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Post by Wee Jock on Feb 1, 2012 17:25:18 GMT 1
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Post by linda wallace on Feb 1, 2012 21:30:26 GMT 1
met our nephew today who just recently got a job with wilsons and he told me that it had gone to the wall yesterday morning so he is out job hunting again...its a shame as he has just left school....
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Post by Wee Jock on Feb 1, 2012 22:43:48 GMT 1
Someone had to fill the gap and why am I not surprised by who it was.
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Post by tiddles on Feb 2, 2012 13:39:35 GMT 1
NO bus operator in Inverclyde exists other than with the consent of the McCorleone's. I was told many years ago that Wilson's were part of it all so it's a publicity exercise.
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Post by linda wallace on Feb 2, 2012 21:23:17 GMT 1
i always thought that mcgills owned wilsons....today the buses tomorrow the world
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Post by allanoconnor on Feb 6, 2012 9:47:53 GMT 1
I've just booked Wilsons to run a bus to my wedding............
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Post by linda wallace on Feb 6, 2012 13:35:37 GMT 1
have you been in contact with them or mcgills if they have taken over to see what is going to happen.......did you pay with the booking??
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Post by tiddles on Feb 6, 2012 13:35:38 GMT 1
One of the Routemasters?
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Post by linda wallace on Feb 6, 2012 13:41:03 GMT 1
hope you can get your money back....try G&M coaches as they are good and we are friends with one of the drivers...they do weddings ect as they have the big coaches and i think are reasonably priced and since this has happened to you i am sure they would try and help you out
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Post by allanoconnor on Feb 9, 2012 8:58:33 GMT 1
I called yesterday and was told all bookings are being honoured, relief all round! :-)
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Post by linda wallace on Feb 9, 2012 21:17:21 GMT 1
oh that is good, you dont need a worry like that......when are you getting married?
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Post by allanoconnor on Feb 10, 2012 9:20:05 GMT 1
Yeah definitely a weight off - got enough to worry about..........getting married on 7th July, and we only booked it in November so 6 months to get it all arranged - easy! :-D
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Post by linda wallace on Feb 10, 2012 14:07:44 GMT 1
jocky and i arranged ours in 3months , you will get there
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Post by tiddles on Feb 10, 2012 15:29:10 GMT 1
Don't get me started on the trials of my wedding arrangements
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Post by samfregreenock on Feb 10, 2012 15:40:24 GMT 1
Don't get me started on the trials of my wedding arrangements Were you found guilty or unfit to plead  |
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Post by tiddles on Feb 10, 2012 15:41:47 GMT 1
not proven!
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Post by linda wallace on Feb 10, 2012 17:28:26 GMT 1
jock and i printed out our own invites and envelopes and they were lovely then we printed out the hymn sheet with the same picture on it....since we were having a buffet jocky did all the meats and even tomatoes roses...it was lovely and such a special day as we did most of the things for it..
since both of us are not religious and we both dont belong to a church and we didnt want a register wedding either we approached the salvation army....yes they would do it and make it the way we wanted.....with jocky having IBS and it could strike at any time that was even sorted that the wedding would be stopped till he went to the toilet....
our wedding was fantastic and had a lot of laughter in it.....the guy that married us made it really special and all they wanted was a donation...since the both of us dont have a big family or a large network of friends we used the hall for our reception and then went to a club at night with the guests.....marvelous
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Post by tiddles on Feb 10, 2012 18:09:35 GMT 1
Our's was the exact opposite of that rather pleasant sounding arrangement. It was all too much and we were both glad when it was over!
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Post by samfregreenock on Feb 10, 2012 19:02:33 GMT 1
At ours - we aren't very religious but a family friend was a minister - he offered to do it for us in the Gantock Hotel. - The mater twisted his arm.
Anyways surprisingly he was really ambivalent to all the religious twaddle, we met him down at the Gantock so he could see how it would be set out.
He was looking a bit knackered and we asked him if he was coming down with anything- it was at Easter time - he told us that he could see all this Easter nonsense far enough - I sprayed my coffee everywere.
He then gave us some sheets with different types of vows on it, saying us them if you wish or make up your own - if you dont want anything religious thats ok - it's no skin aff his back he said.
At the wedding he played a blinder - he done the MC bit at the reception too - it was a saturday, he found out who everyone supported at the wedding, read out the results for them at speeches time wae a few jokes too
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Post by tiddles on Feb 10, 2012 19:41:10 GMT 1
I wanted ours to be on a warship conducted by a naval chaplain but my father who was angry about my leaving the NHS to join the navy would have none of it. In the end we agreed a compromise. Wedding in Glasgow Uni chapel followed by a reception in the Albany Hotel in Glasgow. Total pain in the arse and the money could have been better spent. Unlike your minister, ours was a boring old get. Still, the honeymoon was good  |
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Post by linda wallace on Feb 10, 2012 19:51:37 GMT 1
i am still on honeymoon 9 yrs on.....
my friend spent thousands on her wedding and to be honest i would have rather spent the money on the house as they were in the process of buying......why spend all that money for one day when you have a life time ahead of you...
jocky and i have been able to go on a cruise the year after we married, belated honeymoon...have been to australia to see my 2 sister's and family...first time we have all been together for over 30 yrs....have been to amsterdam...we couldnt do that if we had a very expensive wedding....ours wedding was all about us and our life ahead...
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Post by tiddles on Feb 10, 2012 19:54:37 GMT 1
We have told the boys to elope when they feel moved to do the deed
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Post by linda wallace on Feb 10, 2012 20:11:09 GMT 1
dont worry tidds its the brides' parents that pay lol......our daughter better elope if she does the deed too
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Post by tiddles on Feb 10, 2012 21:01:06 GMT 1
We actually paid for most of the wedding ourselves. My wife has three younger sisters so that kind of precedent would have given her poor mummy and daddy the vapours. I'm a poor wee only child and half an orphan. This Grouse is going down very well tonight, it's been a vile week. Hopefully the Frauschen won't confiscate it. The best way to avoid that is to refrain from swearing and singing |
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Post by linda wallace on Feb 10, 2012 23:10:11 GMT 1
go on i dare you to sing..i have my windows open to hear you....hope your enjoying your wee sniffter after a rotten week
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