Campbeltown Crucifixion
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:19 pmIt is a fairly well known fact the world over that Good Friday is synonymous with Jesus Christ being crucified, and Easter Monday being the day of the resurection. In the UK, we celebrate Good Friday and Easter Monday as public holidays..................... but it happened differently in Campbeltown. I think the toon may have failed to adopt the Gregorian calendar? Has it not added on the leap years since 1976? Did the toon hall clock go fast for a wee while?
Last Monday (10th April), Myself, Mrs Boo, Dug Boo and the wee Boo-ettes sauntered doon frae Trumpton to stock up at Tesco, have a walk around, visit a few shops, buy some bits and bobs etc. One of the highlights for me is a wander round McGrorys - but not last week. McGrorys was shut all day with a notice put in the window stating that the closure was due to a public holiday. Twas too late for Ne'erday and Mayday is still in May as far as I'm aware. I'm not sure if Public holidays are declared for National No Smoking Day, Shrove Tuesday or St Mirren winning the league? All unlikely, so I can only submise that Christ was crucified a week earlier in Campbeltown than anywhere else in the world?
On returning to the wise people of Trumpton, I was told that McGrorys closes at every possible opporchancity and the militancy of the staff puts Gdansk shipyard workers to shame?
I was told that they closed for................;
three weeks in November when somebody laddered their tights
Milton keynes gala week
All of lent
Ian Paisley's cat's birthday
Up Hely-A in Shetland
The Pope's late mother's wedding anniversary
The funeral of Joey the sheep
Ronald Regan's birthday
Any barmitzvahs that are going
Plant-A-Tree-in-'73
Any days that woolworths get new knitting patterns in
Tarbert Fair
Ramadan
The anniversary of John brown washing Queen Victoria'a smalls in Loch Rannoch 1896
etc
etc
etc
This is a great wee shop and I've spent a lot of money here over the years. It and it's stock are a tremendous asset to Campbeltown. There were no other shops closed in the Toon and the place was very busy. I also understand that Mr Hall, the proprieter is looking for a buyer? Rightly managed, and embracing modern attitudes - it could thrive. Keep going the way it is just now, and a wee gem will undoubtedly vanish.
Last Monday (10th April), Myself, Mrs Boo, Dug Boo and the wee Boo-ettes sauntered doon frae Trumpton to stock up at Tesco, have a walk around, visit a few shops, buy some bits and bobs etc. One of the highlights for me is a wander round McGrorys - but not last week. McGrorys was shut all day with a notice put in the window stating that the closure was due to a public holiday. Twas too late for Ne'erday and Mayday is still in May as far as I'm aware. I'm not sure if Public holidays are declared for National No Smoking Day, Shrove Tuesday or St Mirren winning the league? All unlikely, so I can only submise that Christ was crucified a week earlier in Campbeltown than anywhere else in the world?
On returning to the wise people of Trumpton, I was told that McGrorys closes at every possible opporchancity and the militancy of the staff puts Gdansk shipyard workers to shame?
I was told that they closed for................;
three weeks in November when somebody laddered their tights
Milton keynes gala week
All of lent
Ian Paisley's cat's birthday
Up Hely-A in Shetland
The Pope's late mother's wedding anniversary
The funeral of Joey the sheep
Ronald Regan's birthday
Any barmitzvahs that are going
Plant-A-Tree-in-'73
Any days that woolworths get new knitting patterns in
Tarbert Fair
Ramadan
The anniversary of John brown washing Queen Victoria'a smalls in Loch Rannoch 1896
etc
etc
etc
This is a great wee shop and I've spent a lot of money here over the years. It and it's stock are a tremendous asset to Campbeltown. There were no other shops closed in the Toon and the place was very busy. I also understand that Mr Hall, the proprieter is looking for a buyer? Rightly managed, and embracing modern attitudes - it could thrive. Keep going the way it is just now, and a wee gem will undoubtedly vanish.
It took me quite a few before I got it right 
