NEWS that Loganair is to halt flights from Dundee to Belfast reminds Brenda Gillies of when she was on the inaugural flight from Dundee and, to celebrate the event, the stewardess asked: "Would youse like a glass of Buckfast?"
NEWS that Loganair is to halt flights from Dundee to Belfast reminds Brenda Gillies of when she was on the inaugural flight from Dundee and, to celebrate the event, the stewardess asked: \"Would youse like a glass of Buckfast?\"
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Says Brenda: "When I suggested she perhaps meant bucks fizz, given the orange juice/cava combo on offer, the reply came, 'Oh s***, so I do.'
"Ah, the glamour of domestic flight."
Is anybody there?
TALKING of stewardesses, Felix McCoy, retired head concierge at the unforgettable Albany Hotel in Glasgow, tells us they once had an American flight attendant who asked if there was a spiritualist church nearby. Felix sent a young concierge to make inquiries. He returned with directions to the spiritualist centre in Somerset Place, then added with a straight face: "Remember, ring the bell when you go there. Don't knock on the door. That just confuses them."
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NEWS that Loganair is to halt flights from Dundee to Belfast reminds Brenda Gillies of when she was on the inaugural flight from Dundee and, to celebrate the event, the stewardess asked: "Would youse like a glass of Buckfast?"
Says Brenda: "When I suggested she perhaps meant bucks fizz, given the orange juice/cava combo on offer, the reply came, 'Oh s***, so I do.'
"Ah, the glamour of domestic flight."
Is anybody there?
TALKING of stewardesses, Felix McCoy, retired head concierge at the unforgettable Albany Hotel in Glasgow, tells us they once had an American flight attendant who asked if there was a spiritualist church nearby. Felix sent a young concierge to make inquiries. He returned with directions to the spiritualist centre in Somerset Place, then added with a straight face: "Remember, ring the bell when you go there. Don't knock on the door. That just confuses them."
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