too early to let the cat out the bag janet, see if anyone can solve the mystery?
i will give you a clue: you wear it, its an article of clothing? comeon people rack yer brains////

yeah I know what a ganzi is - its a cardigan type thing - my wife says it all the time !

oo, i thought id get a few with that one , shes a real lancs lass.

Never stayed in Glasgow, but have driven through it a few times on my way to Skye, Fort William, Loch Lomond and lots of other beautiful places. Loved all my holidays and long weekends in Scotland, people are friendly, beer is good, and with the fabulous countryside what more could anyone want (even had nice weather!!!!) :pint:

and thank you very much Lettie, Lancashires very own representitive for the Scottish Tourist Board !;)

Well mez, you learn summat every day.:worthy:

I learned that (ganzi) whilst we lived up in scotland - another one she comes out with is 'slotherers' - apparently they are comfy shoes ?? beats me but if thats what they are called then thats what they are called.

been loads of time, all the best places mind! Castlemilk...ever wonder where that name came from! Barrhead, easterhouse, Gorbles, Pollok......

Littlemo just how do you know all these erm... lovely places - I lived in easterhouse for 20 years so if you have been before you'll know what its like - these areas dont have a good reputation about them at all - nothing wrong with the folk that live there - the places just dont have a good name !!
the gorbals is now a yuppie village with £100k flats -very posh now , compared to what it used to be like with those huge high rise flats .
So please tell me how you knowof these areas !
And just for you Littlemo - How Castlemilk got its name !

The lands known as Cassilton of Carmunnock were bought by the Stuarts in 1460 and it is here they started construction of Cassilton Tower. The Stuarts brought the name Castlemilk with them. The family owned estates in Dumfriesshire, south of Lockerbie, named after their castle beside the River Mylk. (Their Castlemilk Estate also gave its name to Britain’s rarest breed of sheep, the Castlemilk Moorit!) When the family sold their lands in the south and moved their main residence to the area known as Cassilton in 1579, they changed its name to Castlemilk. Cassilton Tower’s main claim to fame was that Mary, Queen of Scots lodged here the night before the battle of Langside, in 1568.

Now you can sleep easier at night now !

so can we assume the original spelling of Castlemilk would have been castlemylk? My parents are originally from Glasgow. Commanhead would be where we would go when in easterhouse. I also have a friend out here that is from there and I do believe it is where Robert Carlyle the actor is from.

Wi called the back streets, baxies wen I were a lass in Preston.
Mi Dad called them Ginnels.
Never bin abroad in mi life.

I always thought a baxi was a gas fire ! :D
Yes you would be correct in asuming that the spelling would be as you say, the glasgow slang for Castlemilk is 'Castlemanky' because of the area (if you dont know what manky is I will tell you !)
And if your from the east end of Glasgow you would pronounce commonhead "commonheed" !!!
I always thought that Robert carlyle was from Dennistoun in glasgow (same place as Lulu ) but there you go !
So are your parents from Commonhead/heed then ? - thats way at the back of easterhouse, and if you have been to easterhouse which parts do you know of ?
this is quite trippy actually, talking about easterhouse to someone in canada whilst living in accrington !!

Re Have you ever....

Does this count?
I drove through Glasgow late one Friday night last year, on the way up to Torridon, for some quality climbing.
It persisted down. 'Tinsel Town in the Rain'. Is that common?

about as common as every person in scotland having bright red hair and big beards who eat haggis, drink whisky and wear kilts whilst tossing cabers and shouting " see you jimmy "! (russ abott has alot to answer for that one !)
It doesnt rain any more up in glasgow/scotland than what it does here in lancashire - I think that some people forget that they are only 2 odd hours away from glasgow/west of scotland so the weather is very much of the same.
I will admit that you do sometimes get 4 seasons in one day but thats somthing you are brought up with in scotland.
The 'Dear Green Place' is lovely in the rain, hail, sleet & snow.

hey glasgow did you hear fred elliot on corrie last nite bout his hols in italy (said it was ok but you needed yer gannzi at nite ) just thought id put that one in :thumbsup: