Marillionboy Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Hope no one minds me plugging this on here, but I have a new radio play airing on the BBC this week. It's set in my native Cullen in 1969... cue plenty of period music!Some details are here:http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/radio4/afternoonplay/pip/nrqal/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/pdfs/radio/week13/bbcradiowk13_thu.pdf http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/pdfs/radio/week13/bbcradiowk13_highs.pdf http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4786854.stm Anyone listening in, I do hope you enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 I was in Cullen today and nearly crashed into the arches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted March 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Gorgeous isn't it! Leave those viaducts alone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_matter Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 oooh some ice cream from the sweety shop in cullen....those were the days up at my caravan site in fochabers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted March 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 I adore Fochabers. The Red Lion is a quality boozer, my novel has a chapter set in there. And the forests around there are lush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Laura@TMB Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 I won't be able to catch it live but will certainly tune in via Listen Again online facility. And another photo and write-up in yesterday's P&J - can't be bad. A' the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted March 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Bet it was another lousy photie!Hope you like the play though, apparently it's a comedy according to one of today's papers...now I know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Laura@TMB Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 No, although you're looking all deep and meaningful or merely pissed off in it, has to be said! I'll scan it tomorrow and mail you a copy for yer scrapbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted March 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Bless you. I remember when they took the one with the cast of RK they rather mysteriously requested an extra one of me and I was stressed and running late, so wasn't feeling much like watching the dickie bird! Bet that's what they've used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottST Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Cullen, pah....im from finechty. miles shittier Cloud, don't fret, i have a friend back there who DID crash into the arches. He was drunk and doing 90mph without a license, but he still crashed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted March 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Indeed, Cullen isn't remotely shitty, it's gorgeous. I don't think Finechty is exactly Saltcoats either....there are far worse places to live! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Laura@TMB Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Ha ha, that'll be the one then. Lots of empty red chairs and plants in the background and looks like everyone's done a runner on you. Be in touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Wow, Twiggy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Cullen' date=' pah....im from finechty. miles shittier Cloud, don't fret, i have a friend back there who DID crash into the arches. He was drunk and doing 90mph without a license, but he still crashed....[/quote']Cullen? Finichty? Buckpool is where it's at, you know.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottST Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 my old band played buckpool golf club once .and the saints, before it got burned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 my old band played buckpool golf club once .and the saints' date=' before it got burned out.[/quote']the golf club is ace. Well, the course is...And the Saints has been completely knocked down now. Gutted.... many a teenage night was spent drink there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted March 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 I've just done a short story set in Buckpool. Awesome place. I've not dared walk through it since I grew my hair long.Any conversation about the Buckie area should mention The Anchor Bar at some point, Morayshire's least likely brothel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 I've just done a short story set in Buckpool. Awesome place. I've not dared walk through it since I grew my hair long.Any conversation about the Buckie area should mention The Anchor Bar at some point' date=' Morayshire's least likely brothel...[/quote']it was quite a place, to say the least. never drank there though - Harbour, Saints and Star were my locals over the years. would be interested to read that short story. did you go to Buckie High? I was trying to suss out if I, or my mates, knew you but it generally drew a blank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted March 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 PM me your email fella and I'll send you the story.No, didn't go to Buckie High, I had the misfortune of moving down south for most of my childhood hence the mixed up accent and the lack of a decent education...The pubs in Buckie generally are death traps, I tend to stick to Cullen these days for fear of being accused of being English... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 PM me your email fella and I'll send you the story.No' date=' didn't go to Buckie High, I had the misfortune of moving down south for most of my childhood hence the mixed up accent and the lack of a decent education...The pubs in Buckie generally are death traps, I tend to stick to Cullen these days for fear of being accused of being English...[/quote']address duly sent.....aye, the pubs back home are usually less than inviting - despite going back there every month or two, I tend to avoid them most of the time. There's somehing depressing bumping into the same people still doing the same jobs over a decade later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 I've just done a short story set in Buckpool. Awesome place. I've not dared walk through it since I grew my hair long.I drove through there too I'd forgotten just how weird all those little places were.Do they still have the yearly 'fun'-fair outside of Buckie? I went there one year for some bizzare reason :\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calum Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 You mean Peter Fair? Classy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Im going to listen to the show and my Mum is too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-matthEw- Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 cullen is one of the most beautiful places in NE Scotland. I'll be sure to tune in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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