Respect!
The 'usual suspects' deliberately disrupted the planned minute's silence for Remembrance Day before the start of yesterday's Celtic vs Aberdeen match at Parkhead.
A spokesman for Celtic FC read out a very measured statement on behalf of the club - to which no reasonable person could object - but a small number of morons in the crowd refused to stay silent, even out of respect for other Celtic fans who wished to remember their loved ones.
Problem is these 'ultras' have no respect for anyone, but they are doing a grand job of alienating the rest of the Celtic support with their ugly, sectarian behaviour.
Meanwhile I take my hat of to my Uncle Edmund and Uncle Pat - two fine men who are remembered fondly and with the respect they deserve.
The Fight Against Fascism (November 14, 2021)
Here's a photo of my Uncle Edmund during the Second World War and one of my Uncle Pat - two brothers from the same family who were involved in the fight against Hitler and fascism.
Edmund served in the Highland Light Infantry while Pat had a role in communications.
I remember Edmund and Pat with great fondness - they would both have laughed at being held up as 'heroes', yet the truth is that without people like Edmund and Pat the world we live in now would be a very different place.
Here's a photo of my grandmother, Mary Fitzgibbon, with her two oldest children and Edmund and Pat.
My uncle Edmund was the eldest child and four daughters followed after Pat: Kathleen, May, Sheila (my mother) and Nora.
A seventh child (a boy named Joseph) was stillborn, if I remember correctly.
Edmund and Pat both served during the Second World War - Edmund was a real character, full of fun and always brought a smile to your face; Pat was quieter and more reflective, but no less interesting to be with for all that.
Edmund served in the Highland Light Infantry while Pat had a role in communications.
I remember Edmund and Pat with great fondness - they would both have laughed at being held up as 'heroes', yet the truth is that without people like Edmund and Pat the world we live in now would be a very different place.
Family Photos (13/04/20)
Here's a photo of my grandmother, Mary Fitzgibbon, with her two oldest children and Edmund and Pat.
My uncle Edmund was the eldest child and four daughters followed after Pat: Kathleen, May, Sheila (my mother) and Nora.
A seventh child (a boy named Joseph) was stillborn, if I remember correctly.
Edmund and Pat both served during the Second World War - Edmund was a real character, full of fun and always brought a smile to your face; Pat was quieter and more reflective, but no less interesting to be with for all that.
