DALRY BURNS CLUB
71st Anniversary
MDCCCXCVI
List of Toasts Proposed
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I. The Queen, The Prince and Princess of Wales and Both Houses of Parliament |
The Chairman |
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Song. "God bless the Prince of Wales" |
Mr Thomson |
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II. The Army, Navy and Reserve Forces |
Mr Logan |
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Reply by Major Gow |
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III. The Immortal Memory of Burns |
The Chairman |
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Song. "Ther was a lad was born in Kyle" |
Mr Mitchell |
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IV. The Memory of Jean Armour |
The Croupier |
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Song. "O a' the airts" |
Mr Thomson |
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V. The Memory of Shakespeare |
Dr Hamilton |
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Song. "D'ye min' o' lang syne" |
Mr Graham |
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VI. The Deceased Members |
Mr Willison |
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Song. "The Land o' the Leal" |
Mr Donald |
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VII. The Song Writers |
Mr Kirkhope |
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Song. "Rankin and Lees" -words written by Dr Kerr, H M I of Schools, to the tune of "When the kye come hame" |
Mr Logan |
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VIII. The Land o' Cakes" |
Mr Graham |
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Trio. "Willie brewed a peck o' maut" |
Messrs Thomson. Mitchell & Bone |
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IX. Sir Walter Scott |
Mr Johnston |
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Song. "The Annuity" |
Mr Kirkhope |
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X. The Novelists |
Mr R Fulton |
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Recitation. "The Haggis" |
Mr A Allan |
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XI. Kindred Clubs |
Mr Archd Blair |
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Song. "The Laird o' Cockpen" |
Mr Dunsmuir |
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XII. The New Poet-Laureate |
Mr And Aitken |
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Song. "John Grumlie" |
Dr Hamilton |
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XIII. Non-Resident Members |
Alex Comrie |
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Reply by Mr John Blair, W S, Edinburgh and Mr Russell, Paisley |
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Song. "This Cronie o' mine" |
Mr Geo Willison |
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XIV. Young Members |
Mr John Brown |
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Reply by Mr Malcolm, Mains of Pitcon |
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Song. "The Saucy Maid" |
Mr Archd Blair |
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XV. Our Song-Writers |
Mr Thomson |
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Song. "My Nannie's awa'" |
Mr Alex Willison |
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XVI. The Haggis-Maker, Mrs Willison of Easterhill |
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Reply by Mr Willison |
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Song. "Mary Morrison" |
Mr Thomson |
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XVII. The Host and Hostess |
Mr Kirkhope |
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The usual toasts of the "Chairman" and "Croupier" terminated the meeting. |
Members Present
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John H Hamilton (Chairman) |
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John Gordon (Croupier) |
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James Graham |
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Alexander Comrie |
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Alex Y Allan |
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John Brown |
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Dugald Paton |
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Thomas Bone |
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Robert Gray |
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Robert Fulton |
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John Scott, Guest of Mr Fulton |
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Robert Russell, Paisley |
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Alex Willison, Easterhill |
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D P Donald, Johnstone |
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John Howie |
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A C Patrick |
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Archd Blair |
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Wm Logan |
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Andrew Aitken |
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Thomas Cochrane |
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John Gow |
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William Thomson |
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George Willison |
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George Kirkhope |
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William Mitchell |
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John Blair, W S, Edinburgh |
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James M McCosh, New Member |
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Dr Hamilton |
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Roderick McDonald |
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New Members |
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Alex Dunsmuir |
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John Malcolm |
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John Riddet |
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Thomas Muir, Builder |
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Alex Comrie Jnr |
34 Members 1 Guest
Centenary Dregy
MDCCCXCVI
List of Toasts Proposed
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I. The Queen, The Prince of Wales and Royal Family |
The Chairman |
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II. The Army, Navy and Reserve Forces |
The Chairman |
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Reply by Capt Brown |
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III. Both Houses of Parliament |
Mr Gordon |
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IV. The Memory of Burns |
Mr Comrie |
The Chairman gave an account of the unveiling of Burns' Statue in Irvine.
Mr Paton, at this time at Dalry on a visit from America, delighted the Meeting by his beautiful rendering on the violin of a number of Scottish airs.
Replying to the Toast of his health, Dr Blair gave an interesting account of the early days of the Club.
After the toast of "The Memory of Burns" had been proposed by Mr Comrie, Mr Mitchell sang "Nae Bard ava'", written for Dalry Burns Anniversary 1829 by Mr James Stirrat, Post-Master in Dalry.
The Evening was spent in Recitation and Song and after a most interesting meeting, the customary Toasts of "Chairman" and "Croupier" brought the proceedings to a close.
Members Present
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John H Hamilton (Chairman) |
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John Gordon (Croupier) |
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Dr Blair |
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Alexander Comrie |
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Archibald Gray |
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James Graham |
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Dugald Paton |
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William Logan |
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John Howie |
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Andrew Aitken |
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Robert B Gow |
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Thomas Bone |
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Dr Hamilton |
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George Murdoch |
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Thomas Muir |
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Robert Fulton |
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John Brown |
17 Members