I also loved the way that 'Mum' played so well by Jan Wilson, never did the 'mum' thing of encouraging Willie's writing career. No, Willie's writing was awful and she never left him in any doubt about that.

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The story of Willie's attempts to escape 9-5 life is set amongst the changing face of Glasgow in the 1980s. The late (and much missed) Gerard Kelly is great fun in the lead and you can't beat his battle to get in the best insults in the face of the constant put-downs from manager McCleland. Home". Scottish Airshow. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015 . Retrieved 6 September 2015. Chibbed: Cut with a sharp object, normally a knife. A term used mainly in terms of stabbing someone. Yer budgies deed: Literally means “Yer budgie’s died”, but actually means that someones trousers are too short.Fud: A name for female genitalia. Normally used as an insult, in which case it means the same as idiot or fanny. Attila The Bun - One of the four gangsters hired to take out Titus Strega-Borgia, and anyone who stands in their way, in Don Lucifer's attempt to steal Titus' fortune. Always sports a full rabbit suit, which causes chaos on the journey to StregaSchloss. Attila the Bun was then devoured by Knot, the yeti. A vengeful demon is trying to invade StregaSchloss. However, Titus is too busy on the internet looking up the world destroying company SapienTech, Pandora only has eyes for the gorgeous (and pyromaniac) new butler temporarily replacing Latch and the beasts are raising funds to give the moat a makeover by volunteering for medical science. Only Flora McLachlan has noticed and is doing something about it! Deep Water [ edit ]

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Surrounding Willie was the rapdily changing city of Glasgow, a year away from 1988's Garden Festival, The European City of Culture and 'Smiles Better'. Heid case: Head case, idiot. Can be derogatory. Normally used to describe someone who has done something particlarly stupid. Online video detailing access to the rail services from the airport". Scotland on TV. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. The chronicles follow the Strega Borgias, a quirky, bizarre, Italian family: Signor and Signora Strega-Borgia (Luciano and Baci) and their four children, Titus, Pandora, Damp and Nieve, who live with their mythical companions in their fictitious home StregaSchloss, in Argyll. It consists of two trilogies: Pure Dead and Deep. The Strega-Borgias share similarities to The Addams Family. Pronto - Don Lucifer Di S'Embowelli's right-hand man. He is very intelligent and presents a soothing foil to his psychotic boss in his moments of hysteria. He was accidentally turned into bagpipes by Mrs. McLachlan in Pure Dead Magic. It is implied that Latch left him in the attic.The show centred on hapless banker Willie Melvin and his misguided belief that he is destined to become a successful writer. Always there to bring him down to earth with a Glasgow banter bang are a wonderful collection of characters, not least his sharp tongued Mum, dodgy pal Chancer, toady colleague Brian, smug boss McCleland and the super dopey Tam. Beamer: Red face caused by Embarresment. e.g. James had a beamer when realised his fly was down. A beamer is not a BMW in Glasgow! ISBN 0552548472) [5] The second novel in the series. The roof of the ancient family home is badly damaged and the Strega-Borgia family are forced to decamp to the local hotel, leaving the frozen granny, the rats and the spider behind. However, the builders appear to be up to something... Such as destroying a roof, murdering hotel proprietors and dating fur lovers. Titus has accidentally created 500 pink clones and he and Pandora are trying to keep them secret from Latch and Mrs. McLachlan, which becomes a challenge as the 10% size clones grow up. Pure Dead Brilliant [ edit ] We told earlier this year how airport chiefs were targeting a more “corporate professional” brand in a bid to lure potential customers.

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Haw: Generally an expression used to catch someones attention, particularly someone a distance away, for example across a street. On 17 March 1977, a British Airtours Boeing 707 crashed during a pilot training flight and caught fire. All four crew on board survived. [50] Pure dead brilliant: A very Glaswegian phrase. Used to enthusiastically describe something that is really great. Nieve (a.k.a. "little no name" or "somebody else entirely") - The new baby and younger son of the Borgias' Nieve was born in the beginning of the last book. It is implied Nieve may be as powerful a magus as his sister Damp. Nieve has a salamander familiar called Orynx. He apparently has dark brown eyes (as revealed through his internal monologues in Deep Water). **REVISION**: Though in Deep Fear (the last book) Nieve's eyes are continuously referred to as navy blue. However, this is not to be confused with the green eyes of the demon baby/changeling that takes Nieve's place with Baci for most of the book. As for Nieve being a magus, the reader is left with the suggestion that he may instead be an earthbound (or fallen angel) when Damp notices that he has fine downy feathers like angel wings around his shoulders. This is reinforced when Damp motions to Nieve that she has noticed and will keep the 'secret.' However, it is also suggested that the feathers COULD be left over from the Swan transformation. Unfortunately, we never find out for sure and the reader is left wondering as to which it is.In June 2019, the Scottish government announced that it was putting the airport up for sale. Bidders would be expected to commit to maintaining and developing aviation operations and employment. [33] 2020s [ edit ] On October 28, 2010, everyone mourned the tragic death of Gerard Kelly. Kelly was a fine character actor who could go from being hysterically funny to deadly serious at the drop of a hat. On New Year's Eve that same year, BBC1 screened a tribute dedicated to him entitled 'Gerard Kelly: A Celebration', which featured interviews with his family and friends, as well as clips from his best television performances including 'EastEnders', 'The Slab Boys', 'Donal & Sally' and, of course, the one he is probably most famous for, 'City Lights', in which he played 'Billy Liar' type fantasist Willie Melvin. 'City Lights' was Kelly's first regular comedy series. It was also the first sitcom made by Scotland since 'The Vital Spark'. Mental: Normally used when referring to someone who has tried to be tough, but has also been a bit of an idiot. Other minor characters include the posse of surgeons, nurses etc. in the hospital where Don Lucifer's nose job takes place and numerous policemen. Sadly it has lost most of that, but it still retains positive memories for me and many other people.