Stan and Olly @ Magners Comedy Festival

Well, not quite - but as part of the Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Call of the Cuckoos Tent are putting on an 8 hour Laurel and Hardy film show in the Panopticon.

It starts at 11:30am and entrance is free. However, spaces are limited - so get there early.

March Update

The next meeting is on Wednesday 30th March, 7:30pm in the Tartan Bar, Paisley. Hopefully we'll have the sound system fully restored in time so we can have Stan and Olly drown out any noise from the bar.

The main feature is likely to be Bonnie Scotland - and why not! This is the second last meeting before the Convention comes to Paisley so if you can help out please come along and let Janice volunteer you! It will also give those going to the convention an extra bit of practice with the toasts.

Convention Update: all the available rooms at the hotel are now booked for the convention. Day tickets are still available -but the forms need to be in by 31st March -come along to the March meeting and fill inyour form. Also the Tent is holding a second hand book stall at the convention to raise funds - so bring along any books you want to donate.

Bonnie Scotland
Mclaurel and Hardy travel to scotland in this comedy classic. But much of the action takes place in British India. The film is from the Hal Roach studio and produced by Hal Roach and directed by James W. Horne. Laurel and Hardy were best in their short comedy films but this is one of the best longer adventures. There are plenty of laughs and a funny dance routine (click on the Bonnie Scotland poster on the right hand side of this webpage for an example). The film also stars the familiar face of James Finlayson as the Sergeant Major.

February Update

The next meeting of the Bonnie Scotland Tent is on Wednesday 23rd February at 7:30pm in the Tartan Rose, where One Good Turn will be one of the movies shown.

We now have 76 people booked for the UK Sons of the Desert Convention in Paisley and are fast running out of hotel rooms! It looks like we may need to think about an overspill hotel.

Don't forget, there are daily rates for Bonnie Scotland members (see Janice) who want to come to the Convention.


One Good Turn
Stan and Ollie are victims of the great depression and are begging for food. A friendly old lady provides them with some sandwiches. Enjoying their meal they hear that the old lady will be thrown out of her house because she is robbed and cannot pay her mortgage. They don't know that the old lady is rehearsing a play. Stan and Ollie decide to repay the old lady by selling their car. During the auction a drunken man puts a wallet in Stan's pocket. Ollie accuses Stan of having robbed the old lady but when they return to the old lady's place they hear the truth. Stan takes revenge on Ollie in a violent way.

Memorable Quote:
Ollie to the old lady: "We haven't tasted food in three whole days".
Stan:" Yesterday, today and tomorrow".

Convention Update

The plans for the convention are going well, now over 70 people from Scotland, UK and Europe have confirmed their attendance at the convention.

The new logo for the convention has been designed and will also be available on t-shirts and any other merchandise we can flog!

If you are interested in signing up to the convention contact the Grand Shiek (she also answers if you call her Janice).

Grand Sheik
Janice Hawton
5 Tantallon Avenue
Gourock
PA19 1HA

Next meeting 23rd February 2011

The next meeting of the Bonnie Scotland Tent is at 7:30pm on Wednesday 23rd February 2011 in the Tartan Rose, Broomlands Street, Paisley.

As usual the meeting is open to everyone, with a couple of Laurel and Hardy shorts followed by one of their movies and finishing off with a Tom and Jerry cartoon. If you want to join - click on the link below, fill in the membership form and either post it to the address given, or hand it over to the Grand Sheik at one of our meetings.

32nd UK Convention

The Bonnie Scotland Tent will host the next UK Sons of the Desert Convention - based at the Watermill Hotel, Lonend, Paisley PA1 1SR from the 29th April 2011 to 2nd May 2011. The Watermill Hotel is easy to find, near the centre of Paisley. The details so far for the convention include:

• Friday 29th April: the get-together day, with registration, socialising in the bar, films in the bar, drinks in the bar and the parade of Tents.

• Saturday 30th April: the morning will include a walking tour of Paisley (with treasure hunt) and a visit to our regular venue (the Tartan Rose); in the afternoon we head for the West of Scotland Rugby Club for lunch and drinks where we will also have the Stan Hooton Memorial Quiz with our own Jeremy Paxman -Eric Woods; plus games as well as films in the bar. We will then head back to Paisley for the evening banquet where there will also be entertainment from Crowded Croft - two fellas who are like peas in a pod - and, in between times, it will be Sons Entertain.

• Sunday 1st April: there will be an early start for the Bo'ness and Kinneil Steam Railway - a trip on the railway which takes us to the Birkhill Fireclay Mine. Don your hard hat and have a wander down the mine before getting the train back. Or if you are interested after a return trip on the railway, instead of going down the mine, there is a chance for a look behind the scenes at the work of the Railway Preservation Society. Then it's off to the Hippodrome Cinema for a film show. The cinema is licensed and you can take your drinks to your seat. After the show it's back to Paisley for the evening banquet and the Bonnie Scotland Tent Birthday Ceilidh with music by the West Tilferton Caledonian Band - and let's not forget the fancy dress, more drinks and socialising throughout.

• Monday 2nd April: brings the Grand Sheiks Meeting, which is open to all, followed by farewells and the passing of the pineapple.

The cost is £190. For children up to 5 years old the cost is £108. For those up to the age of 15 the cost is £140. You can pay in instalments, but the full convention fee must be paid by 31st March 2011.

For more details contact Convention Organiser - and Grand Sheik of the Bonnie Scotland Tent - Janice Hawton.

Welcome

Welcome to the website of the Bonnie Scotland Tent of the Sons of the Desert. The Bonnie Scotland Tent meet at the Tartan Rose pub in Broomlands Street, Paisley on the last Wednesday of the month ( although there is not meeting in December 2010) at 7:30pm, where we screen some classic Laurel and Hardy movies and shorts - and if you're lucky you might also catch a Tom & Jerry cartoon as well. Everyone is welcome to come along and enjoy the shows, and if you're keen you can sign up to be a member (at only £10 per year) which includes regular updates and copies of the Bowler Dessert magazine.