Charles Bannerman

Peter was at Inverness College and came to Caley Thistle part time before moving with CB to Tannadice. When CB left DU, Peter stayed on until a few months ago but has now returned to Inverness and is back with ICT part time. During his previous spell at ICT, I had a number of great conversations with Peter about training, fitness and conditioning and I am in no doubt that he is extremely well versed in his subject. Certainly we found ourselves very much singing from the same hymnsheet on the occasions that we did have a talk.

What is X ray vision, though? "Vision" remember is what our brain makes of the visible radiation it RECEIVES. If the retina were instead sensitive to X rays, then we would see virtually nothing since (thank goodness) there aren't many X rays in our environment. Anything relying ion radiation GIVEN OUT (such as x rays) would be totally useless because you wouldn't actually receive anything at all for your brain to process.

As I recollect there were limited power cuts with the 1972 miners' strike which were worse during the 74 dispute, leading to a 3 day week.

Hearts have always been very strong on Remembrance Day, indeed it's something of a club tradition. It goes back to 1916 when on ther first day of the Battle of the Somme a lot of Hearts players died as members of the 16th battalion of the Royal scots (known as "McCrae's Own"). On that day, when there were 57,000 British casualties, 19000 of them fatal, this was one of the units selected to go "over the top" and three quarters of them became casualties. There's a book and a TV documentary about iti. David... I can empathis with what you've said. I was in the military cemetary at Ranville above Sword Beach and Pegasus Bridge in Normandy a few years ago abnd it was a very moving experience.

I just don't remember that at all. Certainly there was very nearly petrol rationing around that time following the October 1973 2nd Arab Israeli War but I just don't remember the sugar shortage. Two general elections (Feb and Oct) in 1974 are my most prominent memory of that year, apart from winning the 400m at the Edinburgh University Sports and with it the Eric Liddell Trophy on the 50th annivesary of Liddell's Olympic 400m win in Paris in 1924 (which I don't remember!)

I believe Barry also performed the same feat at the previous millennium change! :015: And Ross Tokely has also worn every shirt number from 1 (yes 1) to 11 bar I THINK number 9.

I would imagine that "bated" is an abbreviated form of "abated" which means stopped or held back. The phrase probably therefore has similar origins to "don't hold your breath". Humans are alleged to hold their breath in anticiaption of something significant. I could guess that the origin of the word might be somewhere in Shakespeare since all the guy really did was to take a load of well known phrases and string them together! :015:

You're presumably asking us because to most other people on this forum, this is ancient history? :003: I'm sorry, I haven't a clue but get back to me in 2044 and I'll probably quote Caley Thistle and Aberdeen at you! :015:

I've just heard that Dalneigh Primary School is holding an Open Day for former pupils from the 1950s through to 2000 in the school itself between 4pm and 7pm on Wednesday 28th November.

Now there's an interesting recollection! I simply assumed that Diggar was a natural Howden Ender and he never struck me as a "stand" person but I don't have the benefit of your direct experience.

For "rant" read "two liner to see who would be first to snatch the bait"! :015:

Remember that on a Saturday for the duration of play, Radio Scotland's frequencies are split to offer a wide range of SPL games within the transmission area. There's 92-95FM, 810 Medium Wave, Radio nan Gaidheal 103.5-105FM, which can all be heard nationally, and the local opts out in the Highlands (for ICT matches if they don't make a national frequency), Aberdeen area (for Dons) and Dumfries area (for Gretna). In principle, Radio Scotland can therefore cover all six matches as long as ICT, Dons and Gretna are not playing each other. I've never known this, but certainly up to 4 games have been done - albeit some of them only in the local area of the team concerned. It's therefore as well to check which game is on which frequency. I think this is usually announced at the top of the programme just after 2pm. Note that this doesn't happen with Sunday or midweek Sportsound which is 810MW only, although the same programme is also broadcast on the R nan G frequency in better quality when R nan G is not on the air. With a 2pm Sunday kick off, this means suddenly getting a Gaelic church service just as the second half is about to begin! As for the "diaspora" not being able to get certain games abroad, which has been bemoaned on another thread, I don't know much about trhis but it's my understanding that this has something to do with the media rights of certain clubs. It's a "diasporate" :015: situation I know but that's just the wat is has to be.

And this after they presided over the construction of an eventual ?430 million eyesore that looks like a Spanish tenement with bits falling off. Did somebody say they're now asking for MORE powers?

Note the effective double negative in the question. As a result, 12th man's response does seem to be a bit more likely than the rest.

I'm surprised IHE hasn't been on here with stories about Granville!

There are several versions of this. The one I heard was set on Lewis:- "So what's the Gaelic equivalent of the Spanish word 'manana'?" "Och we have several... but none quite conveys the same degree of urgency!"

Given the origins of barbering (they were originally surgeons - hence the red and while pole representing blood and bandages) there's possibly not a lot of difference!

Guys like that have a bath as often as that?!

One thing about the Gents' Barber's in the market... the conversation is always that bit more interesting than "have you had your holidays?" or "are you working today, then?" In fact, sitting in the chair there on Saturday morning, the subject of Diggar McGillivray came up. Does anyone else have memories of haircuts (or buying coupons for that matter) in Diggar's shop in Greig Street? Mention of the man and the place brings me back vividly to the days of my early youth! Diggar had been a Burma Star veteran (artillery) and I believe began barbering in the army at Fort George. His shop was a mecca for those of the Bluenose persuasion and Diggar was staunch Caley and Rangers. You would go into the shop and Diggar would be brushing up hair clippings. You would read a Beano lying beside you on the wooden bench... then a Dandy... then a Beezer... then a Topper. Diggar, meanwhile would have someone in the chair but would most likely be out on the street shouting good natured abuse in a broad Inverness accent at various passers by... especially John Brooman. Then someone would come in to pay for their coupon. Then Diggar would return for a minute's hair cutting before disappearing into the back shop. At last it would be my turn and the board would go across the arms of the seat so boost me up to Diggar's level. Diggar's first line of conversation would be "so that's the way, Charles" ... even though I hadn't actually said anything by this stage. He would then launch into the customary monologue but before any proper conversation could get under way, there would be another interruption for another coupon or torrent of abuse but eventually the mandatory short back and sides would be completed. Diggar took his son Dennis into the business for a while but for some reason Dennis didn't keep it up although the shop is still there as a barber's... one of the few on Greig Street whose deisgnation has not changed.. One memorable Diggar anecdote relates to a meeting about the heating systems in the houses where he lived in Ballifeary Road. At one point in the debate Diggar (never short of a view on anything) was heard to observe "But I'm all gas of course...." The place fell about laughing! Thanks to a tip off, I attended the inaugural meeting of the Caley Rebels in the Ordnance on the Sunday following the merger votes in September 1993. Diggar had just died and one of the Brooman boys (John's grandson) put it to me forcefully "Diggar McGillivray is hardly cold in his grave and look at what they're doing to the club!" I wonder what Diggar's view on ICT would have been? Any other memories of him... for instance in the Howden End?

Interesting social observation. Note that the gentleman back left in the Jags photo is wearing "sh1tecatchers", a true emblem of the middle classes, not observed among the Caley proletariat.

I'd just point out that Caley Thistle don't actually own the land on which the stadium is built. It is leased by the ICT Trust from the Common Good Fund until 2093, but effectively that doesn't alter the fact that the site's "value" (in terms of what might be raised from any transfer of the lease) will indeed be increasing. There are one or two obstacles to a move. Firstly, as ASDA found, there could be huge cost implications for any incoming tenant if the Kessock Bridge roundabout needed upgraded. Secondly, and I suspect more importantly, as Caley100 very rightly says, an alternative site at a realistic cost would be very difficult to find in Inverness. Even way back in 1993 when Bruce Hare of Percy Johnston Marshall did his original study, he looked at 13 sites, most of which were no hopers. That was boiled down to four and then to only two which were realistic - Stratton Farm and East Longman. Stratton might have been great for kick starting the Golden Mile but the merger partners were strongly opposed to it so the football club eventually won the battle against INE and East Longman it was. I've read the Bruce Hare report in entirety and even in 1993 there wasn't a great choice of site available. Remember also that for a number of years before that, Caley (sic) looked at various options such as the Carse, Charleston, the Bught and the Northern Meeting Park and it all came to nothing. As an aside, the "Carse Farce" came reasonably close to being realised. Had it done so, I believe there would have been no merger, but we've already discussed how a solo Caley bid have fared and I don't want to go there again!

I'm sure you're right. Buenos Hornell.... now there's a blast from the past!

'L' as in 'Loose' :023: Is that a quote from "Against all Odds", in which case you must be referring to the Chic Allan Fan Club? I'd no idea that architect of the 83% Courier poll against the merger was still involved even indirectly by that stage... or have I got that one wrong?

QPR.

Possibly more likely that many of them are fed up with an upsurge in the kind of material which has led to the need to moderate more strictly. That is NOT a dig at IHE!! There was a definite change in the general tone of the content of these boards some time before IHE's "little local difficulties". It seemed to coincide with promotion to the SPL but that may be a coincidence. But whatever the reason, a lot of valued contributors have been lost.