Govan Fair Queen crowned by River City star
June 2, 2012 by Grace Franklin · Leave a Comment
Johnny Beattie crowns Dani Kilbride Govan Fair Queen 2012. Picture by Eddie Aitken
Photographs by Eddie Aitken
Govan Fair held its 256th event on Friday 1 June 2012 with glorious sunshine beaming down on everyone.
River City actor Johnny Beattie crowned Dani Kilbride of Pirrie Park Primary School, this year’s Govan Fair Queen. For the next twelve months, she and her courtiers
Dani, Govan Fair Queen 2012, with her attendants from Pirrie Park Primary School.
will enhance celebrations and events in the Burgh with their presence.
Leading the procession which followed the Queen through the streets, was re-elected councillor Stephen Dornan who is the sole representative of the Glasgow First party. He has carried the ‘Sheep’s Heid’
The Sheep's Heid, held by Councillor Stephen Dornan, leads the procession.
for the past 20 years. The tale is told that a young weaver who was rejected by the father of the girl he fancied, beheaded one of the father’s prize sheep and paraded round the man’s house saying he’d do that with every one of the flock until he was allowed to marry the girl. Since it was the Govan Weavers’ Society which started the parade at the Fair in 1756, no-one can be sure of the truth of the matter. But it’s been woven into the fabric of the Fair and is as good a reason as any, for the Sheep’s Heid – all 20lbs of it – to proudly lead the way.
Everyone had fun at the Govan Fair.
There was plenty to see as the procession went by
Cinema organ trust names recital date in Pollokshaws
November 16, 2009 by localnews · Leave a Comment
The Scottish Cinema Organ Trust (SCOT) is staging its Christmas concert in 20 December in Pollokshaws Burgh Hall, 2025 Pollokshaws Road.
SCOT’s Duncan Sinclair will be at the console of the Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ, with songs from baritone Edward Caswell, of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Dance and Glasgow University.
Tickets for the concert, which starts at 2.45pm, can be bought from the Burgh Halls (0141 632-5811) or at the door on the night. Admission is priced £6.00 and also covers tea or coffee and mince pies.
