Having spent three and a half years in Berwick and marrying a Berwick girl, I know the story well but have brought it to life. And - I sat on that very same bench last week. Keep keeping up the good work 🌞
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Hi Bruce. I really appreciate you taking the time to respond to my every comment. I would love to see you live; in fact I danced on stage at the Sunderland Empire Theatre in the 60’s to Jimmy Shand and his band when someone toured with, would you believe, a slide show entitled ‘This is Scotland’. I may actually have a little cartoon booklet which accompanied it hidden away somewhere. It’s a bit of a cheek to ask but, if I travel the 434 round trip could I buy you lunch or a at least a drink? Regards Ray 🌞
Nothing's changed after all this time, Scottish Tories still do what their English overlords tell them. My ancestors were Flemish merchants who held out to the last man (obviously great, great, great.... Grandaddy Yan was out collecting fleeces that day). Still handed down in the family's oral tradition, there are only a few hundred family members in the UK, may be more in Australia, Canada and USA. 1296 is a date that is wedded to our family in infamy 🤔
Hi George Just found this , according to my daughter in law their are 189 adults registered in Great Britain by the name of Futers and my lot make up 25 of them Hope your well and staying safe Dave Futers
@@davidfuters7152 interesting, I wonder if there's any De Futes left in Belgium and Netherlands. There's also Futters and Footers in Scotland who may be related and possibly Fettes. Our branch also has offshoots in Australia and Canada, probably needs someone younger with a lively curiosity to track it all down. Keep well
@@scotttait2197 Perhaps, but then again usage and meanings of words change over time, in the early 1500's the term was used in Scottish royal circles relating to the monarch's (James IV) interactions with one Marion De Futes. Yes I've suffered all the conceivable jibes for years, and had to spell out and respell my name virtually every time I'm on the phone, One advantage though is Hogmanay: I'm always the first Futers. (It's actally pronounced fewters, not footers!) 😉
Question one what is the Gaelic you are saying at the end of the video. Question 2 where would someone outside Scotland learn Scots-Gaelic A learning App or is there a good book etc?
You'll get a translation on the product pages in my shop, where you can also buy mugs, T-shirts etc 🤑😜 www.scotlandhistorytours.co.uk/shop Today I'm filming a video about ways of learning Gaelic which should come out Saturday
Bloody as Edward 1 was, He was an Amateur compared to William the Bastards Harrying of the North, How far into Scotland did the Bastards reach Go? How Close were the Familial Relationships between the Norse/Scots and the Normans?
And the Herschip off Buchan , Bruce gave his brother Edward a free hand to destroy the lands off Buchan , and he didn’t hold back , took fifty years to recover , burnt , slaughtered livestock and people who resisted , to teach the Coymns a lesson they wouldn’t forget .
I thought the accepted number was twenty thousand dead, and the high casuaties were caused by the bonus that Edward had promised. A penny a hand . The modern day metal detectors call these pennies 'Eddies'. A tiny silver penny that cost someone a hand , but most people were worth tuppence young or old. m
Civilians so when you say sticking it to them you mean being cowardly murdering beasts, now if you are talking about kicking the shit out of another army you got the sides mixed up, just watch more of this guys vids he tells a lot of h great tales that Scots are outnumbered and still win.
Futile and brutal...doesn't seem much has changed over the centuries Bruce, just a new found way these days to belay the agony with government rather than sythes and pitch forks...not really a good way ether but I suppose aye?
SO interesting! I'm loving going through past videos - ALL are captivating.
Wow, this was 6yrs ago... Im so glad to see how far you've come from then to now. Your videos are great, your story telling is too, 💙🏴
Wow, thank you!
Great history lesson Bruce you tell the real story and not the romance novel
My favorite....Scottish history, castles kings and knights
Hey you have our New Zealand Highlanders Rugby team shirt, Awesome!!
Which other Super Rugby team would à Scotsman choose
@@ScotlandHistoryTours you beauty! 😁
Wooohooo to our shirt Bruce Otago Highlanders !!!! Otaaaago!!!!
Having spent three and a half years in Berwick and marrying a Berwick girl, I know the story well but have brought it to life. And - I sat on that very same bench last week. Keep keeping up the good work 🌞
Come and see the live show in Newcastle www.thestand.co.uk/performance/15987/bruce-fummey-stories-of-scotland/20230831/newcastle OR is Gala closer?
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Hi Bruce. I really appreciate you taking the time to respond to my every comment. I would love to see you live; in fact I danced on stage at the Sunderland Empire Theatre in the 60’s to Jimmy Shand and his band when someone toured with, would you believe, a slide show entitled ‘This is Scotland’. I may actually have a little cartoon booklet which accompanied it hidden away somewhere. It’s a bit of a cheek to ask but, if I travel the 434 round trip could I buy you lunch or a at least a drink? Regards Ray 🌞
Wow, don't travel that far mate!
Descended from Robert the Bruce and Llewelyn Mawr, enjoying your talks.
Is it the Auld Aliance in 1295?
Sorry I just saw this. Effectively The signature of The Auld Alliance led to this, because Edward I wasn't happy
Nothing's changed after all this time, Scottish Tories still do what their English overlords tell them.
My ancestors were Flemish merchants who held out to the last man (obviously great, great, great.... Grandaddy Yan was out collecting fleeces that day).
Still handed down in the family's oral tradition, there are only a few hundred family members in the UK, may be more in Australia, Canada and USA.
1296 is a date that is wedded to our family in infamy 🤔
Hi George
Just found this , according to my daughter in law their are 189 adults registered in Great Britain by the name of Futers and my lot make up 25 of them
Hope your well and staying safe
Dave Futers
@@davidfuters7152 interesting, I wonder if there's any De Futes left in Belgium and Netherlands. There's also Futters and Footers in Scotland who may be related and possibly Fettes.
Our branch also has offshoots in Australia and Canada, probably needs someone younger with a lively curiosity to track it all down.
Keep well
Interesting ... not trying to be funny but the term Futer (stop futering about) comes from where most entomology of words comes from family names
@@scotttait2197 Perhaps, but then again usage and meanings of words change over time, in the early 1500's the term was used in Scottish royal circles relating to the monarch's (James IV) interactions with one Marion De Futes.
Yes I've suffered all the conceivable jibes for years, and had to spell out and respell my name virtually every time I'm on the phone, One advantage though is Hogmanay: I'm always the first Futers. (It's actally pronounced fewters, not footers!)
😉
Leave modern politics out of these great videos.
Are you wearing a Highlanders jersey?! I'm from Dunedin New Zealand and love them Highlanders!! 😍 Super Cool Bruce! 👍👍
Yes, been to watch them several times. The commute was a bugger
Tony Soprano endorses this Video and it "easy to understand" explanation of hierarchical systems of man management. 👏
3:12 i dont know why that made me laugh
Question one what is the Gaelic you are saying at the end of the video. Question 2 where would someone outside Scotland learn Scots-Gaelic A learning App or is there a good book etc?
You'll get a translation on the product pages in my shop, where you can also buy mugs, T-shirts etc 🤑😜 www.scotlandhistorytours.co.uk/shop
Today I'm filming a video about ways of learning Gaelic which should come out Saturday
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Currently bingeing the channel
@@shenlun Duolingo does Scottish Gaelic for beginners
Well I can trace my Scottish family back to the 18th century, maybe that's why I like French cooking so much.
Terrible would it not have been possible more shelters
Ya crack me up!
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do you have anything on pre norman invasion? I am led to believe a Boag family had a seat in Berwick before 1066 thanks.
Not on Berwick specifically. To be fair before that period it would have been Northumbria
@@ScotlandHistoryTours ty for replying
Bloody as Edward 1 was, He was an Amateur compared to William the Bastards Harrying of the North, How far into Scotland did the Bastards reach Go? How Close were the Familial Relationships between the Norse/Scots and the Normans?
ruclips.net/video/_EHwjgD8pMs/видео.html
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And the Herschip off Buchan , Bruce gave his brother Edward a free hand to destroy the lands off Buchan , and he didn’t hold back , took fifty years to recover , burnt , slaughtered livestock and people who resisted , to teach the Coymns a lesson they wouldn’t forget .
Berwick Rangers weren"t playing that day, LOL PMSL!!!!
I thought the accepted number was twenty thousand dead, and the high casuaties were caused by the bonus that Edward had promised. A penny a hand . The modern day metal detectors call these pennies 'Eddies'. A tiny silver penny that cost someone a hand , but most people were worth tuppence young or old. m
Treaty of Edinburgh?
Sorry mste, it's been a long time. I forgot the question
the old alliance
I've heard it said that when the Bruce saw what Edward had done to Berwick , he was forever set against him
It would certainly rip yer knittin
@@ScotlandHistoryTours now that's funny . Thanks,I needed a chuckle
Cheers 🥃
A bit of Scottish English diplomacy that I was unaware of. Just another example of the English sticking it to the Scots.
Civilians so when you say sticking it to them you mean being cowardly murdering beasts, now if you are talking about kicking the shit out of another army you got the sides mixed up, just watch more of this guys vids he tells a lot of h great tales that Scots are outnumbered and still win.
Futile and brutal...doesn't seem much has changed over the centuries Bruce, just a new found way these days to belay the agony with government rather than sythes and pitch forks...not really a good way ether but I suppose aye?