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Folk Band
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Webmaister ......
"In Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland,
there is a back road known locally as Piggery Brae,
it runs between Greenlees Road and Cairns Road.
One evening our group were discussing a name for the band...
Fergi digressed and
spoke of his courting days at the PiggeryBrae...
PIGGERY BRAE....now there's a name said I ....
we all laughed.....and PiggeryBrae it was!"
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In 1558,
the Hamiltons of Schawfield sold the land of East Greenlees to John Mayne,
Goldsmith, Burgess of the City of Glasgow. There were houses built from the 17th
century, the photograph below dates from the 1890's showing one of the old
thatched houses....in
Piggery Brae
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Piggery Brae, Cambuslang
2003
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PiggeryBrae |
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Webmaister Wull ......
Fergi and Alastair had been playing together for many years at local
church events then in ....
2000
I first officially played with them (Alastair & Fergi) at three Burns
suppers in Jan.2000.
2001
A year later in Jan.2001 there were four of us when Hugh Lee (fiddler)
joined us.
After many months of deliberation we finally in Oct.2001 agreed on the
name
PiggeryBrae.
2003
Hugh left the band in 2003 and was replaced by Ian in October 2003 and
since then we have kept that 4 piece set-up. PiggeryBrae concerts are
all about music, fun and laughter and all donations to us go to various
charities, as can be seen on our
charity webpage |
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2004 |
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Carradale Hotel - 2004 |
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Cambuslang 2005 |
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Fergi Wull
Alastair Ian |
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An interview with PiggeryBrae on
Digital Folk Life - a USA radio station
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. PiggeryBrae
a get together of folk music, humour and patter
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