Box and Fiddle
Year 29 No 07
March 2006
Price £2.20
44 Page Magazine
12 month subscription £24.20 + p&p £7.50 (UK)
Editor – Karin Ingram, Hawick
B&F Treasurer – Charlie Todd, Thankerton
The main features in the above issue were as follows (this is not a comprehensive detail of all it contained. The Club reports, in particular, are too time consuming at this stage to retype).
Editorial
This is another jam-packed issue. Heather McLean and Jock Thomson had a great time at the Sir Jimmy Shand Tribute Day, we can read all about this year’s Up-Helly-Aa, and Clyde Johnston has sent us a report from the Northern Ireland Accordion Championships. Finlay Forbes urges us all to go to Stirling Summer School, and Billy McIsaac tells us about his transition from 70s pop star to Scottish film maker. We publish two very fitting obituaries to Dr. Sandy Tulloch from Tom Clark and Ian Thomson.
It’s time to vote again for the Box and Fiddle Awards – and to book your place for the fantastic Celebrity Luncheon in The Huntingtower Hotel. Your voting slips are in this issue. We are delighted that our Guests of Honour, Jack Cooper, Jack Delaney and Davie Flockhart have all accepted and will be there on the day. Tickets for this event sell out very quickly indeed – so don’t delay.
Karin Ingram
Sir Jimmy Shand Tribute Day
by Heather McLean
The fifth year of this wonderful event…….
Greetings from Inverness
by Margo MacLennan
The Inverness traditional music classes………..
The Piping Shrike
by Jean Lumsden
We have all been having a holiday……
Here’s Tae Lochaber
by Billy McIsaac
After the massive success of the compilation CD Here’s Tae Us and handing over a cheque…..
Dr Sandy Tulloch (1918 – 2006)
by Tom Clark (Dundee) & Ian Thomson (Fife)
A large crowd of people from many different parts of the country were gathered at the Dundee Crematorium on Wednesday 25th January to pay their respects and final tribute to Sandy Tulloch, one of the best known personalities of the Scottish music scene over many years.
It is difficult to know just where to begin to tell the story of this man who was so talented in so many ways. I first met Sandy around about 1954, shortly after he came to Dundee to take up his post as Consultant Eye Specialist. We met through a mutual friend, George McKelvie, accordionist in the famous Shand Band. For a number of years we played for Scottish dancing in the Dundee area. (Sometimes we enlisted members of the Shand Band when available). Sandy was always meticulously fussy, even at that time, about the tunes we were playing. Everything he did had to be done to the best he was capable of, something I would come to appreciate more as I came to know him better. At that time when I first came to know Sandy, I was a young engineering apprentice and believed that I knew something about the business – that was until I discovered how much of an expert engineer Sandy was. His engineering workshop in the attic was worth seeing.
Lathe, drilling machine, planning machine, gear cutting etc. He was an expert model maker and when he decided to make a model of a particular ship, for example, everything had to be an exact scale copy of the original, even to obtaining materials such as timber from the same source as the original. Some of his models were on display in Dundee Museum.
Sandy’s creative skills extended to fiddle making. Angus Fitchet was so taken by one of them that he wrote a tune for Sandy – a polka, Sandy’s New Fiddle.
I think Sandy’s interest in Scottish music was due mainly to his association with Sir Jimmy Shand. They met in the old Forbes’ Music Shop, off Victoria Road in Dundee, when Jimmy was an accordion demonstrator. The friendship between them and their families was to last a lifetime, and after Jimmy’s death Sandy became Chairman of the Sir Jimmy Shand Sculpture Project which raised more than £40,000 to erect the bronze statue of Sir Jimmy in his home town of Auchtermuchty.
Arguably, Sandy’s greatest contribution to the music was when being the unofficial librarian for band leaders. After retiring he seemed to pour himself into this, cataloguing and recording every detail. I doubt if there is a band leaders who hasn’t over the years made us of Sandy’s knowledge and detailed information. All that was needed was to whistle a tune over the phone and he would give the name of the tune, composer and publisher. Sometimes there was a story attached to the tune – he would give that as well.
In his ‘spare time’ Sandy was a regular hill walker and sometimes a climber to Munro height. He was an honorary life member of the Dundee Western Club, and I had the pleasure of playing with him at their annual Burns Suppers for more than 40 years until shortly before his death.
Sandy seemed to manage to fit in all his activities even when still a very busy eye specialist.
Sandy was born in Montrose, educated at Montrose Academy and St Andrew’s University, where he graduated in medicine. He served in the R.A.M.C. during the war. After demob he spent some time in Glasgow where he was eye specialist from Argyll and the Isles before returning to Dundee as consultant eye specialist.
Sandy is survived by his daughters Morag, Kay and Joan and son Sandy. There are 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. So he also made his contribution to society in general!
Sandy will always be remembered with respect by all of us who were privileged to have known him. This photograph hangs framed on the wall in the Eye Department at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. A fitting memorial to a man of seemingly limitless talents.
Tom Clark
Dr Alexander K. Tulloch MB, ChB, DOMS. Retired eye consultant, late of Dundee and known to many as Sandy Tulloch, died on 19th January 2006. His funeral service was attended by a very large number of mourners, including many well-kmown faces from the Scottish Dance band scene, which illustrated how highly respected he was in many parts of the country. Sandy was born in Montrose and won a bursary for St Andrew’s University to study medicine, in particular ophthalmology. After graduating, his first post was at Maryfield Hospital, Dundee but he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps at the beginning of World War Two when he served as a Captain in both France and Germany till his release from service in 1946. He then took up the position of eye consultant, covering Argyll and the Inner Isles prior to his move to Dundee in 1953. With the opening of Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, Sandy became the Senior Eye Consultant, a post he held till his early retirement in 1981 which he took to nurse his wife Dorothy, who sadly died in 1983.
From an early age Sandy had taken a great interest in Scottish accordion music. He was a great exponent of the 3-row Shand Morino, both as a player and in his knowledge of the instrument, possessing one of the first instruments brought into this country. Sandy was a very close friend of Jimmy Shand, a friendship that started way back in the early forties, and Jimmy was often heard paying tribute to Sandy’s skill both as a player and his knowledge of Scottish dance music. Many danceband leader’s were grateful for Sandy’s help when preparing the contents of a broadcast. He derived great pleasure from ‘sitting in’ with various dance bands playing at dances e.g. Sir Jimmy Shand, Jimmy Shand Jnr, Ian Cruickshank, Ian Holmes, Bruce Lindsay, Jim MacKay and Fergie MacDonald to name but a few.
Because of his long association with Sir Jimmy, Sandy readily accepted the Chair of the Sir Jimmy Shand Sculpture Project. He was instrumental in helping other musicians raise funds for charity and helped Jimmy Shand Jnr with the Tribute Concerts in St Andrews in memory of his father.
Windygates Button-Key Accordion and Fiddle club, of which Sandy was an Honorary member who opened every Club night by leading the other players in a stramash, will miss his presence.
Dr. Sandy Tulloch will be greatly missed in the Scottish Accordion and Fiddle Club scene, but the Tulloch name will continue, as Sandy is survived by three daughters, a son, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, some of whom are musically talented.
Ian Thomson (Fife)
The Wee Melodeon
by David Monteith
I’m just a wee melodeon
My name is Double Ray
My father’s name is Hohner
An’ he lives in Germany
I lived there tae for quite a while
An’ aye, I liked it fine
My hame it wis a bonny place
Beside the River Rhine
For years I must admit
I wis my father’s pride an’ joy
Aye, music fine he played on me,
I really wis the boy!
Then brither Tricord cam along
An’ he thocht o’ me nae mair
For years I sat around
An’ gathered stoor upon the flair
So I said tae him ae summer’s nicht-
“if this is a’ yer game
An’ if I’m nae mair yis tae ye
I’m a’ for leavin’ hame”
He never even said a word-
An’ it really got my goat
So I packed my bag that very nicht
An’ caught the river boat
I sailed a’ nicht an’ a’ next day
Aye roond a thousand bends
I then arrived in Rotterdam –
That’s whar the river ends
I had a look around the place
An’ stayed there for a week
But prospects there tae get a job
Were really fairly bleak
Twas then I thocht it’s no much fun
Bein’ here upon my tod
Noo that I’ve really come this far
I think I’ll go abroad!
So I got upon a muckle boat
Tae sail across the sea
It only took a day or twa
An’ I landed in Dundee
Weel here I wis on foreign soil
An’ naething tae my name
I couldna understand a word –
And nae place tae ca’ hame
But then, as if fate played its hand
My bad luck it did stop –
‘Twas then I met a man ca’d Forbes
Who had a music shop
He took me hame an’ spruced me up
An’ on the next day – Monday
At his shop in the Nethergate –
He stuck me in his windie
I had a fair look roond aboot –
For I wisna’ there myself
There wis banjos, flutes an’ fiddles
An’ moothorgans there as well
I sat aboot – for near a week
But on the Saturday
A teuchter chiel cam in the door
An’ asked me oot tae play
He strapped me on his shither
An’ he rived me oot an’ in
He didna’ play much music
But he kicked up quite a din
Weel, I wis just a bit fed up
Ma ribs were getting’ sair
I wis prayin’ he widna tak’ me hame
For I couldna stand much mair!
I wis glad he didna’ buy me –
Si I wis aff the hook –
I wis pit back in the windie
Tae let others hae a look
Weel two three weeks gaed slippin’ by
An’ it wis plain tae see
There wisna’ mony folk aboot
That were interested in me
‘till ae efternoon this lad cam in
I wis pleased tae hear him say –
Dae ye think I can hae a try
O’ that fine wee Double Ray
Weel Mr Forbes, he pu’d the shutters back
An’ took me frae the windie
Twas then I thocht, here goes again
Anither rantin’ shindy
It turned oot that I wis wrang
Tae think the very worst
But I thocht aboot the ‘teuchter lad’
Wha my ribs had nearly burst
This lad he had an honest face
A canny, couthy cratur –
A humble sort o’ workin’ lad
Wi’ a gentle kind o’ nature
He picked me up wi’ gentle care
An’ pit me on his knee
He quietly moved me oot an’ in
An’ played wi’ muckle glee
I couldna’ really quite believe
The soond that he wis makin’
Nae rantin’ rivin’ oot an’ in
A’ jist – wi gentle shakin’
I didnae ken it at the time
But noo I understand
That I’d been in the ‘magic’ hands
O’ ane ca’d ‘JIMMY SHAND’
Since then I’ve been a’ ower the place
An’ traveled far an’ wide
I’ve been in mony a village hall
In this braw countryside
I’ve been played by mony a bothy loon
An’ in mony a Scottish band
But I’ll ne’r forget the afternoon
I spent wi’ JIMMY SHAND
O’ aye I’m getting on in years
I’ve turned thirty – twice
I noo bide wi’ an’ auld lad Dave
Wha lives in Tannadice
Altho’ he treats me wi’ respect
I really have tae say
I ken he tries tae dae his best –
But he really canna play
Not Quite a Busman’s holiday
by Finlay Forbes
I don’t know about other readers…………..
Up-Helly-Aa 2006
by
Up-Helly-Aa this year, as always, was held……….
Northern Ireland Open Accordion Championships
by Clyde Johnston
The 9th North Ireland ………..
CD Reviews – See Hear with Judith Linton
Scottish Dances Vol 13 – Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw SDB – HRMCD513 – Highlander Music
Hebridean Ceilidh Vol 2 – Ian ‘Tonkan’ MacDonald
On The Spree – David Bowen – DABODB002 – DABO Recordings
Take the Floor – Saturday Evenings 19.05 – 20.30 with Robbie Shepherd
4th March 06 – Tom Orr SDB (OB from Lanark Memorial Hall with Guests Ross Thomson & David Vernon)
11th March 06 – Gordon Shand SDB (The Musselburgh Festival Concert)
18th March 06 – Colin Dewar SDB (Musselburgh Festival, the Band Competition)
25th March 06 – Niall Kirkpatrick CB (OB from the Skye Gathering Hall with guests Sarah Naylor & The Strath Gaelic Choir)
CLUB DIARY
Aberdeen (Westburn Park Lounge) – 28th March 06 – Graeme Mitchell SDB (6 piece)
Alnwick (The Farrier’s Arms – Shilbottle)
Annan (St Andrew’s Social Club) - 19th March 06 – Brian Griffin
Arbroath (Viewfield Hotel) - 5th March 06 – AGM & Club Night
Armadale (Masonic Hall) – 2nd March 06 – Ian Cruickshanks SDB
Balloch (St. Kessog’s Church Hall) – 19th March 06 – Tom Alexander
Banchory (Burnett Arms Hotel) – 27th March 06 – ‘Tribute’ Duncan Black, Marie & Owen Fielding
Banff & District (Banff Springs Hotel) – 22nd March 06 – Tommy Newcomen
Beith & District (Anderson Hotel) – 20th March 06 – Joanie McLaughlin
Belford (Community Centre) – 30th March 06 - tbc
Biggar (Municipal Hall) – 12th March 06 – Tom Orr SDB
Blairgowrie (Moorfield Hotel) - 14th March 06 - tbc
Bromley (Trinity United Reform Church) - 14th March 06 – Stuart Forbes & Friends
Button Key (Windygates Institute) – 9th March 06 – Jimmy Lindsay SDB
Campsie (Glazert Country House Hotel) - 7th March 06 – Ian Hutson SDB
Carlisle (St Margaret Mary’s Social Club) -
Castle Douglas (Urr Valley Country House Hotel) – 21st March 06 – Tom Orr SDB
Coalburn (Miners’ Welfare) - 16th March 06 – Nicol McLaren SDB
Crieff & District (Crieff Hotel) 2nd March 06 – Bill Black SDB
Cults (Culter Sports & Social Club) 8th March 06 – Burns Brothers Trio
Dalriada (Argyll Hotel, Lochgilphead)
Dingwall (National Hotel) – 1st March 06 – Nicky McMichan Trio
Dunblane (Victoria Hall) – 15th March 06 - Gordon
Dunfermline (Headwell Bowling Club) – 14th March 06 – Dick Black Band 24th March 06 – Dance to John Morgan
Dunoon & Cowal (McColl’s Hotel)
Duns (Masonic Lodge, Newtown St) 20th March 06 – Roddy Matthews
East Kilbride (Masonic Hall, Kittoch St) –
Ellon (Station Hotel) – 21st March 06 – Gordon Pattullo
Fintry (Fintry Sports Centre) – 27th March 06 – Karyn McCulloch
Forfar (Plough Inn) - 26th March 06 - tbc
Forres (Victoria Hotel) – 8th March 06 – West Telferton CB + Trio Competitions
Galashiels (Abbotsford Arms Hotel) – 2nd March 06 – John Fairbairn Memorial Night
Galston (Barr Castle Social Club) – 13th March 06 - tbc
Glendale (Black Bull Hotel, Wooler) – 16th March 06 – Lindsay Weir SDB
Glenfarg (Lomond Hotel) - 1st March 06 – Dave Husband Trio
Glenrothes (Victoria Hall, Coaltown of Balgownie) - 28th March 06 – Dochie McCallum & Friends
Gretna (Social & Athletic Club) - 5th March 06 – Gordon Pattullo
Haddington (Railway Inn) - 12th March 06 - GiveWay
Highland (Drumossie Hotel) – 20th March 06 – Susan MacFadyen Trio + Bands Competition
Inveraray (Argyll Hotel) - 8th March 06 – Hector MacFadyen Trio
Isle of Skye – (The Royal Hotel, Portree) - 2nd March 06 – Fraser McGlynn Duo
Islesteps (The Embassy Hotel) – 7th March 06 – Blair Gardiner Quartet
Kelso (Cross Keys Hotel) – 29th March 06 – Elizabeth McLay Band
Kintore (Torryburn Hotel) – 1st March 06 – Scott Gordon Trio
Ladybank (Railway Tavern) - 16th March 06 – Alan Small & Pupils
Lanark (Ravenstruther Hall) - 27th March 06 – Neil MacEachern SDB
Langholm (Crown Hotel) – 8th March 06 – Marian Anderson SDB
Lewis & Harris (Stornoway Legion) - 2nd March 06 – Club Night
Livingston (Hilcroft Hotel, Whitburn) 21st March 06 – Orwell CB
Lockerbie (Queen’s Hotel) - 28th March 06 – Colin Garvin Trio
Mauchline (Harry Lyle Suite) - 21st March 06 – Dochie McCallum Trio
Montrose (Park Hotel) –
Newburgh (The Ship Inn) - 30th March 06 – Marian Anderson SDB
Newmill-on-Teviot (Newmill Country Inn) - 1st March 06 – West Telferton CB
Newtongrange (Dean Tavern) – 27th March 06 – Karen Hannah Duo
North East (Royal British Legion, Keith) – 7th March 06 – Jennifer Forrest SDB 24th March 06 – Annual Dance to Graeme Mitchell
Oban (McTavish’s Kitchen) – 9th March 06 – Deoch ‘n’ Dorus
Orkney (Ayre Hotel, Kirkwall) –
Peebles (Rugby Club) – 30th March 06 – Dochie McCallum & Friends
Perth (Salutation Hotel) – 21st March 06 – Gary Donaldson SDB
Phoenix (Argyll Arms hotel, Ardrishaig)
Premier NI (Chimney Corner Hotel) - 7th March 06 – Paud Griffen
Renfrew (Masonic Hall, Broadloan) – 14th March 06 – Nicky McMichan Trio 24th March 06 – Dance to Marian Anderson Trio
Rothbury (Queen’s Head) - 2nd March 06 – Susan MacFadyen Trio
Scottish Accordion Music (Banchory) -
Selkirk (Cricket Club) - 9th March 06 – Dick Black Band
Shetland (Shetland Hotel, Lerwick) -
Stonehouse (Bowling Club) - 1st March 06 – Bon Accords
Sutherland (Rogart Hall) -
Thornhill (Bowling Club Hall) - 14th March 06 – David Scott Trio
Thurso (Pentland Hotel) – 6th March 06 – David Vernon
Turriff (Royal British Legion) – 2nd March 06 – Nicol McLaren SDB
Tynedale (Hexham Ex Service Club) – 16th March 06 – Dick Black Band
West Barnes (West Barnes Inn) 9th March 06 – Ian Shepherd
Wick (MacKay’s Hotel) – 21st March 06 – Daniel McPhee Band
THERE WERE CLUB REPORTS FROM :-
1. Aberdeen
2. Alnwick
3. Annan
4. Arbroath
5. Balloch
6. Banchory
7. Belford
8. Biggar
9. Blairgowrie
10. Bromley
11. Button-Key
12. Campsie
13. Castle Douglas
14. Coalburn
15. Crieff
16. Cults
17. Dingwall
18. Dunfermline
19. Dunoon & Cowal
20. Fintry
21. Forfar
22. Forres
23. Galashiels
24. Galston
25. Glendale
26. Glenrothes
27. Gretna
28. Haddington
29. Highland
30. Inveraray
31. Isle of Skye
32. Islesteps
33. Kintore
34. Ladybank
35. Lanark
36. Lewis & Harris
37. Livingston
38. Lockerbie
39. Mauchline
40. Montrose
41. Newburgh
42. Newmill
43. Newtongrange
44. North East
45. Oban
46. Peebles
47. Premier
48. Renfrew
49. Rothbury
50. Shetland
51. Stonehouse
52. Thornhill
53. Turriff
54. West Barnes
55. Wick
CLUB DIRECTORY AS AT OCT 2004
(Clubs didn’t necessarily notify the Assoc when they closed so the following may not be entirely correct. Only the clubs submitting the reports or in the Club Diary above were definitely open.)
1. Aberdeen A&F Club (1975 – present)
2. Alnwick A&F Club (Aug 1975 – present)
3. Annan A&F Club (joined Assoc in 1996 but started 1985 – present)
4. Arbroath A&F Club (1991? – present)
5. Armadale A&F Club (Oct 1978? or 80) originally called Bathgate Club (for 2 months) Closed early 08-09
6. Balloch A&F Club (Sept 1972 – per January 1978 issue – present)
7. Banchory A&F Club (1978 – present)
8. Banff & District A&F Club (Oct 1973 – present)
9. Beith & District A&F Club (Sept 1972 – per first edition – present)
10. Belford A&F Club (joined Sept 1982)
11. Biggar A&F Club (Oct 1974 – present)
12. Blairgowrie A&F Club (
13. Brittania B&F Club ( joined 07-08
14. Bromley A&F Club (joined 95-96 – closed early 08-09)
15. Button Key A&F Club (
16. Campsie A&F Club (Nov 95 – present)
17. Carlisle A&F Club (joined Sept 1993 -
18. Castle Douglas A&F Club (c Sept 1980 – present)
19. Coalburn A&F Club (
20. Crathes (aka Scottish Accordion Music – Crathes) (Nov 1997 -
21. Crieff A&F Club (cSept 1981)
22. Cults A & F Club (
23. Dalriada A&F Club (Feb 1981)
24. Dingwall & District A&F Club (May 1979 – per first report)
25. Dunblane & District A&F Club (1971 – present)
26. Dunfermline & District A&F Club (1974 – per first edition)
27. Dunoon & Cowal A&F Club (
28. Duns A&F Club (formed 20th Sept 04 – present)
29. East Kilbride A&F Club (Sept 1980 – Closed 04/05)
30. Ellon A&F Club (
31. Fintry A&F Club (Dec 1972 – reformed Jan 1980 – present)
32. Forfar A&F Club (
33. Forres A&F Club (Jan 1978)
34. Galashiels A&F Club (joined Sept 1982 - present)
35. Galston A&F Club (Oct 1969 – per first edition – closed March 2006)
36. Glendale Accordion Club (Jan 1973)
37. Glenfarg A&F Club (formed 1988 joined Assoc Mar 95 -
38. Glenrothes A&F Club (Mar 93?
39. Gretna A&F Club (1991) Known as North Cumbria A&F Club previously (originally called Gretna when started in June 1966 but later had to move to venues in the North of England and changed name. No breaks in the continuity of the Club)
40. Haddington A&F Club (formed Feb 2005 - )
41. Highland A&F Club (Inverness) (Nov 1973 – present)
42. Inveraray A&F Club (Feb 1991 - present)
43. Islesteps A&F Club (Jan 1981 – present – n.b. evolved from the original Dumfries Club)
44. Isle of Skye A&F Club (June 1983 – present)
45. Kelso A&F Club (May 1976 – present)
46. Kintore A&F Club (
47. Ladybank A&F Club (joined Apr 98 but formed earlier
48. Lanark A&F Club (joined Sept 96 – closed March 2015)
49. Langholm A&F Club (Oct 1967 - present)
50. Lewis & Harris A&F Club (Aug 1994 -
51. Livingston A&F Club (Sept 1973 – present)
52. Lockerbie A&F Club (Nov 1973 - present)
53. Maine Valley A&F Club (
54. Mauchline A&F Club (Sept 1983 - present)
55. Montrose A&F Club (joined Sept 1982 - present)
56. Newburgh A&F Club (joined 2002 but founded
57. Newmill-on-Teviot (Hawick) (Formed late 1988 joined Assoc 1999
58. Newtongrange A&F Club (joined Sept 1977 - present)
59. North East A&F Club aka Keith A&FC (Sept 1971 - present)
60. Oban A&F Club (Nov 1975 - present)
61. Orkney A&F Club (Mar 1978 - present)
62. Peebles A&F Club (26 Nov 1981 - present)
63. Perth & District A&F Club (Aug 1970 - present)
64. Premier A&F Club NI (April 1980)
65. Phoenix A&F Club, Ardrishaig (Dec 2004 -
66. Renfrew A&F Club (1984 -
67. Rothbury Accordion Club (7th Feb 1974) orig called Coquetdale
68. Selkirk A&F Club (
69. Shetland A&F Club (Sept 1978 - present)
70. Stonehouse A&F Club (first report June 05 -
71. Sutherland A&F Club (
72. Thornhill A&F Club (joined Oct 1983 – see Nov 83 edition – closed April 2014)
73. Thurso A&F Club (Oct 1981 - present)
74. Turriff A&F Club (March 1982 - present)
75. Tynedale A&F Club (Nov 1980 - present)
76. West Barnes ( - present)
77. Wick A&F Club (Oct 1975 - present)
Not on official list at the start of the season (closed, did not renew membership or omitted in error?)
78. Acharacle & District A&F Club (cMay 1988)
79. Ayr A&F Club (Nov 1983 – per Nov 83 edition) Closed
80. Bonchester Accordion Club (Closed?)
81. Bridge of Allan (Walmer) A&F Club (Walmer Hotel, Bridge of Allan) (c March 1982)
82. Brigmill A&F Club (Oct 1990) Closed
83. Buchan A&F Club
84 Callander A&F Club (
85 Campbeltown & District A&F Club (c Dec 1980)
86 Cleland (cNov 1981 – March 1985) originally called Drumpellier A&F Club (for 2 months)
87 Club Accord
88 Coquetdale A&F Club (Feb 1974 or c1976/77 – 1981/2? – became Rothbury?)
89. Coupar Angus A&F Club (cSept 1978 - ?)
90. Cumnock A&F Club (October 1976 - forced to close cDec 1982 - see Jan 83 Editorial)
91. Denny & Dunipace A&F Club (Feb 1981)
92. Derwentside A&F Club
93. Dornoch A&F Club (first mention in directory 1986)
94. Dumfries Accordion Club (Oughtons) (April 1965 at the Hole in the Wa’)
95. Dunbar Cement Works A&F Club (Closed?)
96. Dundee & District A&F Club (1970? – 1995?)
97. Edinburgh A&F Club (Apr 1981) prev called Chrissie Leatham A&F Club (Oct 1980)
98. Falkirk A&F Club (Sept 1978 - )
99. Fort William A&F Club (21st Oct 1980 – per Dec 1980 B&F)
100. Gorebridge (cNov 1981) originally called Arniston A&F Club (for 2 months)
101. Greenhead Accordion Club (on the A69 between Brampton and Haltwistle)
102. Islay A&F Club (23 Apr 93 -
103. Kirriemuir A&F Club (cSept 1981)
104. Lesmahagow A&F Club (Nov 1979 – closed May 2005)
105. M.A.F.I.A. (1966 – 1993?)
106. Monklands A&F Club (Nov 1978 – closed cApril 1983)
107. Morecambe A&F Club (joined Sept 1982)
108. Muirhead A&F Club (Dec 1994 -
109. Mull A&F Club
110. Newcastleton Accordion Club
111. New Cumnock A&F Club (cMarch 1979)
112. Newton St Boswells Accordion Club (17th Oct 1972 see Apr 1984 obituary for Angus Park)
113. Ormiston Miners’ Welfare Society A&F Club (closed April 1992 – per Sept Editorial)
114. Reading Scottish Fiddlers (cMarch 1997
115. Renfrew A&F Club (original club 1974/5 lapsed after a few years then again in 1984)
116. Stirling A&F Club (Oct 1991 – closed 20000/01?)
117. Straiton Accordion Club (c1968 – closed March 1979)
118. Stranraer & District Accordion Club (1974 – per first edition)
119. Torthorwald A&F Club (near Dumfries)
120. Tranent A&F Club
121. Vancouver
122. Walmer (Bridge of Allan) A&F Club
123. Wellbank A&F Club
124. Yarrow (prev known as Etterick & Yarrow) (Jan 1989 – closed 2001/02)
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The main features in the above issue were as follows (this is not a comprehensive detail of all it contained. The Club reports, in particular, are too time consuming at this stage to retype).
Editorial
This is another jam-packed issue. Heather McLean and Jock Thomson had a great time at the Sir Jimmy Shand Tribute Day, we can read all about this year’s Up-Helly-Aa, and Clyde Johnston has sent us a report from the Northern Ireland Accordion Championships. Finlay Forbes urges us all to go to Stirling Summer School, and Billy McIsaac tells us about his transition from 70s pop star to Scottish film maker. We publish two very fitting obituaries to Dr. Sandy Tulloch from Tom Clark and Ian Thomson.
It’s time to vote again for the Box and Fiddle Awards – and to book your place for the fantastic Celebrity Luncheon in The Huntingtower Hotel. Your voting slips are in this issue. We are delighted that our Guests of Honour, Jack Cooper, Jack Delaney and Davie Flockhart have all accepted and will be there on the day. Tickets for this event sell out very quickly indeed – so don’t delay.
Karin Ingram
Sir Jimmy Shand Tribute Day
by Heather McLean
The fifth year of this wonderful event…….
Greetings from Inverness
by Margo MacLennan
The Inverness traditional music classes………..
The Piping Shrike
by Jean Lumsden
We have all been having a holiday……
Here’s Tae Lochaber
by Billy McIsaac
After the massive success of the compilation CD Here’s Tae Us and handing over a cheque…..
Dr Sandy Tulloch (1918 – 2006)
by Tom Clark (Dundee) & Ian Thomson (Fife)
A large crowd of people from many different parts of the country were gathered at the Dundee Crematorium on Wednesday 25th January to pay their respects and final tribute to Sandy Tulloch, one of the best known personalities of the Scottish music scene over many years.
It is difficult to know just where to begin to tell the story of this man who was so talented in so many ways. I first met Sandy around about 1954, shortly after he came to Dundee to take up his post as Consultant Eye Specialist. We met through a mutual friend, George McKelvie, accordionist in the famous Shand Band. For a number of years we played for Scottish dancing in the Dundee area. (Sometimes we enlisted members of the Shand Band when available). Sandy was always meticulously fussy, even at that time, about the tunes we were playing. Everything he did had to be done to the best he was capable of, something I would come to appreciate more as I came to know him better. At that time when I first came to know Sandy, I was a young engineering apprentice and believed that I knew something about the business – that was until I discovered how much of an expert engineer Sandy was. His engineering workshop in the attic was worth seeing.
Lathe, drilling machine, planning machine, gear cutting etc. He was an expert model maker and when he decided to make a model of a particular ship, for example, everything had to be an exact scale copy of the original, even to obtaining materials such as timber from the same source as the original. Some of his models were on display in Dundee Museum.
Sandy’s creative skills extended to fiddle making. Angus Fitchet was so taken by one of them that he wrote a tune for Sandy – a polka, Sandy’s New Fiddle.
I think Sandy’s interest in Scottish music was due mainly to his association with Sir Jimmy Shand. They met in the old Forbes’ Music Shop, off Victoria Road in Dundee, when Jimmy was an accordion demonstrator. The friendship between them and their families was to last a lifetime, and after Jimmy’s death Sandy became Chairman of the Sir Jimmy Shand Sculpture Project which raised more than £40,000 to erect the bronze statue of Sir Jimmy in his home town of Auchtermuchty.
Arguably, Sandy’s greatest contribution to the music was when being the unofficial librarian for band leaders. After retiring he seemed to pour himself into this, cataloguing and recording every detail. I doubt if there is a band leaders who hasn’t over the years made us of Sandy’s knowledge and detailed information. All that was needed was to whistle a tune over the phone and he would give the name of the tune, composer and publisher. Sometimes there was a story attached to the tune – he would give that as well.
In his ‘spare time’ Sandy was a regular hill walker and sometimes a climber to Munro height. He was an honorary life member of the Dundee Western Club, and I had the pleasure of playing with him at their annual Burns Suppers for more than 40 years until shortly before his death.
Sandy seemed to manage to fit in all his activities even when still a very busy eye specialist.
Sandy was born in Montrose, educated at Montrose Academy and St Andrew’s University, where he graduated in medicine. He served in the R.A.M.C. during the war. After demob he spent some time in Glasgow where he was eye specialist from Argyll and the Isles before returning to Dundee as consultant eye specialist.
Sandy is survived by his daughters Morag, Kay and Joan and son Sandy. There are 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. So he also made his contribution to society in general!
Sandy will always be remembered with respect by all of us who were privileged to have known him. This photograph hangs framed on the wall in the Eye Department at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. A fitting memorial to a man of seemingly limitless talents.
Tom Clark
Dr Alexander K. Tulloch MB, ChB, DOMS. Retired eye consultant, late of Dundee and known to many as Sandy Tulloch, died on 19th January 2006. His funeral service was attended by a very large number of mourners, including many well-kmown faces from the Scottish Dance band scene, which illustrated how highly respected he was in many parts of the country. Sandy was born in Montrose and won a bursary for St Andrew’s University to study medicine, in particular ophthalmology. After graduating, his first post was at Maryfield Hospital, Dundee but he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps at the beginning of World War Two when he served as a Captain in both France and Germany till his release from service in 1946. He then took up the position of eye consultant, covering Argyll and the Inner Isles prior to his move to Dundee in 1953. With the opening of Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, Sandy became the Senior Eye Consultant, a post he held till his early retirement in 1981 which he took to nurse his wife Dorothy, who sadly died in 1983.
From an early age Sandy had taken a great interest in Scottish accordion music. He was a great exponent of the 3-row Shand Morino, both as a player and in his knowledge of the instrument, possessing one of the first instruments brought into this country. Sandy was a very close friend of Jimmy Shand, a friendship that started way back in the early forties, and Jimmy was often heard paying tribute to Sandy’s skill both as a player and his knowledge of Scottish dance music. Many danceband leader’s were grateful for Sandy’s help when preparing the contents of a broadcast. He derived great pleasure from ‘sitting in’ with various dance bands playing at dances e.g. Sir Jimmy Shand, Jimmy Shand Jnr, Ian Cruickshank, Ian Holmes, Bruce Lindsay, Jim MacKay and Fergie MacDonald to name but a few.
Because of his long association with Sir Jimmy, Sandy readily accepted the Chair of the Sir Jimmy Shand Sculpture Project. He was instrumental in helping other musicians raise funds for charity and helped Jimmy Shand Jnr with the Tribute Concerts in St Andrews in memory of his father.
Windygates Button-Key Accordion and Fiddle club, of which Sandy was an Honorary member who opened every Club night by leading the other players in a stramash, will miss his presence.
Dr. Sandy Tulloch will be greatly missed in the Scottish Accordion and Fiddle Club scene, but the Tulloch name will continue, as Sandy is survived by three daughters, a son, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, some of whom are musically talented.
Ian Thomson (Fife)
The Wee Melodeon
by David Monteith
I’m just a wee melodeon
My name is Double Ray
My father’s name is Hohner
An’ he lives in Germany
I lived there tae for quite a while
An’ aye, I liked it fine
My hame it wis a bonny place
Beside the River Rhine
For years I must admit
I wis my father’s pride an’ joy
Aye, music fine he played on me,
I really wis the boy!
Then brither Tricord cam along
An’ he thocht o’ me nae mair
For years I sat around
An’ gathered stoor upon the flair
So I said tae him ae summer’s nicht-
“if this is a’ yer game
An’ if I’m nae mair yis tae ye
I’m a’ for leavin’ hame”
He never even said a word-
An’ it really got my goat
So I packed my bag that very nicht
An’ caught the river boat
I sailed a’ nicht an’ a’ next day
Aye roond a thousand bends
I then arrived in Rotterdam –
That’s whar the river ends
I had a look around the place
An’ stayed there for a week
But prospects there tae get a job
Were really fairly bleak
Twas then I thocht it’s no much fun
Bein’ here upon my tod
Noo that I’ve really come this far
I think I’ll go abroad!
So I got upon a muckle boat
Tae sail across the sea
It only took a day or twa
An’ I landed in Dundee
Weel here I wis on foreign soil
An’ naething tae my name
I couldna understand a word –
And nae place tae ca’ hame
But then, as if fate played its hand
My bad luck it did stop –
‘Twas then I met a man ca’d Forbes
Who had a music shop
He took me hame an’ spruced me up
An’ on the next day – Monday
At his shop in the Nethergate –
He stuck me in his windie
I had a fair look roond aboot –
For I wisna’ there myself
There wis banjos, flutes an’ fiddles
An’ moothorgans there as well
I sat aboot – for near a week
But on the Saturday
A teuchter chiel cam in the door
An’ asked me oot tae play
He strapped me on his shither
An’ he rived me oot an’ in
He didna’ play much music
But he kicked up quite a din
Weel, I wis just a bit fed up
Ma ribs were getting’ sair
I wis prayin’ he widna tak’ me hame
For I couldna stand much mair!
I wis glad he didna’ buy me –
Si I wis aff the hook –
I wis pit back in the windie
Tae let others hae a look
Weel two three weeks gaed slippin’ by
An’ it wis plain tae see
There wisna’ mony folk aboot
That were interested in me
‘till ae efternoon this lad cam in
I wis pleased tae hear him say –
Dae ye think I can hae a try
O’ that fine wee Double Ray
Weel Mr Forbes, he pu’d the shutters back
An’ took me frae the windie
Twas then I thocht, here goes again
Anither rantin’ shindy
It turned oot that I wis wrang
Tae think the very worst
But I thocht aboot the ‘teuchter lad’
Wha my ribs had nearly burst
This lad he had an honest face
A canny, couthy cratur –
A humble sort o’ workin’ lad
Wi’ a gentle kind o’ nature
He picked me up wi’ gentle care
An’ pit me on his knee
He quietly moved me oot an’ in
An’ played wi’ muckle glee
I couldna’ really quite believe
The soond that he wis makin’
Nae rantin’ rivin’ oot an’ in
A’ jist – wi gentle shakin’
I didnae ken it at the time
But noo I understand
That I’d been in the ‘magic’ hands
O’ ane ca’d ‘JIMMY SHAND’
Since then I’ve been a’ ower the place
An’ traveled far an’ wide
I’ve been in mony a village hall
In this braw countryside
I’ve been played by mony a bothy loon
An’ in mony a Scottish band
But I’ll ne’r forget the afternoon
I spent wi’ JIMMY SHAND
O’ aye I’m getting on in years
I’ve turned thirty – twice
I noo bide wi’ an’ auld lad Dave
Wha lives in Tannadice
Altho’ he treats me wi’ respect
I really have tae say
I ken he tries tae dae his best –
But he really canna play
Not Quite a Busman’s holiday
by Finlay Forbes
I don’t know about other readers…………..
Up-Helly-Aa 2006
by
Up-Helly-Aa this year, as always, was held……….
Northern Ireland Open Accordion Championships
by Clyde Johnston
The 9th North Ireland ………..
CD Reviews – See Hear with Judith Linton
Scottish Dances Vol 13 – Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw SDB – HRMCD513 – Highlander Music
Hebridean Ceilidh Vol 2 – Ian ‘Tonkan’ MacDonald
On The Spree – David Bowen – DABODB002 – DABO Recordings
Take the Floor – Saturday Evenings 19.05 – 20.30 with Robbie Shepherd
4th March 06 – Tom Orr SDB (OB from Lanark Memorial Hall with Guests Ross Thomson & David Vernon)
11th March 06 – Gordon Shand SDB (The Musselburgh Festival Concert)
18th March 06 – Colin Dewar SDB (Musselburgh Festival, the Band Competition)
25th March 06 – Niall Kirkpatrick CB (OB from the Skye Gathering Hall with guests Sarah Naylor & The Strath Gaelic Choir)
CLUB DIARY
Aberdeen (Westburn Park Lounge) – 28th March 06 – Graeme Mitchell SDB (6 piece)
Alnwick (The Farrier’s Arms – Shilbottle)
Annan (St Andrew’s Social Club) - 19th March 06 – Brian Griffin
Arbroath (Viewfield Hotel) - 5th March 06 – AGM & Club Night
Armadale (Masonic Hall) – 2nd March 06 – Ian Cruickshanks SDB
Balloch (St. Kessog’s Church Hall) – 19th March 06 – Tom Alexander
Banchory (Burnett Arms Hotel) – 27th March 06 – ‘Tribute’ Duncan Black, Marie & Owen Fielding
Banff & District (Banff Springs Hotel) – 22nd March 06 – Tommy Newcomen
Beith & District (Anderson Hotel) – 20th March 06 – Joanie McLaughlin
Belford (Community Centre) – 30th March 06 - tbc
Biggar (Municipal Hall) – 12th March 06 – Tom Orr SDB
Blairgowrie (Moorfield Hotel) - 14th March 06 - tbc
Bromley (Trinity United Reform Church) - 14th March 06 – Stuart Forbes & Friends
Button Key (Windygates Institute) – 9th March 06 – Jimmy Lindsay SDB
Campsie (Glazert Country House Hotel) - 7th March 06 – Ian Hutson SDB
Carlisle (St Margaret Mary’s Social Club) -
Castle Douglas (Urr Valley Country House Hotel) – 21st March 06 – Tom Orr SDB
Coalburn (Miners’ Welfare) - 16th March 06 – Nicol McLaren SDB
Crieff & District (Crieff Hotel) 2nd March 06 – Bill Black SDB
Cults (Culter Sports & Social Club) 8th March 06 – Burns Brothers Trio
Dalriada (Argyll Hotel, Lochgilphead)
Dingwall (National Hotel) – 1st March 06 – Nicky McMichan Trio
Dunblane (Victoria Hall) – 15th March 06 - Gordon
Dunfermline (Headwell Bowling Club) – 14th March 06 – Dick Black Band 24th March 06 – Dance to John Morgan
Dunoon & Cowal (McColl’s Hotel)
Duns (Masonic Lodge, Newtown St) 20th March 06 – Roddy Matthews
East Kilbride (Masonic Hall, Kittoch St) –
Ellon (Station Hotel) – 21st March 06 – Gordon Pattullo
Fintry (Fintry Sports Centre) – 27th March 06 – Karyn McCulloch
Forfar (Plough Inn) - 26th March 06 - tbc
Forres (Victoria Hotel) – 8th March 06 – West Telferton CB + Trio Competitions
Galashiels (Abbotsford Arms Hotel) – 2nd March 06 – John Fairbairn Memorial Night
Galston (Barr Castle Social Club) – 13th March 06 - tbc
Glendale (Black Bull Hotel, Wooler) – 16th March 06 – Lindsay Weir SDB
Glenfarg (Lomond Hotel) - 1st March 06 – Dave Husband Trio
Glenrothes (Victoria Hall, Coaltown of Balgownie) - 28th March 06 – Dochie McCallum & Friends
Gretna (Social & Athletic Club) - 5th March 06 – Gordon Pattullo
Haddington (Railway Inn) - 12th March 06 - GiveWay
Highland (Drumossie Hotel) – 20th March 06 – Susan MacFadyen Trio + Bands Competition
Inveraray (Argyll Hotel) - 8th March 06 – Hector MacFadyen Trio
Isle of Skye – (The Royal Hotel, Portree) - 2nd March 06 – Fraser McGlynn Duo
Islesteps (The Embassy Hotel) – 7th March 06 – Blair Gardiner Quartet
Kelso (Cross Keys Hotel) – 29th March 06 – Elizabeth McLay Band
Kintore (Torryburn Hotel) – 1st March 06 – Scott Gordon Trio
Ladybank (Railway Tavern) - 16th March 06 – Alan Small & Pupils
Lanark (Ravenstruther Hall) - 27th March 06 – Neil MacEachern SDB
Langholm (Crown Hotel) – 8th March 06 – Marian Anderson SDB
Lewis & Harris (Stornoway Legion) - 2nd March 06 – Club Night
Livingston (Hilcroft Hotel, Whitburn) 21st March 06 – Orwell CB
Lockerbie (Queen’s Hotel) - 28th March 06 – Colin Garvin Trio
Mauchline (Harry Lyle Suite) - 21st March 06 – Dochie McCallum Trio
Montrose (Park Hotel) –
Newburgh (The Ship Inn) - 30th March 06 – Marian Anderson SDB
Newmill-on-Teviot (Newmill Country Inn) - 1st March 06 – West Telferton CB
Newtongrange (Dean Tavern) – 27th March 06 – Karen Hannah Duo
North East (Royal British Legion, Keith) – 7th March 06 – Jennifer Forrest SDB 24th March 06 – Annual Dance to Graeme Mitchell
Oban (McTavish’s Kitchen) – 9th March 06 – Deoch ‘n’ Dorus
Orkney (Ayre Hotel, Kirkwall) –
Peebles (Rugby Club) – 30th March 06 – Dochie McCallum & Friends
Perth (Salutation Hotel) – 21st March 06 – Gary Donaldson SDB
Phoenix (Argyll Arms hotel, Ardrishaig)
Premier NI (Chimney Corner Hotel) - 7th March 06 – Paud Griffen
Renfrew (Masonic Hall, Broadloan) – 14th March 06 – Nicky McMichan Trio 24th March 06 – Dance to Marian Anderson Trio
Rothbury (Queen’s Head) - 2nd March 06 – Susan MacFadyen Trio
Scottish Accordion Music (Banchory) -
Selkirk (Cricket Club) - 9th March 06 – Dick Black Band
Shetland (Shetland Hotel, Lerwick) -
Stonehouse (Bowling Club) - 1st March 06 – Bon Accords
Sutherland (Rogart Hall) -
Thornhill (Bowling Club Hall) - 14th March 06 – David Scott Trio
Thurso (Pentland Hotel) – 6th March 06 – David Vernon
Turriff (Royal British Legion) – 2nd March 06 – Nicol McLaren SDB
Tynedale (Hexham Ex Service Club) – 16th March 06 – Dick Black Band
West Barnes (West Barnes Inn) 9th March 06 – Ian Shepherd
Wick (MacKay’s Hotel) – 21st March 06 – Daniel McPhee Band
THERE WERE CLUB REPORTS FROM :-
1. Aberdeen
2. Alnwick
3. Annan
4. Arbroath
5. Balloch
6. Banchory
7. Belford
8. Biggar
9. Blairgowrie
10. Bromley
11. Button-Key
12. Campsie
13. Castle Douglas
14. Coalburn
15. Crieff
16. Cults
17. Dingwall
18. Dunfermline
19. Dunoon & Cowal
20. Fintry
21. Forfar
22. Forres
23. Galashiels
24. Galston
25. Glendale
26. Glenrothes
27. Gretna
28. Haddington
29. Highland
30. Inveraray
31. Isle of Skye
32. Islesteps
33. Kintore
34. Ladybank
35. Lanark
36. Lewis & Harris
37. Livingston
38. Lockerbie
39. Mauchline
40. Montrose
41. Newburgh
42. Newmill
43. Newtongrange
44. North East
45. Oban
46. Peebles
47. Premier
48. Renfrew
49. Rothbury
50. Shetland
51. Stonehouse
52. Thornhill
53. Turriff
54. West Barnes
55. Wick
CLUB DIRECTORY AS AT OCT 2004
(Clubs didn’t necessarily notify the Assoc when they closed so the following may not be entirely correct. Only the clubs submitting the reports or in the Club Diary above were definitely open.)
1. Aberdeen A&F Club (1975 – present)
2. Alnwick A&F Club (Aug 1975 – present)
3. Annan A&F Club (joined Assoc in 1996 but started 1985 – present)
4. Arbroath A&F Club (1991? – present)
5. Armadale A&F Club (Oct 1978? or 80) originally called Bathgate Club (for 2 months) Closed early 08-09
6. Balloch A&F Club (Sept 1972 – per January 1978 issue – present)
7. Banchory A&F Club (1978 – present)
8. Banff & District A&F Club (Oct 1973 – present)
9. Beith & District A&F Club (Sept 1972 – per first edition – present)
10. Belford A&F Club (joined Sept 1982)
11. Biggar A&F Club (Oct 1974 – present)
12. Blairgowrie A&F Club (
13. Brittania B&F Club ( joined 07-08
14. Bromley A&F Club (joined 95-96 – closed early 08-09)
15. Button Key A&F Club (
16. Campsie A&F Club (Nov 95 – present)
17. Carlisle A&F Club (joined Sept 1993 -
18. Castle Douglas A&F Club (c Sept 1980 – present)
19. Coalburn A&F Club (
20. Crathes (aka Scottish Accordion Music – Crathes) (Nov 1997 -
21. Crieff A&F Club (cSept 1981)
22. Cults A & F Club (
23. Dalriada A&F Club (Feb 1981)
24. Dingwall & District A&F Club (May 1979 – per first report)
25. Dunblane & District A&F Club (1971 – present)
26. Dunfermline & District A&F Club (1974 – per first edition)
27. Dunoon & Cowal A&F Club (
28. Duns A&F Club (formed 20th Sept 04 – present)
29. East Kilbride A&F Club (Sept 1980 – Closed 04/05)
30. Ellon A&F Club (
31. Fintry A&F Club (Dec 1972 – reformed Jan 1980 – present)
32. Forfar A&F Club (
33. Forres A&F Club (Jan 1978)
34. Galashiels A&F Club (joined Sept 1982 - present)
35. Galston A&F Club (Oct 1969 – per first edition – closed March 2006)
36. Glendale Accordion Club (Jan 1973)
37. Glenfarg A&F Club (formed 1988 joined Assoc Mar 95 -
38. Glenrothes A&F Club (Mar 93?
39. Gretna A&F Club (1991) Known as North Cumbria A&F Club previously (originally called Gretna when started in June 1966 but later had to move to venues in the North of England and changed name. No breaks in the continuity of the Club)
40. Haddington A&F Club (formed Feb 2005 - )
41. Highland A&F Club (Inverness) (Nov 1973 – present)
42. Inveraray A&F Club (Feb 1991 - present)
43. Islesteps A&F Club (Jan 1981 – present – n.b. evolved from the original Dumfries Club)
44. Isle of Skye A&F Club (June 1983 – present)
45. Kelso A&F Club (May 1976 – present)
46. Kintore A&F Club (
47. Ladybank A&F Club (joined Apr 98 but formed earlier
48. Lanark A&F Club (joined Sept 96 – closed March 2015)
49. Langholm A&F Club (Oct 1967 - present)
50. Lewis & Harris A&F Club (Aug 1994 -
51. Livingston A&F Club (Sept 1973 – present)
52. Lockerbie A&F Club (Nov 1973 - present)
53. Maine Valley A&F Club (
54. Mauchline A&F Club (Sept 1983 - present)
55. Montrose A&F Club (joined Sept 1982 - present)
56. Newburgh A&F Club (joined 2002 but founded
57. Newmill-on-Teviot (Hawick) (Formed late 1988 joined Assoc 1999
58. Newtongrange A&F Club (joined Sept 1977 - present)
59. North East A&F Club aka Keith A&FC (Sept 1971 - present)
60. Oban A&F Club (Nov 1975 - present)
61. Orkney A&F Club (Mar 1978 - present)
62. Peebles A&F Club (26 Nov 1981 - present)
63. Perth & District A&F Club (Aug 1970 - present)
64. Premier A&F Club NI (April 1980)
65. Phoenix A&F Club, Ardrishaig (Dec 2004 -
66. Renfrew A&F Club (1984 -
67. Rothbury Accordion Club (7th Feb 1974) orig called Coquetdale
68. Selkirk A&F Club (
69. Shetland A&F Club (Sept 1978 - present)
70. Stonehouse A&F Club (first report June 05 -
71. Sutherland A&F Club (
72. Thornhill A&F Club (joined Oct 1983 – see Nov 83 edition – closed April 2014)
73. Thurso A&F Club (Oct 1981 - present)
74. Turriff A&F Club (March 1982 - present)
75. Tynedale A&F Club (Nov 1980 - present)
76. West Barnes ( - present)
77. Wick A&F Club (Oct 1975 - present)
Not on official list at the start of the season (closed, did not renew membership or omitted in error?)
78. Acharacle & District A&F Club (cMay 1988)
79. Ayr A&F Club (Nov 1983 – per Nov 83 edition) Closed
80. Bonchester Accordion Club (Closed?)
81. Bridge of Allan (Walmer) A&F Club (Walmer Hotel, Bridge of Allan) (c March 1982)
82. Brigmill A&F Club (Oct 1990) Closed
83. Buchan A&F Club
84 Callander A&F Club (
85 Campbeltown & District A&F Club (c Dec 1980)
86 Cleland (cNov 1981 – March 1985) originally called Drumpellier A&F Club (for 2 months)
87 Club Accord
88 Coquetdale A&F Club (Feb 1974 or c1976/77 – 1981/2? – became Rothbury?)
89. Coupar Angus A&F Club (cSept 1978 - ?)
90. Cumnock A&F Club (October 1976 - forced to close cDec 1982 - see Jan 83 Editorial)
91. Denny & Dunipace A&F Club (Feb 1981)
92. Derwentside A&F Club
93. Dornoch A&F Club (first mention in directory 1986)
94. Dumfries Accordion Club (Oughtons) (April 1965 at the Hole in the Wa’)
95. Dunbar Cement Works A&F Club (Closed?)
96. Dundee & District A&F Club (1970? – 1995?)
97. Edinburgh A&F Club (Apr 1981) prev called Chrissie Leatham A&F Club (Oct 1980)
98. Falkirk A&F Club (Sept 1978 - )
99. Fort William A&F Club (21st Oct 1980 – per Dec 1980 B&F)
100. Gorebridge (cNov 1981) originally called Arniston A&F Club (for 2 months)
101. Greenhead Accordion Club (on the A69 between Brampton and Haltwistle)
102. Islay A&F Club (23 Apr 93 -
103. Kirriemuir A&F Club (cSept 1981)
104. Lesmahagow A&F Club (Nov 1979 – closed May 2005)
105. M.A.F.I.A. (1966 – 1993?)
106. Monklands A&F Club (Nov 1978 – closed cApril 1983)
107. Morecambe A&F Club (joined Sept 1982)
108. Muirhead A&F Club (Dec 1994 -
109. Mull A&F Club
110. Newcastleton Accordion Club
111. New Cumnock A&F Club (cMarch 1979)
112. Newton St Boswells Accordion Club (17th Oct 1972 see Apr 1984 obituary for Angus Park)
113. Ormiston Miners’ Welfare Society A&F Club (closed April 1992 – per Sept Editorial)
114. Reading Scottish Fiddlers (cMarch 1997
115. Renfrew A&F Club (original club 1974/5 lapsed after a few years then again in 1984)
116. Stirling A&F Club (Oct 1991 – closed 20000/01?)
117. Straiton Accordion Club (c1968 – closed March 1979)
118. Stranraer & District Accordion Club (1974 – per first edition)
119. Torthorwald A&F Club (near Dumfries)
120. Tranent A&F Club
121. Vancouver
122. Walmer (Bridge of Allan) A&F Club
123. Wellbank A&F Club
124. Yarrow (prev known as Etterick & Yarrow) (Jan 1989 – closed 2001/02)
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