East Kilbride Probus Membership had their Christmas lunch at Bonnyton Golf Membership on the outskirts of Eaglesham.
After just a few opening remarks from the President, Jim Ballantyne, John Mitchell mentioned the Grace and so they have been off.
Following a pleasant festive lunch, the membership have been entertained by two of its members, Allan Stevenson and John Walker.
Allan recounted a number of anecdotes, some regarding John. For instance, he mentioned that John was a music snob and illustrated this by saying that he was the one man who might pay attention The William Inform overture and never consider the Lone Ranger.
He then advised the story of John and him fishing and John caught a conger eel.
Fantastic it was lifeless, however the hook needed to be retrieved and so the most secure manner to try this was to chop off the pinnacle and unhook it from the again.
However no - not John. He proceeded to insert his hand by the mouth utterly for getting that the Conger’s enamel are slope backwards and if you happen to try and do it woe betide you. John did.
After just a few extra tales Allan concluded with the rendition of the poem, “Face on the bar room flooring."
John stood up and requested if we knew of John Lee to which some wit replied ‘Lees Macaroon bars? In actual fact, apparently he was the one man that they may not grasp.
Right here was a person with a doubtful previous arrested and charged with murdering and girl, Miss Emma Keys, to whom he had been her butler.
Having been sentenced to demise, he was dropped at the gallows in entrance of James Barrie.
It's price mentioning that he was in all probability the primary educated man to carry the job and it was he who created the drop tables, which have been/are nonetheless used everywhere in the world at the moment.
The lever was pulled and the entice refused to open. Two of the wardens jumped on the sting of the entice however nonetheless nothing.
When the third try failed, he was taken again to his cell and the house secretary commuted his sentence to 25 years.
The Gallows had been a potable unit and was checked completely to find that bolts have been rusted, and the wooden was warped.
On his launch he married had a child woman and died in 1947 age 84.
After the ultimate thanks and the applause had died down, President Ballantyne closed the lunch along with his seasonal finest needs and regarded ahead to assembly up once more on the fourth January 2023, when Allan Stevenson will discuss to the membership about Thomas Muir - Creator of Scottish democracy.
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