Fair Fa Yer Honest Sonsie Face..

[Rinrada]

another year on....and it BURNS Night...Definately NEXT YEAR.....

from the chaps at Bangkok Scot.....

Welcome to The Bangkok St Andrews Society

Established over in 1890 we welcome new members and visitors from other St. Andrews societies worldwide.

More on The Society on the About Us page

If you would like to join us, please complete a membership application form which you can download here

Any questions or to report any problems with the web site, contact the webmaster.

The Immortal Robbie Burns

Our next event will be The Burns Supper.

The date, Saturday the 27th January, 2007 at The Amari Watergate Hotel.

Full details on the events page.

The usual Burns Night fare and fun - haggis neaps and tatties, single malt, words from the works of The Bard, bagpipes and good company

Always a popular event - members and guests welcome !

Read about the Bangok Society's PIpe Band 1918 - 1924

We would be very pleased to hear from anyone who can provide more information on the band.

News of a new on-line TV channel which we are sure will be of interest to Scots and other nationalities alike is the recently launched Scotland on TV web site. Lots of interesting content including classics from the late Tom Weir's series, some great aerial scenic shots of the west coast, The Hebrides and other locations well worth seeing. Check out the site for yourself. http://www.scotlandontv.tv/

[Jockstar]

All the best mate. Hope you have a wee dram or 10.

[Rinrada]

Had a great night in the George Inn,Borough High St last night....One of the oldest pubs in London.

"Do" for the local Uni..Guys and Kings College and even had the Assistant Bishop of Southark to say the Selkirk Grace....nice guy and we tried not to have too much of a go at the believers...

We sold about 60 tics and most of them International Students (medical)from the school including a couple of "crackers"from Hong Kong....Even gone one to do the "International address"...in Mandarin...

Had to wear me old Kilt ( Babe magnet) since I was MC...but didnt take the wife so MPR....Slange

....must organise one on LOS one day...

Both Dickens and Shakespear have appeared there...so last night MY turn....

for Pub Buffs.....info...

Borough High Street, Borough, London, SE1 1NH Tel:

020 7407 2056

http://www.pubs.com/pub_details.cfm?ID=187

The George is London's only surviving galleried coaching inn.

It stands on the south side of the River Thames near London Bridge, for centuries this was the only bridge across the river.

The George was rebuilt in 1676, after a devastating fire swept Southwark. It was one of many such inns in the area, perhaps the most famous being the Tabard, where Chaucer began his 'Canterbury Tales' in 1388.

The Tabard too was rebuilt after the fire, but was demolished in the late 19th century, despite a public outcry.

The George also narrowly avoided total destruction. Coaching inns declined as the railways advanced. The Great Northern Railway used the George as a depot and pulled down two of its fronts to build warehousing, leaving just the south face. It is now in the safe hands of the National Trust.

The George is tucked away in a cobbled courtyard just off Borough High Street. The ground floor is divided into several connecting bars. There's a wealth of pretty lattice windows and oak beams. The Old Bar was the waiting room, for coachmen and passengers.

The Middle Bar was the Coffee Room, a haunt of Charles Dickens.

The bedchambers (now the restaurant) were in the galleried part.

The gallery design provides both access and light, as the back walls would have been crammed against other buildings. The George Inn is one of London's greatest treasures, how wonderful it would have been if it had survived intact.