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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Sat 13 Feb 21:58
Lockdown has persuaded me to follow up on family ancestry research to fill in some gaps and join dots.
It was a revelation to discover recently that my great grandfather had the "Auld Hoose" (as it was then named) in Dunfermline for a couple of years in the very late Victorian era.
Where the founders of DAFC met back in the day apparently.
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Topic Originator: allparone
Date: Sat 13 Feb 22:10
When it opens again you should go in and see the urinals he installed.
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Sat 13 Feb 22:27
I was reading the sign outside today which gives some of the history of the place, very interesting. Made me want to find out more about it
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Topic Originator: average white par
Date: Sun 14 Feb 00:19
Great pub... friends tell me that I`ve had many a great night in there, but for some reason my recollection is a little hazy...
Old No.3 on draught, won`t see that a lot these days
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Topic Originator: PARrot
Date: Sun 14 Feb 05:58
To five and five and fiftyfive,
the first of letters add.
'twill name a thing 'twould please a king,
and drive a wise man mad.
Regulars should recognise that. It was on an ancient window that was removed. It was posted on the bar wall. Maybe still is. Took me a wee while to solve and I only met two others who know the answer. Maybe its well known by now though.
Post Edited (Sun 14 Feb 06:03)
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Sun 14 Feb 09:51
Unrelated but linked in with how old pubs are named. A lot of people see "Ye Olde Inn" and say "Yee Old Inn". The Y isn't actually a Y. It's an old character that no longer exists but looked a bit like a Y. The original character was pronounced with a "Th" sound.
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Sun 14 Feb 17:16
Quote:
PARrot, Sun 14 Feb 05:58
To five and five and fiftyfive,
the first of letters add.
'twill name a thing 'twould please a king,
and drive a wise man mad.
Regulars should recognise that. It was on an ancient window that was removed. It was posted on the bar wall. Maybe still is. Took me a wee while to solve and I only met two others who know the answer. Maybe its well known by now though.
It took a bit of solving, but it is a thing that would please most men, not just kings
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Topic Originator: fcda
Date: Sun 14 Feb 17:57
It's either Dusty Bin or the speed boat 🕵️
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Topic Originator: Par
Date: Sun 14 Feb 18:40
Early smutty graffiti
May take 1001 nights to solve
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Sun 14 Feb 18:55
Like it ^^^^ getting close now
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: sadindiefreak
Date: Sun 14 Feb 19:55
Is it to do with Roman numerals and how u as a consonant can be represented by a v?
Or am I making a fanny of myself?
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Sun 14 Feb 20:11
No sif you are correct
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: PARrot
Date: Sun 14 Feb 21:20
I sussed the Roman numerals but took time to click on the roman U.
Slapped ma heid when it clicked.
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Topic Originator: parathletic
Date: Mon 15 Feb 14:15
Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Sun 14 Feb 09:51
Unrelated but linked in with how old pubs are named. A lot of people see "Ye Olde Inn" and say "Yee Old Inn". The Y isn`t actually a Y. It`s an old character that no longer exists but looked a bit like a Y. The original character was pronounced with a "Th" sound.
It`s called a thorn I believe.
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Mon 15 Feb 16:21
That's the one!
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Mon 15 Feb 20:26
Quote:
parathletic, Mon 15 Feb 14:15
Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Sun 14 Feb 09:51
Unrelated but linked in with how old pubs are named. A lot of people see "Ye Olde Inn" and say "Yee Old Inn". The Y isn`t actually a Y. It`s an old character that no longer exists but looked a bit like a Y. The original character was pronounced with a "Th" sound.
It`s called a thorn I believe.
If you look on the sign to the left of the door at the old Inn, there is a big spiel on the history of the place and the Y shaped letter appears on it throughout
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Topic Originator: parathletic
Date: Mon 15 Feb 21:14
I think it may have been QI I learned that from. That means for all these years we`ve all been singing the wrong song every time we get a corner. Come on ye Pars does have a better ring to it than come on the Pars though :)
Post Edited (Mon 15 Feb 21:16)
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Mon 15 Feb 22:35
Blame lazy European printers who couldn't be bothered with it 😬
Still trying to work out the original riddle.
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Topic Originator: MDCCCLXXXV
Date: Tue 16 Feb 17:08
With a name like mine ,I had to get it 🤪
 East End Park is a symbol of all that is DAFC.
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Topic Originator: PARrot
Date: Tue 16 Feb 18:13
Quote:
MDCCCLXXXV, Tue 16 Feb 17:08
With a name like mine ,I had to get it 🤪
Ha!
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Topic Originator: Parboiled
Date: Wed 17 Feb 11:53
First drink in there in 1965, wee round table at the front window. Pint of Light, Gawd it was awfie.
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Fri 19 Feb 16:21
"When it opens again you should go in and see the urinals he installed."
Back then they were second hand rejects acquired from Brockville when Falkirk upgraded their latrines.
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