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  1. 17-Dec-09, 13:04 #1
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    Default Edinburgh giant

    Can any one remember or have heard of a huge massive bloke from Edinburgh that used to go on travelling fairs in the summers, he was billed as a "giant". He was at Newcastle town moor (the worlds biggest) fair in the 70s. This bloke must have been 8ft odd bearded kilted and a very gentle voice, my hands are not small but looked like a babies in his when shaking hands. I seem to remember him saying he was a street cleaner in Edinburgh in the winter months.
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    yer on drugs, never wiz a man 8 feet an not on the telly, wiz his sweeping brush a long handled one
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    Quote Originally Posted by riggerboy View Post
    yer on drugs, never wiz a man 8 feet an not on the telly, wiz his sweeping brush a long handled one
    Have they let ya oot o CD for Christmas RB.
    I don't know about his brush I wasn't there but he was a big . LOL
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    Quote Originally Posted by tonkatojo View Post
    Have they let ya oot o CD for Christmas RB.
    I don't know about his brush I wasn't there but he was a big . LOL


    back in the box for xmas, and i have to behave coz xmas day withoot the org or the wife will be horrible lol,

    how owld wiz ye wen ye met is beeg chiel, coz i mind a wifie wie e beard an a tall manny on stilts doon at e riverside when e shows wis up and at must be 35 year ago
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    could it be george gracie, scotlands tallest man? it is said he toured fairs and was dubbed the gentle giant and wore a kilt?
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    Quote Originally Posted by buggyracer View Post
    could it be george gracie, scotlands tallest man? it is said he toured fairs and was dubbed the gentle giant and wore a kilt?


    well he wizna 8 feet tall he wiz only 7 feet 3 i kent that tonka wiz on drugs lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by buggyracer View Post
    could it be george gracie, scotlands tallest man? it is said he toured fairs and was dubbed the gentle giant and wore a kilt?

    I'm searching my grey cell and that seems to ring a bell. Did he work for Edinburgh council ??

    RB the bloke had arms thicker than my legs, his legs were like the rear ones on a clydesdale, his girth was I don't think I could guess possibly twice my size now and I'm a fat now still slimming tho LOL (used to be 36" in my prime)
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    just goggled george gracie and i must have been a right silly to think that a master mind like tonka would be on drugs it seems our old george was still touring in the early eighties,




    please accept my humble apologies
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    Quote Originally Posted by tonkatojo View Post
    I'm searching my grey cell and that seems to ring a bell. Did he work for Edinburgh council ??

    RB the bloke had arms thicker than my legs, his legs were like the rear ones on a clydesdale, his girth was I don't think I could guess possibly twice my size now and I'm a fat now still slimming tho LOL (used to be 36" in my prime)

    im sorry im not sure?? google it and you may find out a bit more info?
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    Quote Originally Posted by riggerboy View Post
    just goggled george gracie and i must have been a right silly to think that a master mind like tonka would be on drugs it seems our old george was still touring in the early eighties,




    please accept my humble apologies
    Away wi yee ya gettin soft RB, and I don't mean in the head LOL. Well mabe a touch.
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    no not soft just being nice so i dinna get suspended over the xmas peeriod, i think they are still watching me, how have you been over the last couple of weeks
    if it wasnt for pubs it would be tescos for us all
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    Quote Originally Posted by riggerboy View Post
    no not soft just being nice so i dinna get suspended over the xmas peeriod, i think they are still watching me, how have you been over the last couple of weeks

    I have been just fine RB, hope you stay in their good books I would not want to be the cause of Santa not coming to ya.
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