DALRY BURNS CLUB
80th Anniversary
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List of Toasts Proposed
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I. The King |
The Chairman |
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Song. "God save the King" |
The Company |
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II. The Queen, Prince & Princess of Wales, and other Members of the Royal Family |
The Chairman |
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III. Both Houses of Parliament |
Mr Kirkhope |
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IV. The Imperial Forces |
Mr Johnston |
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Song. "Scots wha ha'e" |
Mr Spence |
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Reply |
Capt John Brown |
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V. The Memory of Burns |
The Chairman |
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Song. "There was a lad" |
Mr Buchanan |
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VI. The Memory of Jean Armour |
The Croupier |
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Song. "O' a' the airts" |
Mr Hardie |
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Recitation. "The Haggis" |
Mr Macnicol |
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VII. The Town and Trade of Dalry |
Mr Wylie |
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Song. "D'ye min' the lang lang syne" |
Mr Graham |
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Reply |
Mr Andrew Aitken |
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Song. "The Press Gang" |
Mr Robt Aitken |
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VIII. The Memory of Deceased Members |
Mr Patrick |
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Song. "The Land o' the Leal" |
Mr Buchanan |
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Song. "Flow gently, Sweet Afton" |
Mr Hardie |
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IX. Sir Walter Scott |
Mr Graham |
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Song. "Catrine Woods" |
Mr Cunningham |
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Song. "Gae bring tae me etc" |
Mr Cunningham |
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Recitation. "Tam O'Shanter" |
Mr Buchanan |
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X. Dramatic Literature with Shakespeare |
Mr Houston |
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Reading |
Mr Thornton |
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XI. The Land o' Cakes |
Mr Couper |
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Song. "Scotland Yet" |
Mr Spence |
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XII. Song-Writers |
Mr Gordon |
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Song. "Annie Laurie" |
Mr Hardie |
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XIII. Burns Clubs a' the Warl' o'er |
Mr J Brown |
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Song. "The Pale Young Curate" |
Mr R Aitken |
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XIV. Irish Poets |
Dr Brown |
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Song. "The Irish Emigrant" |
Mr Cunningham |
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XV. Young Members |
Mr Riddet |
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Reply |
Mr Buchanan |
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XVI. Our Guests |
Mr Hastings |
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Song. "For they are jolly good fellows" |
The Company |
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Reply |
Mr McCosh |
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XVII. The Chairman |
The Croupier, who made feeling reference to the lately-deceased Mrs Alex Willison, Easterhill, so often the subject of a toast, as the "Haggis-Maker", at these meetings |
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XIX. The Croupier |
The Chairman |
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"Auld Langsyne" |
The Company |
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Members Present
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Patrick Comrie, Factor, Waterside (Chairman) (1891) |
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Hugh Higgins (Croupier) (1898) |
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Andrew Aitken (1874) |
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Andrew C Patrick (1877) |
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George Kirkhope (1883) |
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David Johnston (1886) |
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John H Hamilton (1887) |
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John Brown (1891) |
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James Graham (1893) |
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John Riddet (1896) |
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George Houston (1898) |
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Robert Howie (1898) |
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Dr W M Brown (1899) |
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William Hastings (1902) |
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James Spence (1902) |
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David Couper (1903) |
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John MacNicol (1903) |
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Joseph A Wylie (1903) |
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James D Gordon (1904) |
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Harry Thornton (1904) |
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New Members |
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John Buchanan, Bridgend Mills, Dalry |
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John Campbell, Manager, Doggartland Mill, Dalry |
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Guests |
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Robert Aitken, Cross, Dalry, guest of Mr Kirkhope |
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Archibald Crawford, Ardrossan (Mr Hastings) |
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Alex Cunningham, Blair Iron Works (Mr Riddet) |
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Archibald Hardie, Glasgow (Mr Houston) |
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James Harvie, Dalry (Mr Houston) |
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James McCosh, Clydesdale Bank, Dalry (Mr Wylie) |
22 Members 6 Guests