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church66
Big Bill Brown .
What a character he was lol ! I very much doubt he is still alive because he lived life in the fast lane . , he got a house opposite Clydebank Cinema/Bingo Hall that became The Crucible Snooker Hall and Big Bill said have a guess what I done at my new house son ? I dunno Bill , what happened Bill . I was drunk in my new house and my sons came up to visit me and I was so drunk I walked through a glass coffee table and I lost so much blood and alcoholic's blood is thinner so in a way if my sons never payed a visit , I wouldn't be here .
church66
Big Bill .
He was such an alcoholic it was good fun to meet him just to hear his stories of what happened next
lol ! So I met Big Bill on Kilbowie Road Clydebank after he cashed in selling his house and kept the money lol ! Big Bill said to me I now live at Graham Ave . top of the hill , I go to ASDA 1st thing in the morning for my booze then get home and travel up the town for the rest of the day so have a think about that son he said .
church66
The Glenhead Social Club .
Big Bill Brown , what a man , covered head to tails in bruises , order me a pint at the Bar son and I will tell you a story . What happened Bill ? I was so drunk last night I fell down the stairs he said and when I got home I was so drunk I fell going up the stairs and when I woke up I went first thing in the morning to the off sales their and back I fell . I used to love Big Bill's stories and one day he was gone from the pub , he'd sold his house for a cash in hand deal £26,000 I heard he got a guy from the Doublet Pool Team bought it it was worth maybe 4 times as much . Big Bill sobered up and I met him , she was getting **** all son so I sold up and split the money with my sons lol !
church66
The Glenhead Social Club .
Right now I'm really tired but I feel the need to tell you about some of the punters I met there one such man was Big Bill Brown , he was a laid off worker , on the sick as was his wife and they had a Pitbull dog , can't remember it's name but they could sit from opening time 11am until closing time Midnight and beyond if it was a lock in / Big Bill pulled me aside and said the way you swallow the lager reminds me of me back in the day so watch it son , I got hooked early on Cider and it ruined me , pretty soon Big Bill and his wife split up after a DWP Welfare rule came in that only allowed one person per household to be able to apply for Sickness Benefits , they soon split , don't know who got the Pitbull dog .
church66
The Glenhead Social Club Pool Team .
Genuine , could tell you more , Big Tam's not long gone to rest , lucky if I met him a dozen times since that last season 1994/95 and it wasn't mean't to end that way but it just so happens it did .
church66
Big Tam .
it has taken the passing of Big Tam for me to open up . type away Chud , nobody will believe you anyway but it's true stories , believe what you will .
church66
Duntocher Hibernian F.C. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duntocher_Hibernian_F.C.
It's so sad on many levels thinking back , the elders smashing a fence post so that you could sneak into the field to watch football matches or you could go the long way and walk through a fields to sit on the hill to watch football matches so maybe 43/42 years ago and now those same fields have houses built on them . It really was better in those days !
church66
Clydebank and district pool league Web Site :
https://www.facebook.com/clydebankanddistrictpoolleague/
Young Tam runs this web site and streams matches , he is a great player and when my computer bust a few years ago a chance meeting , he gave me an old Laptop he had and it kept me in touch with AZBilliards , cost me a 6-3 defeat at the pool right enough lol !
church66
Cues .When your cue gets stolen it is an absolute heartbreaker and I knew it just had to be a player from The Peel who stole it so I cursed it to whoever stole my cue may you never ever win a game of Pool with my magic wand ever ever again .
church66
The Glenhead Social Club Pool Team 1984/85-1994-95 .
I've typed some but there is more to type and I want to type about the players but here's a story .
Steve W just lost a pint a game match so it's double or quits plus a £5 'er , I had my fun for the night and I was just about to leave when Steve W grabbed me and said hey , where're yo going , home I said , stay , playing for a pint and a £5 er , I've no money Steve , neither have I so I set them up you finish it . I'm sure I typed this the other night but still fresh in the memory bank . Steve W had the reputation as a bar room brawler so when I cleared up I was just glad to leave , few more stories like that but I wasn't on for playing Pool for money .
church66
Captain my captain .
Eddie S gone , team picked itself , Big Al took over as Team Captain , picked his mates first , League rules were garbage anyway and worked against the players , there may have been one or two temp Captains in between but Big Tam stepped in and all of a sudden the team were playing brilliant again at least until i burnt out and it meant nothing any more .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxWBTQ68WP0
church66
Glenhead Social Club 1984/85 to 1994/95 Team Captains .
Eddie S - Big Al -Big Tam .
There may have been one or two more but it's those three that matter for this conversation .
Eddie S the original team Captain who without him I very much doubt that there would've been a Glenhead Social Club Pool Team lasted who knows maybe 4/5/6 years or so until one night away at The Peel Glen in Drumchapel and I got back from the Bar with a pint of lager and it's well that's the last we've seen of him , who I asked , Eddie S they said so I went to meet him , gave him a cuddle and asked what you used to say , your playing chess on the Pool table , white's the Queen Black's the king , what were you on about . Your playing it , you just can't see it , leave you a song , Neil Young - World On a String . I gave him a hug and that was it , never seen him since .
church66
Cues.
Glenhead Social Club V The Peel Glen .
We'd just sent them packing early night etc and I left my cue at the Cigarette Machine at the swing doors and ordered a pint at the Bar then made room for the pint in the toilets and returned as The Peel Glen were leaving and my cue is just gone so I asked team mates did you see where my cues gone ? No they said and I ran out to aske The Peel Glen team have any of you's seen / got my cue but they jumped into their cars . I never seen that cue ever again , always looked for it when we played them . It was like my magic wand had been stolen and if asked it could place the cue ball at my command to a pin point but it was stolen . Bought a new cue but it was no good , team mate Hugh gave me a cue , try this as I was at the point of packing it all in .
church66
1984/85-1994.1995 .
That was my playing days/nights and thinking back I'm pretty sure I was the only to have stuck through the thick and thin and when it was brilliant it was truely brilliant but when it was bad , it couldn't get any worse .For example in the early days we were so good we could turn up with 7 players and win the singles 7-0 and head home early but when it was bad same deal trounced and sent home early doors lol !
church66
Players .
As a player in the early days I was good but I just couldn't grasp the League rules so maybe 3rd or 4th best in the team at the end of the season , it was just a night out for me , escapism from the nightmare of married life . I was there in the early days when the table fees went from 10p to 15p and the table was empty , whats up I asked , why's nobody on the table ? We're not paying 15p for a game lol , same when it went up to 20p then 30p then 40p then 50p , think it's £1 a game nowadays .
church66
The Glenhead Social Club Pool Team .
That's how it all began , Thursday night's Pool competition and one night Eddie S called us over and it's right I'm going to start a Pool Team , who want's in ? We need at least 8 players for 8 singles matches and 4 Doubles matches so who's in ? Quite a lot of people put their names in the hat , not everyone got a game but it was all new and exciting to be involved in , playing in the new pubs and venues you'd never have went to , new people & players it was all just brilliant . To win the B League in the first season and finish runners up , just pipped in the League Cup , just brilliant memories .
church66
Glenhead Social Club Pool Team .
Without Eddie S , there would've been no Pool Team , he ran the Thursday night Pool tournaments , 50p a head entry , bottle of spirits to the winner , half bottle to the runner up or cans of lager - beer equivalent lol Those were the days my friend lol !
church66
Eddie S .
What a character he was , always in the Glenhead Social Club/Hibs day or night sitting near the pool table playing/holding the table or just watching games being played . Eddie was from Falkirk , they had a Pool League and he played for their team but travelled through to Duntocher for a family funeral at the Haye family who were on the Glenhead Social Club Committee and Geordiw was on Ground staff duty and once in they just couldn't get rid of Eddy S . He was a player alright moderate and beatable when sober but give that man a few beers he commanded the table for all hours of the day and night .
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