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Evening Times News Sellers shouts

Postby Seamey » Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:08 pm

Evening Times news sellers don't shout Heavnin Toimes any more - apparently they've been told to stop 8O

A hidden aural side of Glasgow?
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Re: Evening Times News Sellers shouts

Postby potatojunkie » Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:53 pm

Seamey wrote:Evening Times news sellers don't shout Heavnin Toimes any more

Did they ever? It's usually "Bee-nyah HUB!" or something similarly unrelated to the name of the paper.
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Postby Mori » Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:15 pm

A project on Street vendors around Glasgow


Image


Errrzyernimes

Image

:Location
around Glasgow

:Function
Evening Times seller

:Atmosphere
Evening Times vendors call
out "Evening Times" to
passers-by

:Audience
locals, city worker

:Offer
Evening Times, Herald, Scot
Jobs

:Speed
busy, depending on the spot

:Facilities
Evening Times stand/ box+
person + newspaper + voice
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Postby cybers » Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:29 pm

Always sounded like TIMES/FINAL to me :)
could be wrong....
Interesting though if they have been told to stop shouting ...
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Postby fourbytwo » Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:45 pm

::): I will always remember with affection the wee fat guy who sold the papers on Gordon Street at the Central Station....
He could and did let it go regular.....in as loud a voice as he could get away with............
TIMES AND CITIZENENENENEN
TIMES AND CITIZENENENENEN
Written to emphasise the way CITIZEN was extended almost for a full 30 seconds.
Real characters like him are sadly probably no longer 'politically correct' but still made an atmosphere.
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Postby Dexter St. Clair » Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:57 pm

fourbytwo wrote:::): I will always remember with affection the wee fat guy who sold the papers on Gordon Street at the Central Station....
He could and did let it go regular.....in as loud a voice as he could get away with............
TIMES AND CITIZENENENENEN
TIMES AND CITIZENENENENEN
Written to emphasise the way CITIZEN was extended almost for a full 30 seconds.
Real characters like him are sadly probably no longer 'politically correct' but still made an atmosphere.


Hhmm what do you understand by the phrase politically correct? Just in case you get seriously offended when the real muck starts flying round here
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Postby HollowHorn » Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:18 pm

There is a vendor opposite the ticket office above the low level at Central. He must have been the model for the one on the Karen Dunbar show, he sits there reading his paper and at irregular intervals mumbles, 'Evenin' TIMES' his voice rising at the end.
In my day it was 'Late Fannyhill'
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Postby crusty_bint » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:18 am

I always remember the one from outside marks n sparks on argyle st, his was "Eeee diye diye-ee..."
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Postby fourbytwo » Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:56 pm

:roll: I don't get offended at all....quite the opposite, however, so many do-gooders try to change what is good and bad for us that even a simple paper seller would probably fall foul of some official quoting a new law which forbids him 'selling loudly' in the streets.
The point being, we have lost so much of what made Glasgow 'special' to people.....what we don't want to do is to end up as bland as our neighbours from Edinburgh.....!
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Postby aliferste » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:41 am

Good grief - not allowed to shout in the streets to advertise a paper ? One of my fondest memories is getting dragged around town when a youngster and wondering why these people were shouting
" Flooooooobadobba Wonka"

At least - that is what it sounded like to me :D
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Postby DickyHart » Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:50 pm

the springburn vendor now long gone.. eeevenin times..aww the time
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Re: Evening Times News Sellers shouts

Postby lady v » Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:06 pm

My fiancee is from South Africa and when he moved over here when he was about 10, his aunt used to take him into Glasgow shopping (they stayed in Balloch, Loch Lomond) and he was convinced for years that the ET men in the city centre shouted "WE MAKE TOYS!" hehehe! ::):
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Re: Evening Times News Sellers shouts

Postby Reenie Bujman » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:54 am

There's a guy wanders into Buchanan Bus Station of an evening and there's no way I can equate what he says with "Evening Times". My hearing isn't perfect, 'tis true, but I'm reassured to know it's not just me.
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Postby samscafeamericain » Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:25 am

aliferste wrote:Good grief - not allowed to shout in the streets to advertise a paper ? One of my fondest memories is getting dragged around town when a youngster and wondering why these people were shouting
" Flooooooobadobba Wonka"

At least - that is what it sounded like to me :D


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Re: Evening Times News Sellers shouts

Postby br-cmr » Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:03 am

Morny Stannit?

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