Whist Drives

katex · 02-03-2007, 19:37

Anybody old enough to remember these? .. too young to play myself, but mum and dad did .. usually at local schools .. e.g. St. Johns in Accy, once a month; they played in the sectioned off hall, whilst I danced in the rest of it.
Was always a mystery to me ? Changing tables and all that.

Could only play the 'knock out whist' myself at home with bros. Was a big social event then... beetle drives too ?

K.S.H · 02-03-2007, 19:41

You've lost me on this one, thought it was something motoring related

K.S.H · 02-03-2007, 19:45

Now I just confused myself even more looking on Wiki for an answer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Whist

cashman · 02-03-2007, 20:01

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Originally Posted by katex

Anybody old enough to remember these? .. too young to play myself, but mum and dad did .. usually at local schools .. e.g. St. Johns in Accy, once a month; they played in the sectioned off hall, whilst I danced in the rest of it.
Was always a mystery to me ? Changing tables and all that.

Could only play the 'knock out whist' myself at home with bros. Was a big social event then... beetle drives too ?

me-- an i,m younger than you

shillelagh · 02-03-2007, 20:08

we used to have beetle drives to raise money for the brownies - that was only 10-15 years ago!!!!

maxwell silver · 02-03-2007, 20:58

I remember my late dad used to drive my late grandmother up to a whist drive somewhere off whalley road near the church before the hospital(going from accy).I used to sit in the back,still mesmirised that we had a car.Then down to the old Asda on B'burn road before going back to pick her up.Never did find out what a whist drive was though

K.S.H · 02-03-2007, 21:32

Sounds like an early version of speed dating to me, moving from table to table

katex · 02-03-2007, 21:37

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Originally Posted by K.S.H

Sounds like an early version of speed dating to me, moving from table to table

Oh hek !!

Cashman, help me out here.

Was serious stuff KSH believe me, all depended on whether you had a good partner or not .. wink or a nod on a trump card could see success or failure.

K.S.H · 02-03-2007, 21:44

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Originally Posted by katex

Oh hek !!

Cashman, help me out here.

Was serious stuff KSH believe me, all depended on whether you had a good partner or not .. wink or a nod on a trump card could see success or failure.

I'll bet it was
Good partner or not - good reason to find a better one then
Wink or a nod - they both mean yes to me

Can we not re-invent it, i'm looking forward to getting older

cashman · 02-03-2007, 23:56

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Originally Posted by maxwell silver

I remember my late dad used to drive my late grandmother up to a whist drive somewhere off whalley road near the church before the hospital(going from accy).I used to sit in the back,still mesmirised that we had a car.Then down to the old Asda on B'burn road before going back to pick her up.Never did find out what a whist drive was though

think the whist drives were in the whalley road congregation church hall maxwell, they used to have dances with the sundowners etc on in there as well.

cashman · 02-03-2007, 23:57

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Originally Posted by katex

Oh hek !!

Cashman, help me out here.

Was serious stuff KSH believe me, all depended on whether you had a good partner or not .. wink or a nod on a trump card could see success or failure.

got to agree with katex here, they were even more serious than bingo.pmsl.