What is Scottish History?

[@roygeorge5364]

Will have to get you back to the Other Perth again for a Longer show Bruce🇭🇲

[@gerdriechers8426]

Man - what a story! As a german I love to hear your stories on scottish history. For your fresh view on history and the scottish accent I love. Turns out I am wrong. You are a rarety, a philosopher and philantroph disguised as comedian. Holding up the mirror like a jester. Thank you Bruce. Todays crazy world needs more of your kind.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Now that's quite an acolade😎

[@robertgallacher8255]

Bruce you're not blowing the dust off an "old Scotland" history book.. you're breathing new life into it. Thanks for all you do.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

My pleasure

[@ladyliberty417]

This brought a tear to my eye, thank you Bruce for describing how difficult it is to truly explain Scottish history, it is deep and wide and I never will stop learning a new aspect!! All the best🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❗️

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Wow, thank you

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Totally agree...

[@pjmoseley243]

all things pass in time and each new audience has a different explaination. Elizathbeth 11 had a good saying, never complain never explain. She was very wise.

[@johnbrennan4759]

Let me tell you a story doesn't cover it 🤣🤣

[@A97XJ]

Living in the USA, and planning our trip to Scotland, I’ve been thinking about the differences between the interactions of the colonizers and Native Americans, and how that relates to the English and Scottish interactions and colonizing. I don’t have any grand conclusions but it seems like two very different outcomes. This video is right on point and will churn some thoughts before we fly out next week!

[@L.Landerson777]

I’m an Anderson and wish I Lived in Scotland .Love to hear about my Clan Love your stories .Stuck in Canada in a snow drift .🇨🇦🌬️💨🌨️🇨🇦

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Ooft

[@robertewen3322]

You are lucky to be in Canada, Scotland is a bit of a mess at the moment, mind you some of Canada is too. Haha.. I spent some time over there, Medicine Hat, Calgary and even went to Dawson City, Inuvik and Tuktayuktuk.. amazing parts of Canada. 🫡

[@L.Landerson777]

@@robertewen3322 👍 I know : But the sound of the pipes will get me through anything .🥰

[@waynewatts8736]

Sad about the snow I wish I was in Scotland as well..👍❤️

[@jeremyanderson4956]

Hello cousin hahaha! Families been in the states since the colonies and some how I'm 82% British 🤣 I'd love to visit Scotland and hope to some day... However i think the whole world's a mess right now. And I blame the internet for it 🤣

[@skywatergarage]

My clan is Hay. My great grand parents were immigrants from glasgow to the USA. My great grand dad left glasgow in 1926 to find new life over the pond. He was aboard the SS Tuscania. After being a bit successful he went back in 1928 for my great grandmother and my grand uncle who was just a wee boy. After being in America they had two more children one being my granddad. I used to love hearing stories of Scotland that were passed down. Never been to Scotland before but I hold a deep love for her. I’d be lying if I said the sound of bagpipes don’t bring tears of joy to me. I love learning more stuff about my clan which is clan Hay! I am still a Hay to this day and keeping the name going with my children. SLAINTE MHATH!

[@jimnmag]

How you brought it all together at the end was awesome. This may be your best video big man.

[@bluedingo72]

great vid as always. It's good to be reminded that we each view history from different perspectives. Looking forward to seeing you in Brisbane!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I look forward to being there

[@jimmyboy2]

Oh no ... sold out in Brissy 🥲🤩

[@duncancallum]

@@jimmyboy2 Damn that as i live in Clontarf Beach.

[@Mikego55]

Love your channel, after a half dozen watching, I can almost understand you. My relatives did the hop from the Aberdeen area to Ireland to Nova Scotia settling down in New Hampshire, USA. I tell the story they were kicked out of Scotland because the didn’t own a distillery. Thanks for your very special delivery of Scottish history.

[@wjoyes]

From New Zealand, thank you for this. I'm of European and British descent (the specifics keep changing depending on which grandparent is telling the story) and am aware of the stories and experiences of Maori. That you are addressing these types of questions here and in your videos on Skye, clearances, etc I'm finding very helpful and challenging.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I'm delighted

[@rabby-u]

You just made the hairs on my back just stand up straight! Incredible Bruce, I believe you are on the narrow path to glory! Keep going, I really appreciate the diamonds you unearth.

[@gorgon2385]

This is the channel I've been looking for!! So happy to have found you! I'm American, and I've been playing bagpipes for 10 years. I always loved to hear the stories behind the piobaireachd I learned to play. I'm very excited to begin my journey to fill out the picture of scottish history in my head and learn more!

[@alansmithee8831]

A'reyt Bruce. My dad said he loved Perth down under, having been in the Royal Navy, but just post WW2 he was not as keen on Sydney, describing it as having corregated iron shacks, like you described. I never got to be a descendant of a ten pound pom though. He had helped rescue French Indochinese and I reckon he thought he or family might get sent back to Vietnam. I remember when "Family Favourites" radio show used to mention family members who were there, which seemed odd in UK. History, eh? Prism or prison?

[@dodsg]

Aargh! Missed you by days! From your photo, it looks like I was only a few feet from you at the Proclaimers concert too. Hopefully you'll be back again soon.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I hope so too!

[@MT-yd4of]

Hi ! my Scottish friend, great video again, hello from France.

[@andrewwarcup684]

Thanks for a terrific show last Tuesday, in the room above the pub in Adelaide.

[@John_Mack]

You should do a tour in Nova Scotia, New Scotland. You can talk Gaelic in Cape Breton. They even have Gaelic studies at the University.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I'm sure I will

[@tiffanyannhowe1712]

Mr Fumey, you consistently produce quality content. However, this episode outshines all the rest. Thank you for sharing your insights.

[@taniawoodham6340]

Just came back from your Christchurch show - you were great!!!! Thank you.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Ah thanks Tania

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​@@ScotlandHistoryTours maybe a gig here on the wirral one day?..

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Hey I'm coming back to Christchurch with a new show Scotland Made the World on 8th March 2025. Tickets at www.events.humanitix.com/scotland-made-the-world

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Apologies for bad ticket link. This is corrected events.humanitix.com/scotland-made-the-world

[@FairnessFobe]

I'm loving hearing your impressions here of the connections with your Scotland.

[@thatsme9875]

Bruce, your comments and thoughts on Perth WA and the prisms around history are very insightful. I think you'll be interested when you arrive in Brisbane, as it is very different, almost a separate country (almost was once, when NZ was planning to join the Federation and WA was not) we are all looking forward to seeing your show on the 30th cheers Andrew

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Can't wait

[@missachurch5998]

LITERALLY my favorite past time! LOVE to watch you Bruce! Thanks again for another great vid!!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@annacarter8357]

Hi I have no clan in Scotland. I only visited Scotland a few times. I felt this very strong pull when I visited. Long story short I am moving from Surrey to Edinburg with my kids in a few months. We look forward to be a part of Scottish history 🤩

[@nancybeatty2887]

I really enjoy your historical tours! Thank you so much.

[@angieallen4884]

Thank you for this wonderful, sensitive, and engaging post! Born in the USA with at least 6 generations behind me in this place (I have one line still not linked across the pond!) it becomes more and more interesting to discover (or try to discover) where my forebears came from and the times in which they lived that prompted them to immigrate. Feeling regretful about the way they may have treated the inhabitants. Wondering if my southern ancestors enslaved people (no evidence yet). All of these things came to mind during your presentation. Your content is always excellent.

[@leandabee]

Great chat 👏 👌. Look forward to seeing you in Hobart 😃.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Can't wait!

[@hollywebster6844]

Most excellent. So glad the algorithm put this channel in my suggestions. Subscribed.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Welcome aboard!

[@revjamesgraham1]

Thanks Bruce for this video. When I went to university in the mid-30's, I had one lens that I saw the world through. Then I began to see with different lenses--a good woman's study course can do that for a man. Then I remember doing a course where I encountered for the first time Scottish Covenanters, again another shift. But I must admit that I often feel shifted, opened up and growing when I watch your videos. This is a great video in hermeneutics--the lens' in which we interpret the world and the things we come into contact with. James

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Ah thanks James

[@chriswilson9275]

Always look forward too your videos love them

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Yay! Thank you!

[@colinharbinson8284]

This is, once again so informative and well presented.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Thanks

[@levitateme]

dang Bruce. This was one of the most thought provoking, substantive videos I've seen from you. I think i've seen em all. Thank you Bruce!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Ah, you're kind

[@slydermartin6008]

Always enjoy your take on Scottish History. One thing that always comes through is something that I taught my children to look for.... What Is and What Appears to Be. History is full of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. No escaping that. We eat and are eaten. There is a story of a Buddhist Monk of Great Compassion who could not bare walking over the ground destroying the insects. To spare the insects of death beneath his feet he traveled in a Palanquin wherever he went. However, he had traded his two feet for four.

[@persnikitty3570]

Another case of 'rules for thee, not me'.

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

Since you're whiskey video, I've been thinking about something, but I'll let you if I make a hit. As a multi grain saltine, I just happened to discover that the family name belongs to two clans the Douglas and the one that is pronounced" coo han" I'm not even going to attempt to spell it out here, 🤦🏻‍♀️. Dad insisted that Kirkpatrick wasn't among the family list and I think I know why a outlaw in Texas was infamous there was tall and ran with a lady from the wild bunch yes that wild bunch for those who don't know was of Butch Cassidy and Sundance kid fame but it's speculation of course. But it does however fit the attitude of my dad though. And most people hiding things that didn't want things to be found out.

[@alicemilne1444]

Did you mean Colquhoun? It's usually pronounced "ca-hoon" in Scotland. Spelling tip: the letter combination "quh" in Older Scots often represented the sound "wh" in English. So in older Scottish texts you get "quhat" for "what" and "quhar" for "where", etc. Sometimes when transcribing Gaelic names, Scots used "quh" to represent the Gaelic "ch" (as in "loch"). And the "ch" sound then got eroded over time to a simple "h". More tips: "ou" is the original Scots way of writing the English sound "oo". The letter "L" in Scots spelling often didn't represent an actual sound but indicated that the preceding vowel was a long one. Since I've been learning Gaelic, I decided to look up the name Colquhoun to see what it means. This is what I found: "Scottish: habitational name from the barony of Colquhoun in Dumbartonshire. The name appears to derive from Gaelic còil cùil 'nook corner' or coill(e) 'wood' + cumhann 'narrow'. The usual Scottish pronunciation is ka-hoon."

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​@@alicemilne1444 excellent, Alice....

[@covenantor663]

On my mother’s side there are ‘ku-hoon’ ancestors! Dad’s side are Gillilands and I believe there are more Gillilands in Texas and the South than anywhere in the world. I believe there’s even a ‘hitching post’ in Texas called Gilliland! Though we are in Australia, dad had a cousin lived in Northern California. He was a Jameson (pronounced Jimmison), which was my Grandpa’s middle name!

[@crustyolcoot6646]

Well said sir. You managed to look directly down our throats and then vividly explained what was there. Legend Dude.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Very thoughtful and thought provoking...thank you,sir....E...

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

My pleasure

[@mattmiller5014]

One of the Most Important things to a video is Presentation, and No one does a better job than you Bruce . SO Knowledgeable. You are Truly living your Passion. God Bless.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Ah, you're too kind

[@rebeccaboag9192]

I'm 5th generation Scot living in Australia (also welsh and english). My ancestors came to the Gold field's in Ballarat 1860s, I'm a decendant from James Boag, the elder. (Boags Beer Tasmania). I also was in Scotland 5 weeks ago andmiss it already ❤🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@rebeccamartin2399]

This was great! Seeing history thru different lenses is something I love to do. Thanks so much for talking about that! Greetings from Ohio USA

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Thanks for watching

[@junesmith852]

I ❤ everything about Scottish history and you have a fun and interesting way of describing it...I especially love hearing about the jacobites and the uprisings 👌...Do you have a certain part of history that you enjoy most,or do you just like it all? 🤔🥃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

More about Scottish history kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6KxfmqYbNyAmJY Upcoming Live shows Dunedin www.dunedinfringe.nz/events/stories-of-scotland Auckland www.iticket.co.nz/events/2023/mar/stories-of-scotland Brisbane www.eventbrite.com.au/e/bruce-fummey-stories-of-scotland-tickets-483604192157 Cairns www.eventbrite.com.au/e/567380800247 Hobart www.trybooking.com/CGLGQ Melbourne www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=1005983& Buy me coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/ScottishBruce

[@gerryphilly53]

As an American of French Canadian (Quebecois) ancestry, the questions and dilemmas you posit ring very true. Thanks for another thought provoking video.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

My pleasure!

[@Barrysautospares]

Bruce, I instantly recognised the background as Kings Park in Perth, having been across to Western Australia for a few weeks in December. I remembered that your Brisbane gig must be coming up and checked the date. 30th March. Which is right when I have to travel across to Perth again 😢 Oh the irony…

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

More about Scottish history kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5nai3lvipeZmKM Upcoming Live shows Dunedin www.dunedinfringe.nz/events/stories-of-scotland Auckland LINK TO FOLLOW Brisbane www.eventbrite.com.au/e/bruce-fummey-stories-of-scotland-tickets-483604192157 Cairns www.eventbrite.com.au/e/567380800247 Hobart www.trybooking.com/CGLGQ Melbourne www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=1005983& Buy me coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/ScottishBruce

[@lisamckay5058]

Thank you, Bruce.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

You are very welcome

[@cmick69]

Malcolm Caennmor is my 27th great-grandfather.

[@levitateme]

That's Awesome!!

[@snooley]

Make video about Walter Balcanquhall, George Heriot please!!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

If I'm spared

[@davidgilroy1214]

Nice one Bruce. Enjoy your trip down under.

[@whitedrguy6503]

Thought there was something strange at the start, T-shirt and sunshine ? Couldn’t be in Scotland in February, then Perth was mentioned, aha me thinks, different Perth. I am looking forward to see your Melbourne show, you should have an Aussie accent by then. 😂😂😂👍👍👍👍

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Never🤣

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I'm coming back to Melbourne with a new show Scotland Made the World on 7th and 8th Feb 2025. Tickets at www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1320172

[@zaynevanday142]

Aye Bruce I saw ye in that film on Richard the III looks grand 🎉

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I get everywhere

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

The Blackadder version??

[@barbaralavoie1045]

And the information . Interesting history, realizing the hardships, etc. you always find such interesting videos. Thank you, Bruce.☺️👍

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@flyinhawaiian9174]

I never knew of a mass movement of Scottish people in the 20s or the reasons why. My grandparents and great-grandmother came to Hawaii in the early 20s. Grandparents stayed while great-grandmother went to Sydney where she stayed. I was the first US citizen born in my family as Hawaii had become a state 2 years prior. Looking forward to learning more.

[@jimmyboy2]

Brilliant. Well done 👏👏👏💪

[@LimeyRedneck]

Your poetic ending reminded me of one of my favourite stories, that's also very old. It concerns four blind men (of course) and a patient elephant. Love all your videos, especially this one though. It's not everyone that can discuss their own preconceptions in public 🤠💜

[@erinf4810]

Thank you as always Bruce. I hope some day I get the opportunity to see one of your shows. 😊

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I hope so too!

[@Thewolverine0865]

I like how you put things in perspective.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Thanks

[@dorteweber3682]

Bruce, you might be interested in the story of the Selkirk settlers in what would become the province of Manitoba, Canada in the early 1800s. A group of Scots and Irish men were recruited and sailed from Stornoway under terrible conditions, as Selkirk evidently didn't give a rat's whether his colonists lived or died. They landed at York Factory on the shore of Hudson's Bay, too late to travel up that river to reach their destination before winter set in. This is an area of unforgiving winters in a country that is famous for unforgiving winters. So, quite a few more colonists died or deserted. then, when they finally arrived, now numbering fewer than thirty, they could begin building the colony, only to face starvation and armed opposition from Metis groups that had a claim to the area. It's a long story, but it looks like between 1812 in Canada and 1923 in Perth, Australia, nothing much changed in the morals or ethics of the ruling class of Brits.

[@Wee_Langside]

Hi Bruce, Another interesting video. I spent nine years living in rural France, the locals would always ask "anglais?" when I said "Non je suis écossais" there was an interesting change in attitude. More amicable, not that there was a particularly hostile reaction before that. It appears their prism for the UK is sapphire blue. Many, most, of my paternal grandmother's family emigrated from North Uist to Canada and Australia in the 19th century, she chose Glasgow, being gaelic speakers their name was changed from Laing to Lynk or Link by immigration officials. Just another family of Europeans so just write what you hear. I think that's a bored with your job view. One thing that worries/shocks me is the lack of any knowledge, good, bad or indifferent of history by the majority of our fellow citizens. Good luck with the rest of your tour

[@richk6877]

Hi Sandy, your comment caught my attention as an example of the lenses through which we view history. You say "... their name was changed from Laing to Lynk or Link by immigration officials. Just another family of Europeans so just write what you hear. I think that's a bored with your job view." Consider that maybe how the name is spoken could have been more important than how it was spelled? By writing the name with a local phonetic spelling those officials preserved a pronunciation of the name closer to the original whereas had they spelled it 'Laing' it would by now be pronounced with an English 'g' sound rather than the harder gaelic 'k' sound. It could even have strayed farther and become Lang or Long. I'm not saying either way is right or wrong, but maybe those officials weren't just bored or lazy. Maybe they were actually helping those people preserve their heritage in a different land?

[@Wee_Langside]

@@richk6877 That is a very good point. I know my dad pronounced his middle name Laing as Leng

[@covenantor663]

I live near Brisbane but I have never been to Perth Australia. I had the opportunity in ‘71 when my brothers and I planned to go to a conference there, but for me that fell through when I got conscripted! I have however, been to Perth Scotland when I was in the UK for my daughter’s wedding. You were saying you hated Presbyterians. Here’s a heads up, there’ll be a contingent of us coming to see you in Brisbane (although some of us have ‘gone over to the dark side’ - the ‘happy clappy’ Pentecostals). But we Presbyterians aren’t as dour as you might suppose. Back in the early 60s we went to Melbourne to see the White Heather Club perform, with the usual suspects performing - The Laird of Auchtermuchty, Andy Stewart etc. One highlight that had us in stitches was Wull Fyfe’s rendition of a fire and brimstone preacher. He was preaching from one of those wooden pulpits you see set high in the walls of cathedrals. “I wull come doon amang ye!!!” He thundered, banging his fist on the pulpit. He repeated himself several times, but unfortunately the pulpit had been subject to dry rot and eventually collapsed underneath him and he ended up on the lap of a little old lady sitting directly under him. Most embarrassed he apologised profusely to her, “Och, Misstress Stevens! Ah’m awfy sorry!!!” To which she replied, “Dinna fash yersel laddie, ye gave me plenty a warrnin’ “!!!! By the way there’s a Pentecostal version - a young pastor, fresh out of bible college wants to make an impression on his new charge. Rushing at the lectern, he yells, “Behold I come quickly!!!”…….of course the result is similar!!!

[@barbaralavoie1045]

Thank you Bruce for another interesting “story” of Scottish history. ❤️👍

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Thanks for listening

[@loraferrante9486]

Thanks!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Welcome!

[@bobsteele55]

Great video Bruce. Fascinating stuff 👍

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Thanks 👍

[@rolloakagaryr1527]

I have 3 posibly 4 rellys, 2 Convicts 1810 to sydney and 1 in 1809 who went to Lexington

[@BlackCatMargie]

Very thought-provoking commentary there, Bruce. Ive been tracing my family tree for many years, and I have ancestral links to most of England, Ireland, Wales, and of course, Scotland. Im also 5th generation Australian. So, I guess I dont know what lens I'm viewing history through, most of the time. Many of my ancestors had no real choice but to immigrate.They were displaced from their lands, and their displacement displaced the first peoples of this land. So here am I, a child of displacement and displacing, I suppose. Maybe the whole of human history is about one tribe displacing another, until they are in turn displaced? Thank you for another great video.

[@melissavancleave8686]

Just when I thought you could impress me no more, there you go. Great video thanks you.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Wow, thanks!

[@kevinwatkins2297]

Great video I enjoy your channel!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@WTTJ]

Dr. Timothy Forest was actually my professor and guide on a study abroad I just did in Scotland! I didn't realize he was famous 😅

[@davidgroves1409]

Excellent Bruce

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Thank you kindly

[@chris_troiano]

My ancestor Helen Nimmo married four times. Her husbands kept dying (19th century merchant mariners often did.) Learning about her first husband brought me to this multi-prismed story of James Colquhoun Grant and Ann Wilson of Jamaica. Ann was a free black woman, native to the Island, and James was a Scottish colonizer and father of her seven children. He died in a shipwreck in 1822 and in his will left everything to his “housekeeper” and his “reputed children” on the condition that the family relocate to Scotland. They did, and enjoyed relative wealth thereafter, including my Helen’s first husband Alexander Grant. I think some of the kids ended up back in Jamaica but Ann remained. She died in 1845 in Glasgow "relict of James Colquhoun Grant.”

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Fascinating stuff, thank you for sharing this with us all,best wishes from the wirral peninsula,bounded by the mersey and the Dee and the Irish sea...geography and rhyme...E...

[@rksnj6797]

Very interesting subject!!! As always, thank you for an informative and educational video with some food for thought added. "Practically Irish Gaels" Love that! LOL!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@melwhyte6381]

Crap I missed ya show. Hope you had a good stay here in Christchurch mate. 👍

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Lovely. Stopping for coffee at Arthur's Pass right now

[@melwhyte6381]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours awesome, enjoy the rest of your stay in NZ.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Hey I'm coming to Christchurch with a new show Scotland Made the World on 8th March 2025. Tickets at www.events.humanitix.com/scotland-made-the-world

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Apologies for bad ticket link. This is corrected events.humanitix.com/scotland-made-the-world

[@mikhailabunidal9146]

@ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland History Tours w/ Bruce Fummey 8:28 Is urrainn dhomh innse 13:17😔 16:19 ✌️

[@adamwiggins9865]

Wonderful video

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Many thanks

[@dalespencer803]

A damn grand video, very interesting.

[@NorthernBandit1]

Aye my friend, your story reads true. Speaking on my own behalf being whiter than white and cleeved from the bosom of Norwegian, possibly Pectish and Danish origins...researching my paternal families european DNA has oppened my eyes to the much bigger picture, the one I could only imagine and my appreciation of man and the deversity we all come from. Alas it has become my destiny to understand and know more that makes me truely love our diversity and heritage as it unfolds with your help eduducating us all of to these things not always self evident. With much thanks you you and your team.

[@MENTOKz]

This i feel is your best video yet. Bravo

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Thank you

[@kellinomnom]

American from Oregon here!

[@tomdonaldson8140]

Beautiful: “… not a lens or a prism that we view through, its a precious diamond, many faceted, multilayered in its beauty …”

[@barbaralavoie1045]

Loved the Australian pictures.

[@sandrider1406]

Hey Bruce is that Kings Park in Perth WA where you are filming?

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Indeed it is

[@kurtvanderweg9147]

Fascinating.

[@xgford94]

10:35 I’m from “The eastern states “ and the one thing that throws me every time I go to Perth is the StGeorges cross 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿flags in the front yards Perth is the most English city in Australia (also 🇿🇦)Brisbane on the other hand is little 🇳🇿

[@boges11]

As a 50 year old Perth man, where did you go? I've never seen any St George's flags in front yards. Lived here all my life. Yes we have pockets of poms and other ethnicities, but have never seen those flags displayed. (Maybe when the Barmy Army come for the ashes, but they stay in hostels and hotels)

[@xgford94]

@@boges11 it was three time in the 90s but there were 5 houses around Jolimont just off Troy Tce. ( I had three weddings in 4 years of family over there) I also saw two in Fremantle around the same time but can’t remember the addresses as they were not near my family’s house. It’s been “a minute “ since I’ve been back so your take is probably more accurate. PS I think you have the reason it wasn’t Ashes season but they were probably “permanent “ barmy army types

[@xgford94]

@@boges11 thank you you have decoded an old head scratcher for me. I was thinking “Clan England” when I should have be thinking “Clan Cricket” makes SO much more sense now

[@allymac1314]

Cracking video Bruce. Braw weather an' a'

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

It was too hot to be honest 39°C

[@philburns5050]

I've said this before, I am english through and through BUT I love your stories of Scotland, England and Scotland (no) all the home countries are dependent on our histories because we are all related one way or another. Carry on with your stories because I love them.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Cheers mate

[@jackdubz4247]

Bruce, I don't tend to have a rose-tinted view of our country's (and nation's) history. There are some great parts, where we made some positive contributions to the betterment of the world, and there are some absolutely shocking parts, where we, to put it bluntly, fucked up. As long as we don't forget any of what came before, we can have more of the former and less of the latter going forward.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Exactement

[@jumbodoug]

Bruce said that before, in another video. "History repeats itself, it has to, no one listens". Hopefully more folk will listen, so history doesn't have to repeat itself

[@knyc2580]

@10'33"..."But feckless, practically Irish Gaels" Omg 😂😂😂😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bang7764]

You're filming in Perth, aren't you? Those magpies in the background. ❤️

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

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[@LEJapproach]

My diffracting stone is black, red and gold (or yellow) [just in case: I'm talking about the German flag here] and at least what _I_ saw, was a really nice, highly interesting and eye-opening video. Thanks a lot!

[@RoderickGMacLeod]

@Scotland History Tours Thank you Bruce. Far too many people try to paint events of the past as objectively good or bad and assign ill intent where it really needs to be understood that there were an awful lot of individuals just trying to make the best of a bad situation not of their making. Not sure if you understand the American idiom of "Morning Quarterback", but people happily do that just so they can make themselves feel morally superior.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I'm a rugby man

[@nilsbrownmusic4507]

The treatment of First Nations in Canada, post Confederation mirrors in many ways the post 1745 and Clearances era treatment of Celts in Scotland. Banning of language and traditional dress, and being thrown off the land. With a MacDonald in charge as PM I’ve always thought he was just repeating what he had a direct knowledge of from experience, rather than it always having been a deliberate unifying empire-building campaign sent out from London from the beginning. So I learned something here. The pushback would be that it was kind of a desperate measure in Scotland after the ‘45, after so many revolts, and the confluence with the wool industry arriving soon after, by happenstance really (industrial revolution), combined for a toxic situation which sent the Scots across the globe for generations after. +Excellent presentation!

[@deejayk5939]

Loved this, true for all countries and groups

[@mariposahorribilis]

I'm an immigrant, and a child of immigrants. My family went Wales- England. I went England -Scotland. Now I live in Spain, and have no plans to ramble on. Each move brought a change of perspective, but at the root of it all is Wales. You might say that Wales provides the colours in a kaleidoscope that changes with each move.

[@MrSamps3]

Great video. I'd buy you a coffee of a beer in Sydney if you're passing through 👍

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Aye, but it's a flying visit

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Hey I'm coming to Sydney with a new show Scotland Made the World on 22nd Feb 2025. Tickets at www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1318113

[@dennishaynie7828]

you teach...I learn. thank you

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Glad to hear that!

[@elendil7]

Ah the ironies. Thank you for presenting this one, Bruce. Looks like you are enjoying your time there. Wish you could come to the US and Canada to address this same mulifaceted topic.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Maybe one day!

[@elendil7]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours 🤞

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

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[@janinecopperwheat6379]

I bought my tickets...yay!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Brilliant

[@robertacomstock3655]

My dad's side identifies as English - extracted; mom's side bears an Irish name. Both sides say our ancestry includes a number of unspecified Scots. I call my heritage "British Isles Mutt." I finally found "Who are the Welsh?" from Fortress of Lugh, which matches the surname I wear in midwestern USA. I know prehistory is short on individual detail, long on generalizations, but it was moderately more engaging than an audiobook of The Begats. I'll keep tuning in to you, Bruce, and you don't lose credibility points for changing your perspective or position as you get more information. When you find a concise, lively way to explain this scientific method, please tell Montana!

[@CailenCambeul]

I was looking forward to seeing you in Adelaide, but was unable to make it. So, I have two points to present. The first is standard for many Scots in Australia and no doubt North America and NZ as well, and the second ... Well, you'll find out: 1. My father was born in Perth - Scotland of course. Australians think he's from WA. He's probably dead and that's probably how he's listed on his Death Certificate - Born in WA. Well, the SA government for some reason listed my granny as born in Liverpool instead of Glasgow. My granny wasn't a foreigner! The SA government said they'd fix the error if I forked over cash. Screw 'em! And 2. For your historical perusal, I have managed to translate the entire of a song that was sung by the average Scots during the actual times of the first War of Independence. It was found in old parchment contained in an old bottle that washed up on the beaches of that windy coastal town of Glenelg (in Adelaide - you can take a tram there). Now, keep in mind I am no cunning linguist, but this song seems so familiar, it's like I can hear it in my head. Perhaps it's part of a Scottish genetic memory? I wonder if anybody else feels they know this song? It's like I've heard it somewhere before? Anyway, ... Here's the translation from that old, dooomed to the ocean depths ... but ultimately rescued, Parchment in a Bottle: "Who do you think you are kidding Mr. Longshanks "If you think we're on the run? "We are the boys who will stop your little game "We are the boys who will make you think again "Cause who do you think you are kidding Mr. Longshanks "If you think auld Scotland's done?" "Mr. Broon goes off to toon and he aint no fear "But he comes home each evening and he's ready with his spear "So who do you think you are kidding Mr. Longshanks "If you think auld Scotland's done?"

[@charlestaylor8566]

That’s Dads Army theme tune , just change Longshanks to Hitler and Scotland to England 😊

[@lindamazur6124]

Would love to have the original version also if yea can share that.

[@CailenCambeul]

@@lindamazur6124 Really? Dad's Army tune? Scots genes must be in England too! kzbin.info?search_query=Dad%27s+Army+Theme

[@rebkapace814]

Yeah! This one connects with me. I'm probably so interested in Hebridean culture because I don't exactly blend with some of the manufactured cultures around me. As I learn more, my direct peeps were on all sides of these histories. I'm nobody, yet a Mahaffy granddaughter. The power is abdicated to the people (or should be). The indigenous mastered resource efficiency by working with the earth, not against it.

[@amyferebee]

Hope you are having safe and successful travels 🎶😎🎶