service for a foreign occupying nation. I feel quite sorry for them all in all (not the gentry, off with their heads).
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Thanks :) Take that with a grain of salt - I'm from Wales and I know that there were more monolingual Cymry back then but my medieval history is not the best. Plus if they came from the south or east of Wales those areas were anglicised first and were/are generally more populace. But even Cymry from those areas aren't exactly England fans a lot of the time. Plus if this was anywhere near the time of Owain Glyndwr then there would be a lot of nationalist and anti-English sentiment brewing in both the populace and the Welsh army.
They might not have been able to speak ‘England’, but they were not pressed ganged. The subjugation of Wales after the death of Llywelyn Grufydd left Welsh military forces redundant. They were a large group used to regular pay and a soldiers way of life, so were ideal mercenaries for Edward as they included the famed Longbow-men, so it stood to reason that the English were keen to utilise them.
@@anthonyferris8912 Yes 'pressed' was probably a sloppy word, thanks for the correction. But I more meant that service in any army is often done out of economic desperation. And the reality of having to do it not for your own nation but another that had taken over their own would very possibly have had its own tensions and emotional effects.
Unholy s#|[ now I can’t unsee this. Another thumbnail (for a vid about William Wallace, if I’m not mistaken) looked much like Clansman Eddie the ‘ead 😳
Even though I know it's about a later series of events, this made me think of Burns' Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation, as sung by Maddy Prior of Steeleye Span. You certainly described a couple of rogues in this video.
Im currently about a half hour drive from Bannockburn Ontario Canada on a rainy long weekend (Queen Vicky's birthday apparently). Another interesting video, cheers.
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The Holy Roman Emperor demanded 150,000 Marks for Richard I's release and just for throwing his flag from the battlements of Acre. What would the Scots demanded for Edward II considering what he and his father had done to Scotland?
Yeah and who had to see that the money was provided: Brother John. Who is the villain and Richard is the good one. Richard was a pest, serial rapist and a spendthrift.
@@harrybruijs2614 that's because John made his mess in full view of the English chroniclers and to his subjects, whilst Richard tended to do it out of the view of the same chroniclers or whilst on crusade and thus was exempt from the norms of European society. John was mercurial in his behaviours towards his vassals and his French overlord.
Good one,Bruce;and Walter FitzGilbert's Clan Hamilton desc'ts. as Earls of Arran,eventually intermarried with Sir James 'The Good/Black' Douglas' kin the Earls of Angus to form the present Douglas-Hamilton,the Dukes of Hamilton [the most senior Scottish nobles,outside the present Royal Family] ! P.S. Hope to catch you in August,for one of your 2 Edin.Fringe festival shows. 👌👍
I seem to remember a newpaper story about a visit to Edinburgh by Queen Elizabeth II: she was greeting one or two of the crowd, and shook the hand of an old woman who said" Aye,so tou're the Queen,. Well, I'm Maggie Hamilton". The old body might have been claiming cousinship?
Sneaky devil!, getting those lines from "Flower of Scotland," And stood against him, Proud Edward's Army And sent him homeward tae think again. The Corries were SO good! 😁
Hi Bruce. A genealogy survey revealed I'm a majority Scot with some Nigerian/Congo ancestry from my Dad as I'm biracial. Im an American but I'm interested in further research. Could you share any of your local resources I could investigate?
Got another winner there Brucey. But tell me, at the festival of Bannockburn in Scotland, didn't 'they' ban/try to ban the wearing of the Sgian Dubh? If true, talk about insensitivity to indigenous costume.
A'reyt Bruce. It sounds like you are glad to be home. How better than to celebrate a victory over the English? It always sounds like the Scots beat a bunch of Normans and Welsh when you say the names of the opponents and the home of those foot soldiers. From the football references, you did a video on international football history in Carlisle, where the local team play my home city team, who Motherwell took their colours from, to go to playoffs at Wembley. Hopefully no controversy or treachery involved. One team will definitely be going to Wrexham next year, though the arrows should only be verbal. Anyone fancy a swap for Berwick Rangers? Best wishes for the tour.
It seems to me that changing sides is about like changing one's unders. Doing it often enough keeps ya clean.😂😂😂😂😂 of course the smartest thing to do is not wear any in the first place that way ya get the blue ribbon everytime 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Back in the late 80’s, I worked on subs and lived in Dunoon. Half the town loved Americans (when we were spending our cash) and the other half hated Americans. I remember telling a person that my family was attached to so and so clan, he haughtily said he was a xxxxx clan, turned heal and for three months never spoke another word to me. You can see I’m reluctant to mention which clans because in my research after I found there was a 400 year old feud going on.
@@ScotlandHistoryTours it’s my understanding the Campbells opposed Bonnie Prince Charlie’s bid for the throne, hence the Stuart’s despise of the Campbells. How far back the vs goes I’m sure is anecdotal at best.
Have you done a video on the Scottish Enlightenment? Do you know any good books explaining how the Scots changed from being famous for fighting, feuding, and disinterest in education to being famous for producing the best and brightest in science, medicine, engineering, Greek publishing(!), philosophy, economics, and so much more?
@Scotland History Tours before the Scottish Enlightenment. I read that in 14th century Scotland, not one baron could read. Obviously, since the Reformation, things have changed, but I also read that in the Middle Ages, Scotland only produced one notable scholar, John Dun Scotus.
@Scotland History Tours consider the Scots-Irish. Scottish ancestry moved to Ireland in the 17th century and moved to the American frontier in the early 18th century. Untouched by whatever brought about the Scottish Enlightenment. People often ask why Americans do things differently than the British from whom we came. Often, the answer is that we continued to do things the way our British ancestors did right before they came over, and the British changed. So what changed in Scotland after the ancestors of the Scots-Irish left? How did the Scottish Enlightenment happen?
I'm a Newcastle upon Tyne born Englishman of recently discovered 66% Scottish DNA!! Spare a thought! Ha ha! My family name is Mason, who were Septs to the Sinclair Clan. Any stories??
I don't really do clan stories. Rosslyn Chapel is a St Claire place you should check out that video. It's probably the closest ruclips.net/video/e39hKBmBlP0/видео.html
I was in Scotland last week from the US and saw a guy in a parking lot at Loch Ness who looked so much like Bruce I asked if he had a RUclips channel. He was in a rush and said "no that's my ----- I'm better looking than him" as he went by. My Granddaughter thought he sad "my buddy" and I thought he said "my brother" Does Bruce have a twin?
Go yuille's Mate-while in Victoria stop an see ballart first settled by yuille's of darlieth an shetland islands, originally called yuille's swamp Settled by my father's family the yuille's ha ha
I only pray that you don't have Ticketmaster 🤦🏻♀️🔥🤬👺💩 such a chokehold on tickets because I worked like the 👹🤣😂🤣😂🙄 and paid for my tickets to Godsmack yes so what, and I had to pay another 30 dollars for the cheapest tickets and had to get my cousin R to buy them for me I enjoyed that concert and no mosh pit in Alabama I thanked to heavens for that I wouldn't have gotten in there not even for a date with I don't tell 🙄🤨🤔😲😳😁😜 you'll never get me to confess on my drool guy I mean dream guy 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
I don’t know about every English baron having to pay for his ransom , most would have been inclined to say ..oh just keep the useless weasel , do what you want with him 😊
I have been watching your post for a while. However, it appears that you have a pretty one sided tilt to what you are saying.As a man of mixed heritage I have been waiting for you to say many of the Jocabites were black that is not limited to James VI and his offspring. Oh how the moors were resident in Scotland hundreds of years and were shipped off to the Caribbean either under indentured servitude or slavery thereby washing them out of the true history of Scotland as well as England. If it upsets some than so be it
If I find credible information about that I'd certainly cover it. Somebody did get me to watch a video about James VI being black and what a lot of bollocks that was.
Gd 1, Bruce , at the start waiting ta see a Salt water croc jump oot the water, And why did ya no have skippy on he knows everyfing , An eh braid castle in ewwwww grrrr edinburger , He bent the knee 1335 An well , explains a lot when in ewww ya know, best place there Train to Glasgow via Govan .
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Hey my friend. I watched a video of yours from two years ago. I just discovered your channel and I subscribed of course. I just wanted to say that I am white (not that it should matter in ANY way!).
I love your content and I watch all your videos trying to catch up. You have an amazing talent to tell these stories and I am appalled that at any point someone seemed to question your right to talk about what I assume is your home country, and even if it weren’t, you do something you love and you do an amazing job. I could listen to you all day.
I hope I can support you in some way one day. Thanks for reading sir
Wow another amazing history lesson! I deeply appreciate you and your channel for Scottish history!! 🇺🇸🏴
It's great the way you poke holes in the sanitized version of history and talk about the scoundrels as well as the heroes. Makes history more interesting and human. Great work!
I really appreciate your how interesting your videos are, they have great flow and your narration is captivating.
Ah thanks
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Honestly thank you, I live in Canada so it’s fascinating to learn about different parts of the world.
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@@ScotlandHistoryTours hey thats great to hear, im from ontario so ill try to catch the toronto show. I hope you enjoy your time here.
Outstanding video Bruce! A great example of how actions after major historical battles/events can be just as important or more so than the actual battle or event. "Some bits of history are more enjoyable than others", another bit from The Historical Wisdom of Bruce Fummey!
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Oh what a tangled web we weave.
Grand story
You're no jokin
As an American with some Scottish ancestry ( not repeat NOT related to Robert the Bruce) I Love hearing these stories. Keep up the great work Bruce.
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As an English man i really enjoy all your videos. Your channel and history hit are the best
High praise indeed
Mr. Fummey, you're such a wonderful storyteller. I laughed aloud at the "Columbo" allusion🤣
- Clan Stewart, USA, North Carolina
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This is the kind of history that I'm looking for with regard to Robert the Bruce. Too many historians are lazy, and make no effort to draw reasonable conclusions beyond the obvious. Great work!
Thanks for providing this story that shows the unexpected twists and turns of events that create history. How ironic that Patrick’s act letting Edward escape was effectively offset miles away by Fitzgilbert’s taking of Hereford.
I know, right?
This man has taught me more about my Scottish ancestry in a few hours than my own research did in a year. Thanks from America, Mr. Fummey.
'S e do bheatha
Absolutely fantastic thank you so much for these videos they're so interesting and so informative can't get enough of them
Brilliant, going to take a wee walk over to Bothwell Castle, a mile and half from me 😊 🏴
Brilliant
Another very interesting story. It is always great to watch a new video. Love them all. I often rewarch the ones you point out to refresh my memory ❤
Guid lass
Have a fabulous weekend. Thank you.
Once again, with with your gift of storytelling,you spin a thoroughly entertaining tale.Thanks .
My pleasure
Thanks you my friend for the video 👏
Happy to help
so nice to be able to get in for a story, again, after having a month of mondays.
A month of Mondays?
@@ScotlandHistoryTours you know what mondays are like. Imagine if every day is a monday.
Thank you.
You're welcome
Another fantastic video. I always learn something and your delivery is brilliant.
Thanks
Congratulations for your videos and…stories.
I ,humbly, suggest a story about Sir James Douglas, killed in combat at Teba, Málaga, South Spain, fighting by the side of King Alfonso XI against Moors ….probably a more than quite pretty story.
Aye, I keep meaning to get round to it
Was this the crusade the kings heart was thrown in a casket or something?
@@Sandwich13455 Yes, of course.
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Thank you so much, Bruce
@@ScotlandHistoryTours and old byland bruce 😂
Thankyou very much!
You're welcome
Ye back, Hey Bruce, hey I learned something about my dad's family and how the name change over time, and possibly my mom's family. From watching another video about this battle.
Something for the weekend...yes a story from our Caledonian Bard...excellent..peace and love from the wirral peninsula...E..😊😊😊
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Thank yoou.
My pleasure
Always a fun time when one of your videos come out
One tries
fascinating, as per
Algorithm brought you to me last week. Love your delivery and the way you join all the interlinking names, places and events up is amazing.!
It's something I try to do when I read...it's complex.!
After watching the first one I was hooked and watched one after another for hours.
Keeping our history alive...
they don't teach this stuff in school since the 'national curriculum'.
That's what destroyed our Scottish education system, and with that intent....they want us ignorant.
It's crucial work that you do.
Thank you.! 🌈
Welcome on board my friend
Very cool! I’ve been waiting for a while to hear about one of my ancestors on your channel. I always got a kick out of Walter fitz Gilbert’s “tactical realignment of loyalty” 😁
I love these stories of strategic backstabbing.
its a beautiful sunrise along that part of coastline ,did the flats on the John Muir way last year ,great stuff Bruce
Great video once again. Hello from Maurice
Maurice! Je t'ai envoyer un message quand je suis retourne
@@ScotlandHistoryTours I saw it, I answered you. An artiste is very busy 😄,send me a new message my friend when you can.
This is wild. I literally have to watch this video again because I did not understand the confluence of events, just so many things happening that feel like... whims!!! whims judging the course of history!
Great vid as always. Loved the sly footy reference especially coming just 48 hours fter our epic play-off victory!
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I really don't know how you keep all those family names straight!!!!!! I'd have to write them all down, look at their lineage and study it for a week before these names could sensibly spew from my brain down to my mouth. Good job Mr. Bruce love your videos.
Thanks for making my education more rounded between yourself and the generally spooky podcast I'm getting good at hearing a name and knowing what is happening
There ye go
Great vid love the background and the perils of filming near the Midland Highway or perhaps Geelong Road and its constant traffic.. Still great tale well up to Bruce's standard
Aye, several takes with noisy traffic ended on the cutting room floor
I was so involed listening to you whille washing my dishes I jumped out my skin when you said Dam it lol. Brilliant content as always thanks for making History intetesting with your flair to grab an audience attention
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Now that was a sliding doors kind of story. With even a 7-2 St johnstone win versus Dundee thrown in... Always welcomed!
Good story as usual Bruce. Have you ever thought of writing a novel?
🤣🤣No, that is way beyond my abilities
You don't often make formidable foes when you are busy making formidable friends...
Fascinating Bruce! I was brought up on Cadzow St in Hamilton and live not far from there now. Wish you’d come and do a video on the now demolished Hamilton Palace and all the associated buildings/properties. The local museum is a must visit too!
Maybe one day. Hope to see you at Motherwell show
@@ScotlandHistoryTours yes I’ll be there!
Just found your channel, I’m so happy! I adore history!
Its also interesting to think that it they were Welsh infantry - they may not have been able to speak English all that well and been lost in a foreign land. Even if they did speak England - they were still pressed into service for a foreign occupying nation. I feel quite sorry for them all in all (not the gentry, off with their heads).
Ooooh, now there's something
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Thanks :) Take that with a grain of salt - I'm from Wales and I know that there were more monolingual Cymry back then but my medieval history is not the best. Plus if they came from the south or east of Wales those areas were anglicised first and were/are generally more populace. But even Cymry from those areas aren't exactly England fans a lot of the time. Plus if this was anywhere near the time of Owain Glyndwr then there would be a lot of nationalist and anti-English sentiment brewing in both the populace and the Welsh army.
They might not have been able to speak ‘England’, but they were not pressed ganged. The subjugation of Wales after the death of Llywelyn Grufydd left Welsh military forces redundant. They were a large group used to regular pay and a soldiers way of life, so were ideal mercenaries for Edward as they included the famed Longbow-men, so it stood to reason that the English were keen to utilise them.
@@anthonyferris8912 Yes 'pressed' was probably a sloppy word, thanks for the correction. But I more meant that service in any army is often done out of economic desperation. And the reality of having to do it not for your own nation but another that had taken over their own would very possibly have had its own tensions and emotional effects.
Nice
Is that thumbnail reminiscent of the number of the beast album, like puppetry?
Now that never occurred to me
Unholy s#|[ now I can’t unsee this.
Another thumbnail (for a vid about William Wallace, if I’m not mistaken) looked much like Clansman Eddie the ‘ead 😳
Another braw story Bruce, am looking forward to seeing you in Aberdeen in October
Wohooo
Even though I know it's about a later series of events, this made me think of Burns' Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation, as sung by Maddy Prior of Steeleye Span. You certainly described a couple of rogues in this video.
True
Im currently about a half hour drive from Bannockburn Ontario Canada on a rainy long weekend (Queen Vicky's birthday apparently). Another interesting video, cheers.
I need to go there to film a Bannockburn story
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LOve it
Still wish you'd come to the States. I currently live in Alabama, at the end of the Appalachian Mountain range, which runs all the way into Scotland
Aye, they set those visa hurdles at a level to discourage poor but honest stand up comics and historical story tellers
The Holy Roman Emperor demanded 150,000 Marks for Richard I's release and just for throwing his flag from the battlements of Acre. What would the Scots demanded for Edward II considering what he and his father had done to Scotland?
A few baw bees
Yeah,not even a box of celebrations or a card.
Yeah and who had to see that the money was provided: Brother John. Who is the villain and Richard is the good one. Richard was a pest, serial rapist and a spendthrift.
@@harrybruijs2614 that's because John made his mess in full view of the English chroniclers and to his subjects, whilst Richard tended to do it out of the view of the same chroniclers or whilst on crusade and thus was exempt from the norms of European society. John was mercurial in his behaviours towards his vassals and his French overlord.
@@ScotlandHistoryTours to buy some coulter's candy 🍬 😋
Good one,Bruce;and Walter FitzGilbert's Clan Hamilton desc'ts. as Earls of Arran,eventually intermarried with Sir James 'The Good/Black' Douglas' kin the Earls of Angus to form the present Douglas-Hamilton,the Dukes of Hamilton [the most senior Scottish nobles,outside the present Royal Family] !
P.S. Hope to catch you in August,for one of your 2 Edin.Fringe festival shows. 👌👍
I'll be there
😅😅😅😅...
Thank you for another lesson in Scottish history.
One question....how did you get such a nice picture of Bothwell without all of the fences??
I've lived many a long year😜
I seem to remember a newpaper story about a visit to Edinburgh by Queen Elizabeth II: she was greeting one or two of the crowd, and shook the hand of an old woman who said" Aye,so tou're the Queen,. Well, I'm Maggie Hamilton". The old body might have been claiming cousinship?
Sneaky devil!, getting those lines from "Flower of Scotland," And stood against him, Proud Edward's Army
And sent him homeward tae think again. The Corries were SO good! 😁
Not sneaky. The words were chosen precisely because everyone in Scotland knows them
Any chance you'll be coming to the States sometime in the next year or so?
As long as it doesn't interfere with a Texans' home game, I'm up for it!
No sorry, the visa hurdles and security questions make it unlikely in the short term
I can imagine it would have been hard to keep up a literal chase for 70 miles, yes.
For the poor horses at the very least!
That is one tough steeplechase
@@ScotlandHistoryTours we have a bronze age horse racing..track at Irby ( place of the Irish) here on the wirral...E..
Robert the Bruce was of Norman descent the same as most other nobles of that age.
What is it Bruce always says in Gaelic at the end of the videos?
There's a translation on the sales page in my shop even if you don't buy www.scotlandhistorytours.co.uk/shop/
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I'm coming to your shoe in Stirling lol
Yaaaay
I thought lollybrock was the most famous location in Scotland?
Hi Bruce. A genealogy survey revealed I'm a majority Scot with some Nigerian/Congo ancestry from my Dad as I'm biracial. Im an American but I'm interested in further research. Could you share any of your local resources I could investigate?
Got another winner there Brucey. But tell me, at the festival of Bannockburn in Scotland, didn't 'they' ban/try to ban the wearing of the Sgian Dubh?
If true, talk about insensitivity to indigenous costume.
I don't know the answer to that now
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WHITT ! yerrin Australia, are you doing any shows here ?
I did loads there in February and March. I'm in St Andrews now
A'reyt Bruce. It sounds like you are glad to be home. How better than to celebrate a victory over the English?
It always sounds like the Scots beat a bunch of Normans and Welsh when you say the names of the opponents and the home of those foot soldiers.
From the football references, you did a video on international football history in Carlisle, where the local team play my home city team, who Motherwell took their colours from, to go to playoffs at Wembley. Hopefully no controversy or treachery involved. One team will definitely be going to Wrexham next year, though the arrows should only be verbal. Anyone fancy a swap for Berwick Rangers?
Best wishes for the tour.
Cheers Alan
@@ScotlandHistoryTours still waiting for the Scots day out on the wirral at Bromborough..😅😅
It seems to me that changing sides is about like changing one's unders. Doing it often enough keeps ya clean.😂😂😂😂😂 of course the smartest thing to do is not wear any in the first place that way ya get the blue ribbon everytime 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nae keks?
@@ScotlandHistoryTours well what else would you wear under a kilt?
Back in the late 80’s, I worked on subs and lived in Dunoon. Half the town loved Americans (when we were spending our cash) and the other half hated Americans. I remember telling a person that my family was attached to so and so clan, he haughtily said he was a xxxxx clan, turned heal and for three months never spoke another word to me. You can see I’m reluctant to mention which clans because in my research after I found there was a 400 year old feud going on.
I'm just surprised that anyone even cared about clans in the 80s. I think somebody was pulling your leg
@@ScotlandHistoryTours how about the Stuarts and the Campbells?
How about them?
@@ScotlandHistoryTours it’s my understanding the Campbells opposed Bonnie Prince Charlie’s bid for the throne, hence the Stuart’s despise of the Campbells. How far back the vs goes I’m sure is anecdotal at best.
Sorry mate, I think somebody's pullin' yer puddin'
Have you done a video on the Scottish Enlightenment? Do you know any good books explaining how the Scots changed from being famous for fighting, feuding, and disinterest in education to being famous for producing the best and brightest in science, medicine, engineering, Greek publishing(!), philosophy, economics, and so much more?
I think your premise is wrong. The idea that Scots were disinterested in education doesn't fit the facts
@Scotland History Tours before the Scottish Enlightenment. I read that in 14th century Scotland, not one baron could read. Obviously, since the Reformation, things have changed, but I also read that in the Middle Ages, Scotland only produced one notable scholar, John Dun Scotus.
@Scotland History Tours consider the Scots-Irish. Scottish ancestry moved to Ireland in the 17th century and moved to the American frontier in the early 18th century. Untouched by whatever brought about the Scottish Enlightenment. People often ask why Americans do things differently than the British from whom we came. Often, the answer is that we continued to do things the way our British ancestors did right before they came over, and the British changed. So what changed in Scotland after the ancestors of the Scots-Irish left? How did the Scottish Enlightenment happen?
I'm a Newcastle upon Tyne born Englishman of recently discovered 66% Scottish DNA!! Spare a thought! Ha ha!
My family name is Mason, who were Septs to the Sinclair Clan. Any stories??
I don't really do clan stories. Rosslyn Chapel is a St Claire place you should check out that video. It's probably the closest ruclips.net/video/e39hKBmBlP0/видео.html
@@ScotlandHistoryTours thank you!
I was in Scotland last week from the US and saw a guy in a parking lot at Loch Ness who looked so much like Bruce I asked if he had a RUclips channel. He was in a rush and said "no that's my ----- I'm better looking than him" as he went by. My Granddaughter thought he sad "my buddy" and I thought he said "my brother" Does Bruce have a twin?
😂That was Rob Hall. He texted me last week to tell me he'd signed an autograph as me
RALLY ALL THE CLANS
ENGLISHMEN ADVANCE
BLOOD OF BANNOCKBURN
POINT OF NO RETURN
Any off those french templars fighting with the scots.?
Nah
Well they had to go somewhere
I've tried to put my family on to. No avail. I might say negative things. They are just ignorant. Hell half the world is!
@ SANDWICH BHOY How dae ye think Tapas wir invented?
Go yuille's Mate-while in Victoria stop an see ballart first settled by yuille's of darlieth an shetland islands, originally called yuille's swamp
Settled by my father's family the yuille's ha ha
I only pray that you don't have Ticketmaster 🤦🏻♀️🔥🤬👺💩 such a chokehold on tickets because I worked like the 👹🤣😂🤣😂🙄 and paid for my tickets to Godsmack yes so what, and I had to pay another 30 dollars for the cheapest tickets and had to get my cousin R to buy them for me I enjoyed that concert and no mosh pit in Alabama I thanked to heavens for that I wouldn't have gotten in there not even for a date with I don't tell 🙄🤨🤔😲😳😁😜 you'll never get me to confess on my drool guy I mean dream guy 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
I don’t know about every English baron having to pay for his ransom , most would have been inclined to say ..oh just keep the useless weasel , do what you want with him 😊
How about an Inverness date?
Still working on it. Couldn't tempt Eden Court
@Colin Mitchell Are you coming to see my live show in Inverness on 22nd September? www.breakneckcomedy.co.uk/shows/bruce-fummey-inverness
They could have been Russians with nukes, just speculating.
7-2 to st Johnstone. This post must be fiction not history!!
I was there😁😎
Jan 1st 1997
@@ScotlandHistoryTours fake news, it must be!! 😂🥳
I have been watching your post for a while. However, it appears that you have a pretty one sided tilt to what you are saying.As a man of mixed heritage I have been waiting for you to say many of the Jocabites were black that is not limited to James VI and his offspring. Oh how the moors were resident in Scotland hundreds of years and were shipped off to the Caribbean either under indentured servitude or slavery thereby washing them out of the true history of Scotland as well as England. If it upsets some than so be it
If I find credible information about that I'd certainly cover it. Somebody did get me to watch a video about James VI being black and what a lot of bollocks that was.
@@ScotlandHistoryTours must have been that particular video
I doubt it. The idea is far fetched
Gd 1, Bruce , at the start waiting ta see a Salt water croc jump oot the water,
And why did ya no have skippy on he knows everyfing ,
An eh braid castle in ewwwww grrrr edinburger ,
He bent the knee 1335
An well , explains a lot when in ewww ya know, best place there
Train to Glasgow via Govan .