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@johngraham912

5 ай бұрын

Bruce your cruden bay show was great magic to meet you and the woman was shocked in a good way with the tinder chat 🤣

@gijgij4541

5 ай бұрын

Bruce, why do you never come to perform this side of the rather modern border?

@GMT439

5 ай бұрын

Religion and history go hand in hand.. Because they are both fake.

@GMT439

5 ай бұрын

All CLAIMS in all your VIDEOS are Required... STORIES will not be Acceptable & SOLID PROVABLE FACTS.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

😜

When I'm in charge Bruce, St Andrew's day will be a puclic holiday of celebration, and it will be considered bad form to have Christmas displays or decorations until this date has passed.

@peepingsid2096

5 ай бұрын

Move it to June or July ☀️

@jacquelinemhanson4865

5 ай бұрын

I think that is a fabulous idea! When was the most important day in the life of St. Andrew?

@craigmclaughlin2607

5 ай бұрын

I'm with you Xmas can happen after st Andrew's day Not before

@jacqueline4905

5 ай бұрын

I agree Az 😂😂

@theRhinsRanger

5 ай бұрын

Sorry but im going to rule as king....just as my grandfather's did 😂

“The raid was only to borrow stuff” The way I burst out laughing

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

😜

Fun fact, the clouds that formed the cross were jet contrails from St Andrew's fighter jet that helped take out the Northumbirans.

@theoztreecrasher2647

5 ай бұрын

Well that's no more unlikely than any Religious Nutter's maniacal ravings! 😜🙄😁

@user-wr4ty7ww9n

5 ай бұрын

😂

@jbwhitebirch6620

5 ай бұрын

Works for me!

@lenabreijer1311

5 ай бұрын

UFOs!

@christopherbentley7289

5 ай бұрын

I thought that straight away. Were there such things as linear clouds before the age of powered flight?

My name is Andrej i'm from Macedonia and we celebrate St Andrej's on the 13th of December

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Bingo! Thanks for that

I really enjoy story time with Bruce as a start to my Saturday 😅 Happy Saturday all 😊

@eamonnclabby7067

5 ай бұрын

Happy Saturday to you...

Hello Bruce, my two favourite things are history and storytelling. You are the embodiment of both. Thank You so much.🥰

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you

@eamonnclabby7067

5 ай бұрын

That was a really nice thing to write...E..

Nice video! The fifteenth century Valois dukes of Burgundy also adopted Saint Andrew as their patron saint and used a red, saw-toothed saltire as a banner, but it seems to be unclear why they choose Andrew and his saltire. One theory is that Duke John the Fearless choose them to honour his Scottish soldiers led by the Earl of Mar and the Earl of Douglas.

St Andrews day is my wife’s birthday and my sister in law’s birthday. Always plenty of reason for a few beers. Hope you are well.👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍻

Wow love listen to history by Bruce he makes it more interesting,if he had been my history teacher I probably would be teaching Scottish history,thanks for reminding me history is fun and interesting Bruce 😊🙏

Great wee book to compliment this is (for me anyway) The Celtic Way of Evangelism by George G Hunter. Great reminder of how important the migration of Church, faith, learning and more came from the north and west rather than Canterbury. Just a wee setting the record out and straightening of history like Bruce does.

@danpictish5457

5 ай бұрын

Aye Great Job with our Christian faith!

Years ago, I read an English language summary of a study by a Greek scholar showing how the travels of St. Andrew were possible. Very interesting how Andrew could have traveled to Scotland, Russia, India and China on established trade routes. Not necessarily proof of visiting but proof that it was possible and stories of his visits might not all be fables.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Aye you'd need an explorer pass on the ferry

@lesmoody4427

5 ай бұрын

With the right travel advisor it’s not that difficult.

@gpandreasrichter2034

4 ай бұрын

Yes. I read this too. It is plausible. Andreas was north of the Black Sea and evangelized and he may came up north to the Baltic Sea. He should have entered a trading ship and landed on scottish shores for a short time. My name is Andreas, the greek original name of the scottish saint. I have a strong inner connection to the flag.

Very interesting indeed. To be honest, I am more of a Burns' Night person myself. I am extremely proud that we have a larger celebration for a poet than a saint.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

True

@elendil7

5 ай бұрын

I agree👍

@leighcecil3322

Ай бұрын

Poet's are saints... but don't admit it 🍻

My Scottish heritage is so remote that I don't even pretend to have a connection, But you are such a great story teller that I can't help but be interested in Scottish history. Now, my wife's maiden name is McClung and my daughters often bring this up and I find myself referring to the things I've learned here to talk about parts of their ancestry that are much more interesting than their mutt father's side.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Brilliant

Scottish Saltire, Union Jack, and the Rebel Flag all connected back to Scotland with that cross?! My American mind is blown! 😮😮😮

@Paulftate

5 ай бұрын

how about the bonnie flag

@PYDPIPER

5 ай бұрын

Never knew that about the confederate flag myself, amazing ehhh? .. yet nowadays it's seen as a racist flag.

@Paulftate

5 ай бұрын

@@PYDPIPER research the bonnie flag .. it was before the stars & bars

@PYDPIPER

5 ай бұрын

@@Paulftate : You learn something new every day, no matter what age you are ... lots of things make sense now ... Bonnie Scotland - Lone Star State ... thanks 👋

@Paulftate

5 ай бұрын

@@PYDPIPER never gave the "lone star" motto any thought .... that is relating to Scotland .. thanks for the insight ✌

"That's the kind of generosity Scots are known for." I spat out my drink so I didn't choke with laughter!

@alicemilne1444

5 ай бұрын

Aye. Been brainwashed a hae nae doubt.

@weemac4645

5 ай бұрын

What's the difference between a Scot and a coconut? You can get a drink from a coconut. 😂.

@bigboaby555

5 ай бұрын

fuck me , we do nothing but give

Hello Bruce, I enjoyed your story...as usual! Being a Presbyterian I am quite familiar with the St. Andrew's flag and knew about its ties to Scotland. However I have learned alot about its origins in Scottish history today! I really do not understand how historians can ignore so much really interesing history. Thankyou! Keep up the good work. 🇺🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Many thanks

Another fascinating video Bruce. As a Dumfriesshire man with many family links in Ayrshire, my preference is Burns night as well. Always been aware of St. Andrews day on 30th November, but never really celebrated it in any way. Never fail to celebrate Burns night on 25th January though and always have my haggis neeps and tatties 😁👍

As a Scot our wedding anniversary is Nov 30th that way I am sure to remember it and so far it's worked for 49 years

Thanks for another excellent story. You personify the ongoing molding of Scotland’s character by carrying on and blending the traditions of the bard and the griot.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Thank you for another great, educational video 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you for telling our story that pays some tribute to “history”, remembers our failures but stays true to the good things that make Scots Scots

Thank you again Bruce. You told me a few things I did not know. Its strange how folk think they know a story but it's just not the truth but the truth they were told.

Interesting tale, as always well told. The sky blue of the saltire prescribed is Pantone 300. Also, while maybe relegated, the Celtic saints weren’t forgotten. It’s said the Monymusk Reliquary residing at the national museum was carried into battle at Bannockburn.

AND...St Andrew built a truly legendary golf course.

Brilliant again Bruce. From an Englishman with Scottish roots, I just love the education I get from you

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Here to please😘

Fascinating history indeed. Just a minor point: The Confederate flag you show is the battle flag of Virginia, not the first flag of the Confederacy. Nor is it the "stars and bars" flag. They did have a Bonnie Blue flag though in 1861. As always, thanks for an entertaining start to a Saturday morning.

@megarural3000

5 ай бұрын

Thank you sir, was about to say the same but you had it covered.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

I know. I read up on the different incarnations of the Confederate flags, but in videos that are supposed to be compressed into 10-15 minutes I'm never going to please everyone

@Marcus-ki1en

5 ай бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Please don't think I am displeased, I love your content - just wanted you to know. A lot of people here make the same mistake - (many of them Southerners).

@elendil7

5 ай бұрын

​@@ScotlandHistoryTours That flag is bad news. Period.

My great grandfather, JJ Badenoch, helped found the Illinois St. Andrew's Society for the purpose of providing care and housing for the aged Scots people of Chicago. Several years ago, the then-president of the society contacted me and in our conversation he told me that JJ had attended 50 consecutive St. Andrew's Day Dinners. The St. Andrew's home for the aged is still functioning and the Illinois St. Andrew's Society still has an annual banquet.

I love your stories I cannot wait to go visit Scotland I will be there someday thank you for the wonderful stories 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@ScotlandHistoryTours

7 күн бұрын

Please do!

@diannramsay3674

5 күн бұрын

I have a very deep compassionate love for Scotland for some reason it keeps popping up into my life aye very unusual so I love the stories keep them rolling❣️❣️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

As a brit i must say hand on heart ,that the BEST holiday i have ever had was ....in john o groats North scotland .The house i stayed in was called " the captains house " and my next door neighbour was ......king charles !!!!!...no , i'm not joking , he has a castle called the castle of mey . To watch the sun set into the sea (try saying that after 4 beers 😁) was absolutely breath taking . Thankyou SCOTLAND for being so bloody beautiful. Peace out ✌

Now there’s a thought: let’s be nice to each other for a change and spread the wealth around under the Scottish flag. Another interesting, riveting story 🌞

Happy Saint Andrew's Day from Missouri. Thank you, Bruce, for another great show.

My Father of Scottish Ancester's and my older brother and his father before him where all named James and ariived during the Viking Age of Norse Scandinavian Folk ! When as a young lad l asked him how come I was named Andrew.....his response was because they ran out of Scottish Name's.

Terrific history! Great stuff! Keep it up.

I love the way you tell your history is so passionate and entertaining as well and that amazing that saltire is oldest flag that very cool. I love learning more about Scottish culture and history from you . I love history of British isles such rich amazing history . And that very much includes Scottish history too .

Quality output as always Bruce-fella

Pure gold. Thanks!

I have some very dear friends who are not Scottish at all (they’re Hazara Afghan, in fact) but loved the idea of the Highland Games I worked at as a reenactor. They never got a chance to go and have since moved very far away (New Zealand of all places), but this past Saint Andrew’s Day, they sent me a picture of their two little girls holding a Saltire they’d drawn in class; the girls had insisted on sending it to me because they remembered that my family was from Scotland. I nearly burst into tears right there in the gym, it was so sweet. 😭❤️

😂”don’t talk to me about spare parts”…”and a tooth away with ya” 😂 7:30

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

😜

I've listened to numerous of your videos and have always found them fascinating and very informative. Keep up the excellent work.

Found this really interesting and informative cheers mate from england

Love your channel Bruce. Your videos always make me swell with Scottish pride

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

I hope so

I was born in Athelstanford and I’ve never heard of St Andrew’s night. I was however baptised in the church here in your video. Thanks for the video.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

No way you've never heard of St Andrew's Day

@richardlove4287

5 ай бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours , definitely heard of St Andrew’s day, but not St Andrew’s night.

@lindaj5492

5 ай бұрын

@@richardlove4287Me too: Burns’ Night, but St Andrew’s Day. And I’ve never heard of haggis being associated with St Andrew’s Day as implied by image at start of video.

@richardlove4287

5 ай бұрын

@@lindaj5492 , I thought I was going a bit daft there not knowing about the celebrations on St Andrew’s night! lol. But I’m glad I’m not the only one that found the beginning of the video a bit strange.

Really fascinating stuff!

Brilliant story and lovely prose throughout 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Great video-Keep them coming-I love your historytelling

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Thanks, will do!

I want to know more about that tower (or I presume that’s what it was - the ochre coloured square but odd roofed building you were in near the end).

@Donstoy65

5 ай бұрын

A doocot

Brilliant mini doco mate ❤

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly

You missed that St Andrew is also the patron Saint of Rwanda. Our grandchildren are half Scottish and half Rwandan so a double celebration.

Excellent! Phenomenal! Concise simplicity! I love this video as it has bridged a significant gap ion my family's religious/military history. Thank you!!

Love your enthusiasm and sense of humour. Great storytelling.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Cheers

Excellent video Bruce, very informative 👍👍

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Much love from Chicago. St. Andrew is my personal patron saint too. Love your show and am I a new subscriber!

I wish you did a Podcast, I would listen to your voice all day! I love some Scottish History

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

What's the difference?

@NathanWooley

5 ай бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours I can listen to a Podcast easily while I am working. Or while I am commuting.

I've seen the flag in the sky a couple of times.

❤❤❤ love that "blue sky" above Scotland 😂😂😂

You do such a great service to history. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge in such a great manner.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Yes he helps a lot. Greetings from South East

Love Burns night of fine words and fine food 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Fascinating bit of history

Stories bind us together in so many ways. My assumption is that very few people today believe that St Andrew himself intervened in a battle in the 9th Century, but that idea has resonated for over a millennium. Although I will be drinking whisky at any gathering, Burns night is obviously a better celebration. But, if ye wish her gratefu’ prayer, Gie her a Haggis!

What an excellent episode. Thank you.

@eamonnclabby7067

5 ай бұрын

Seconded...

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Thank you

Always interesting videos

Always informative and enjoyable

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Glad you think so!

Hi Bruce, from Australia. I knew a bit of Column. I knew a bit less about Andrew but I did know enough to realise that St Columba was sure to get a mention in the tale. Thanks for filling in some details; I love to hear your stories. I’m a Burns Night man.

Great show I never fail to finish one of your videos without learning something more about Scottish history. I often watch and rewatch. The third times a charm

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Brilliant

I remember being told when a wee girl that the Saltire came about after a white cross was held up to the blue sky (probably by St Andrew).

Love all your videos. I really know nothing about the history of this little country I live in. I have a vast knowledge of Roman and Greek history 😂 Thanks for keeping me in the loop. Always informative, entertaining, and interesting 👍 👏

Not going to ask where you pull the ideas for your videos from, but brilliant as usual.

Hiya Bruce! I'se a Burns Nicht fella. Thank ye kindly for all of the stories. May ye hae a bonnie New Year!

Excellent recounting of the story.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

It's funny as i've never known anyone to make much of a fuss about St Andrews day, but I am from Galloway so perhaps that has something to do with it. Certainly agree with you, Burns night is the proper event. I'd love St Andrews day to be more a day to celebrate great Scots generally, but aye. Great video as always!

Brilliant as always mate, wish my history teacher was as good a storyteller as you I might actually know some stuff! Ach well better late than never eh 👍✌️mar sin leibh an drasta 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

😜

Thank you, Bruce.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

You are very welcome

Good day to you. Bruce ive learned so much from you over the years. You are a true storyteller that's why you coukd teach. Happy holidays to you and yours.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Do we get a holiday?🥳

@eamonnclabby7067

5 ай бұрын

​@@ScotlandHistoryTours.....😅😅😅😅...

Brilliant as always.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Thanks again!

Happy Wendsday Bruce 🎉

Brilliant 👏

Another good one. Thanks

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Thank you too!

Great video!🌟 Very informative! Love it!💓✝️💓✨️✨️✨️🌠

Fascinating, as always. Doyes the term"navy blue" come from the darkening of the blue in the flag?

@pjmoseley243

5 ай бұрын

Maybe Janet but I have always thought it was something to do with the Royal Navy.

@janetmackinnon3411

5 ай бұрын

@@pjmoseley243 Yes, but I understood that the darkening was to avoid the fading of RN flags round the world.

Awesome, simply awesome.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Nice video, Bruce - I've learnt a helluva lot about Scottish history on this channel! :) Thank you. Personally though, living in Inverness, I'd opt for St. Columba!! Ho, ho!!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Brilliant

He’s also the patron saint of Greece🇬🇷

Glad I got out of hospital to see your Cruden Bay gig, but I was still feeling somewhat rough. Good stuff, Bruce. I'll come to another when you're up this way.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Ah sorry. Hope you feel better soon

@marklammas2465

5 ай бұрын

​@@ScotlandHistoryToursNot your fault. My kidneys don't watch your videos 😁 I probably need more Laphroaig to keep then in line.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Ah no, I hope you're feeling better soon

And just like that, I learned something about my ancestors! Thank you!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

3 ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

@j.svensson7652

3 ай бұрын

I only recently learned that my great grandmother's actual last name was MacGregor. Her family were Magees for 200 yrs.@@ScotlandHistoryTours

You are a very good KZreadr. You are alot more enthusiastic than the majority of the BBC history presenters.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Aye, I think you need more than an engaging face to get on The Beeb😜

Superb as ever mate

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

Very interesting!

You have such a way with the words Bruce, I swear that you must have a wee bit of Ireland in your DNA , a really interesting tale and so well presented,well done.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

😜

Yet an other brilliant video.

you are a great breath of air Bruce. my fellow Perthian or whatever a Perth person is called. i was born at 18 Glendevon road and you said you were from round the corner? i lived in craigie knowes for a few years too then Aberdeen. still love Perth and follow the saints. # keep up your great work!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

4 ай бұрын

Perthite. Aye I lived in Glentillt for a bit

One of your best.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Thank you

Hey Bruce, Great video. Good job. Did you once play in Perth Youth Orchestra, early 70's? You seem familiar. Slainthe

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Jeez, that takes me back

i live near a small well dedicated to "the Lady" there is a hill next to it is known on some maps as pisgah ,id often wondered when it was renamed or named

Thank you Bruce. Your videos should be weekly viewing as part of the Scottish curriculum 😊😊

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Oooft, thats a scary idea😂

@jacqueline4905

5 ай бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours it's absolutely not Bruce. A tiny bit of sanitation, just a wee bit 😇😊

@jacqueline4905

5 ай бұрын

@ScotlandHistoryTours probably no sanitation tbf. Children get adult jokes too. I remember 😁. Wishful thinking on my part but I'm going to push this whilst I am able. Great shows and thank you so very much x

I just found your channel and watched the one about New Zealand. Did you know Robbie Burn's nephew was on of the founders of Dunedin? And another famous area is the McKenzie country named after a Scottish sheep stealer. One of the small towns has a statue to his dog because the locals were so angry that Mckenzie's fathful sheepdog was shot by the local constabulary to get back at Mckenzie.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Depending on which of the New Zealand videos you watched, I covered the Rev Burns

Very interesting-thank you

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

You're welcome

St. Patrick's Day is big in America. I've heard of St. David's Day, because I once worked for a Welsh store. But I had never heard of St. Andrew's Day until I listened to you. I feel I've been missing something!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

3 ай бұрын

Keep listening so as not to miss any more 😜

Happy St. Andrews Day! Thank you for all you do! 🙏🏻♥️🕊️🌹📿✨✨👑👑🎶♾️☀️🌊🏝️🌙 #believeitanditwillbe #SaintAndrewsDay #scotland