They were taken in The Hoolets bar area known as “THE COFFIN” which was behind the bar with two serving hatches. Long before decimalisation, many ”a tanner” was won and lost at the dominoes tables. Did anybody ever visit this area? Consensus is this was the Scottish Cup won by Jim Conroy’s Aberdeen Boys Club.The […]
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1982 Scottish Junior Cup
In the “coaffin”at the Hoolet’s Nest. The date is 1982. Pictured is Hugh Simm (L) and Archie Simm who came back from Texas specifically for the Cup Final. The cup toured several places in Blantyre that year. L to R is Jim O’Neill, Jimmy Boyle, John Bryson, John (the “Sheriff”) Jackson. With thanks to Archie […]


