tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13344062.post8483964542941803630..comments2024-02-18T17:35:25.382+00:00Comments on Bloggin fae the 'Burn: <i>Ulster-Scots thoughts</i>: Covenanter Street Names in BelfastMark Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12820251983224121718noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13344062.post-58876613313352492292008-03-13T16:01:00.000+00:002008-03-13T16:01:00.000+00:00Hi Mark,I headed for Grosvenor Grammar School ever...Hi Mark,<BR/><BR/>I headed for Grosvenor Grammar School every day back in the 1970's - right up to gate...and then on another quarter of a mile to Orangefield Secondary School.<BR/><BR/>One year when the snow fell heavily during the morning, some of the lads from Orangefield offered them a snowball fight on the rugby pitch at dinner time, but the offer was <I>ahem</I> ...declined. Maybe just as well...I'm sure they all weren't the stamp collecting swots (like Walter out of the Beano) that we thocht them to be.<BR/><BR/>Anyway...to get to the point: I dinnae know that the bit about the Covenanters. Interestin!' ("Boys a dear")<BR/><BR/>Fair fa' ye!Colin Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632698769785766168noreply@blogger.com