August Update

The next meeting of the Bonnie Scotland tent is at the Tartan Rose on Wednesday 31st August, where the main feature will be Way Out West – famous for the dance routine (see link) and, of course, the Trail of the Lonesome Pine.


Way Out West

Stan and Ollie are headed for the western town of Brushwood Gulch. Their mission is to find a woman named Mary Roberts in order to deliver her a deed to a valuable gold mine left to her by her father. Unfortunately, their problems start as soon as they arrive in town when they realize they upset the wife of the town's Sheriff while on the coach they hitch a ride on, and they must catch the next coach out of town...or else. Their problems continue when Mickey Finn, Mary's guardian, learns why they're here, and has his wife, Lola Marcel, play Mary in order to hijack the deed from them. However, before leaving town, they encounter the real Mary Roberts and are forced to get the deed back. What ensues from there is more hilarity then you could ever imagine.


Trivia

Hal Roach had to come up with four different titles for the film, before finding a title that wasn't already owned by another studio. The three discarded titles were: "You'd Be Surprised", "Tonight's the Night", and "In the Money".

Lola Marcel: Tell me - is my dear, dear Daddy really dead?
Stan: I hope so; they buried him.

Sons of the Desert at Sea!

The Bonnie Scotland tent took a trip doon the watter on the Waverley to catch up with one of our members who had emigrated from Erskine to Rothesay.

Despite a limited time ashore we managed to visit a number of local hostelries and even sang the traditional song as our food was being served. The song was later heard resonating from the lower bar of the Waverley much to the amusement/ concern of other passengers.


The Waverely is currently having funding problems, so the Bonnie Scotland tent decided to make a donation of £300 to help keep the Waverley afloat.

It was a great day out, with almost 20 members of the tent coming along. However, not all got off at Rothesay to wonder exactly what else they do with slippers!( see photo).