Our Town by The Tonkerers with pictures of old Falkirk

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  • Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
  • Old Falkirk photos accompany this haunting version of Iris DeMent's song 'Our Town' performed by The Tonkerers.

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  • @williamf4544
    @williamf4544 Год назад +4

    Falkirk was a great place back in the 80s - no doubt it still is the Falkirk folk are awesome - Fishers the bakers coffee meranges - nothing will ever beat them

  • @maxharris9856
    @maxharris9856 Год назад +1

    Brought back so many memories. Lived all my life in Falkirk district. The photo of Falkirk High School - I attended there from 1967-72 and these porto cabins were not in place at that location then. That tarmac area was used for playing football with a tennis ball every play time.

  • @robrsturbo1
    @robrsturbo1 12 лет назад +3

    first class mate, great to see the good times of the 70 s and 80s mind the old goldbergs and the high street traffic

  • @williamf4544
    @williamf4544 Год назад +2

    Awesome video and great song

  • @leeritchie4367
    @leeritchie4367 4 года назад +4

    .....born in Falkirk Royal '74.........was great in the 80's & 90's for partying........wouldn't know it now......

    • @donaldstalker5273
      @donaldstalker5273 7 месяцев назад +1

      Went drinking there when I was just starting. Lived just down the road in Stenhousemuir .Fun but crazy times , Scottish parents , but I had an English accent , bit of a suicide mission but I survived .

  • @joviannagasaki84
    @joviannagasaki84 2 года назад +3

    Moscardinis' ain broon sauce. Fondly missed

  • @andrewccochrane8052
    @andrewccochrane8052 2 года назад

    one of the most social towns in the uk i born 1945 remember my parents taking me to the roxy theatre to watch the piano player creating a world record it was a pleasure to be a member of that community we lived 5 miles from the town centre but the town centre was the hub for social gatherings great spirited folk the falkirk bairns we would recognise it now sadly

  • @alexfaycassie
    @alexfaycassie 11 лет назад +2

    I remember far too many of these views - makes me feel old!
    Great video and a great song.

  • @bigdave6591
    @bigdave6591 4 года назад +1

    Absolutely brilliant posting I remember a lot of this well and I much prefer the old Falkirk in its day I also remember the big guy with the huge mustache these were the days

  • @falkirknproud2293
    @falkirknproud2293 8 лет назад +16

    Was enjoying that vid untill i seen the Orange march..Why put that up???..

    • @johngreenhorn8853
      @johngreenhorn8853 3 года назад +1

      By the look of the guy in the vest at 3.35 mins I think youve got it completely wrong mate,I think it's a gay pride march.COYB.

    • @yvonnejohnston9429
      @yvonnejohnston9429 2 года назад +1

      because they're from falkirk!

    • @snpok524
      @snpok524 2 года назад +1

      The scourge of Scotland.

    • @williamf4544
      @williamf4544 Год назад

      Omg what difference does it make - are you that bitter

  • @gavinreid8937
    @gavinreid8937 11 месяцев назад

    To those of us living in the Falkirk that is, remember this Falkirk that was, altogether now,, "Awwwwwwww."

  • @johnmclaughlin1946
    @johnmclaughlin1946 8 месяцев назад +1

    The ABC cinema was brilliant , I can still smell the popcorn

  • @jayelle0808
    @jayelle0808 12 лет назад +3

    brilliant video - and that song always makes me a wee bit emotional xx

    • @puddylump41
      @puddylump41 6 лет назад +5

      Me too! The tune defo brings a tear to my eye. Probably because..sadly.. it's very apt. Falkirk is not the town it once was. It has changed alot over the past 15/20 years or so, and not for the better. Quite sad seeing all the pics of things that were great about the town that are no longer there or have changed since. Falkirk has had the heart and soul ripped out from it.

    • @HAZYFALKIRK
      @HAZYFALKIRK 4 года назад +2

      @@puddylump41 Yes, having a shitty retail park 5 mins from the high st not helping

  • @Thebryan6145
    @Thebryan6145 12 лет назад +1

    Great video i remember the out door Callendar sq and the cars and buses going up the high st when i was a kid

  • @RuthCampbell123
    @RuthCampbell123 6 лет назад +1

    many memories in this x

  • @smithsfamily9910
    @smithsfamily9910 28 дней назад

    Love looking at old photos of Falkirk. Spoiled by the daffties parading though.

  • @falkirknproud2293
    @falkirknproud2293 8 лет назад +4

    better meddle with the deil than the bairns o falkirk..I miss that town so badly..Elliots FFC supporters club 1987..

  • @searcher57
    @searcher57 6 месяцев назад +1

    the golden tiger :)

  • @fromsource4876
    @fromsource4876 2 года назад

    Aw bloody fan dabby dosey, took me back I can tell u, when the toon was always bustling and every wain has oan their best to go the the toon , thank u 😊

  • @johnmclaughlin1946
    @johnmclaughlin1946 8 месяцев назад +1

    When falkirk was lovely and white. Its not our falkirk anymore and it kills me

  • @caffstars
    @caffstars 12 лет назад +2

    Hi there i have a Facebook page called, Old Falkirk In Pictures, i'am interested in seeing if you would like to share the photos that are in the video that i dont already have on the page for others to see.
    Full credit for the photos will be given to yourself. Ialso have to say this video is really great good work love it and few things i didnt know i have seen in the video so thanks for that someone posted onto the page so others could see this so its going to be well view in next 24hrs.

  • @Lifes_Adventure
    @Lifes_Adventure 11 дней назад

    Wow this is interesting

  • @user-fq4sy9cc2o
    @user-fq4sy9cc2o 3 месяца назад +1

    The rot set in with the destruction of the old town hall in the 1960’s. If the council and architects had shown more sympathy for historic Falkirk and more imagination in how to incorporate it. The place would not be the ghost town it is today. You must educate the population to appreciate what they have or its easily lost.

  • @redqs_2005
    @redqs_2005 9 лет назад

    Brilliant video, from Tony's Mrs in Moscardini's, to Bible John RIP, him and his old mate outside the Tiger always getting lifted, The Tiger, biker days when I had a brand new Honda CBX750, Mima the owner came to my 18th in the Oxgang FFS!!

  • @johnmcmanus4035
    @johnmcmanus4035 2 года назад

    Fantastic

  • @futurefreak8789
    @futurefreak8789 2 года назад +2

    Good nae pictures of me doggin it fae woodlands lol

  • @billdmcgallows1666
    @billdmcgallows1666 3 года назад +1

  • @billdmcgallows1666
    @billdmcgallows1666 3 года назад +1

    Proud to be fawkirk bairn

  • @johngreenhorn8853
    @johngreenhorn8853 3 года назад

    The old booths at Moscardinis ahh memories,I can mind when you had to spend a penny to go to the toilets in there.COYB.

  • @polmontbairn
    @polmontbairn 12 лет назад +2

    I am wondering what info you have of the pic of 4 women around 2min17secs into the vid? Think one of the women was a relation.

    • @williamf4544
      @williamf4544 Год назад

      Reminds me of a pic i have of my mum and her workmates outside Dun and Wilsons Falkirk in the 50s - kinda made me think too

  • @peterodonnell6411
    @peterodonnell6411 3 года назад

    Some of these are not Fakirk but the Falkirk District. Big difference.

  • @jongray5411
    @jongray5411 4 года назад

    The tiger was the best booser

  • @craigwatson2192
    @craigwatson2192 2 года назад

    Ghost Town would have been a better choice of song.....

  • @denisethacker8960
    @denisethacker8960 10 лет назад +14

    was enjoying this vid until the bit was the orange parade. Thats not what falkirk is about. That's first class scummery. Tick tick boom

    • @falkirknproud2293
      @falkirknproud2293 8 лет назад +6

      am a Falkirk Bairn and proud..really enjoyed the vid but i agree there was no need for the orange march,..respect from a bairn in exile

    • @MrStruth
      @MrStruth 6 лет назад +1

      Denise Thacker That's because you are clearly an intolerant bigot.
      Good video 👍🏻

    • @HAZYFALKIRK
      @HAZYFALKIRK 4 года назад

      As it says old Falkirk, its in the past

    • @john-hl5tq
      @john-hl5tq 4 года назад +1

      @@HAZYFALKIRK And in the past, It must remain...

    • @yvonnejohnston9429
      @yvonnejohnston9429 2 года назад +2

      these people are also from falkirk.

  • @bobrobertson9547
    @bobrobertson9547 4 года назад +1

    Jesus suffering fuck that music was so bad.

  • @stevezilla09
    @stevezilla09 12 лет назад +1

    great video!!!you even have pics of the old jakey "handle bar mustachio"wow...throw back.....lol

    • @puddylump41
      @puddylump41 6 лет назад +1

      aye, Auld 'Beethoven' as he was nicknamed! who else here remembers him?