He bought a pair, back in eighteen-hundred-and-something, from Australia, and it cost him 30 pound at that time, to buy this breeding pair. I have a couple of medals belonging to him. As I say, they were great budgie people. The Straitons took my mum, unofficially adopted her. So...
Given that the Rangers Sports was one of the longest running sports promotions in Scottish athletics history – it ran from 1881 into the 1960’s – and the importance of its place in athletics particularly after the second great war, it is maybe appropriate to note the origins in a separate...
By the way, I looked through some 17th century English dictionaries to see what a “drudger” and a “squef” might be, but had no luck. Still, it’s entirely possible to imagine how the recipes were prepared, though note that I haven’t tried either one. If you are interested, tha...