Cheers!
Posted: Friday, 24 December 2004 |
Can there be anything more warm-hearted than an Hebridean pub on Christmas Eve?
Er, well yeah sort of. Pity the poor islanders of Colonsay ('the most isolated community in the UK' - is that true?).
Christine McNeill, publican-owner of the Colonsay Hotel is not renewing her licence for the only bar on the island, which expired on the 17th December, intending instead to concentrate on her farm with her new husband. Fair nuff.
As has it:
"Seriously though, a Hebridean island with no bar seems almost a contradiction in terms, but at Hogmanay??? It is almost like living in a repeat of "Whisky Galore", in the part before there was uisge gu leor provided by the shipwreck. No doubt however, as in the film, the resourcefulness and resilience of the islander will prevail and it is probable that our next Issue will carry tales of contingency plans made and in some cases even executed. In the meantime, the new hobby on the island is of course speculating on who will take over from Christine…"
There’s even worrying talk of ‘the pledge’ and ‘temperance societies’.
But seriously, on the ‘most isolated island in the UK’ who would care if the bar served a couple of shandies?
Er, well yeah sort of. Pity the poor islanders of Colonsay ('the most isolated community in the UK' - is that true?).
Christine McNeill, publican-owner of the Colonsay Hotel is not renewing her licence for the only bar on the island, which expired on the 17th December, intending instead to concentrate on her farm with her new husband. Fair nuff.
As has it:
"Seriously though, a Hebridean island with no bar seems almost a contradiction in terms, but at Hogmanay??? It is almost like living in a repeat of "Whisky Galore", in the part before there was uisge gu leor provided by the shipwreck. No doubt however, as in the film, the resourcefulness and resilience of the islander will prevail and it is probable that our next Issue will carry tales of contingency plans made and in some cases even executed. In the meantime, the new hobby on the island is of course speculating on who will take over from Christine…"
There’s even worrying talk of ‘the pledge’ and ‘temperance societies’.
But seriously, on the ‘most isolated island in the UK’ who would care if the bar served a couple of shandies?
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