IAN MCLAUCHLAN Ian McLauchlan was born in Tarbolton, Ayrshire and educated at Ayr Academy and Jordanhill College where he studied Physical Education. He was a teacher for 14 years before setting up his own marketing and sponsorship business. He is also a successful journalist and BBC commentator. Ian played his rugby with Jordanhill, Glasgow and Natal and was capped for Scotland 43 times, 19 as Captain. He also captained the Barbarians and the Wolfhounds and played in all the tests in the two successful British Lions Tours of New Zealand in 1971 and South Africa in 1974. He is Chairman of the British and Irish Lions Trust and a Director of the Hearts and Balls Charitable Trust. He was elected Scottish Rugby President in June 2010.
Well a nice LAPSED Catholic lad can always got to this church and light a candle for you ladies ...
Alleged relics of St. Valentine also lie at the reliquary of Roquemaure in France, in the Stephansdom in Vienna, in Balzan in Malta and also in Blessed John Duns Scotus' church in the Gorbals area of Glasgow, Scotland.
Might even manage a Hail Mary Can't be rattling the beads for a full roseary though
Singapore 9 August 1966 (effective from 9 August 1965) Asia 4,986,000 Gained independence from the United Kingdom and joined federation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963. Became independent on 9 August 1965. Solomon Islands 7 July 1978 Oceania 913,000 South Africa 11 December 1931 Africa 49,423,000 Granted nominal independence (Dominion status) on 31 May 1910. One of the original Dominions at the time of the Statute of Westminster 1931. Left on 31 May 1961, rejoined on 1 June 1994. Sri Lanka 4 February 1948 Asia 20,743,000 Joined as the Dominion of Ceylon, subsequently changing its name in 1972. Swaziland 6 September 1968 Africa 1,182,000 Tanzania 26 April 1964 Africa 43,729,000 Merger of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. Tonga 4 June 1970 Oceania 102,000 Trinidad and Tobago 31 August 1962 North America 1,335,000 Tuvalu 1 October 1978 Oceania 12,000 A special member from 1 October 1978 until 1 September 2000. Uganda 9 October 1962 Africa 32,816,000 United Kingdom 11 December 1931 Europe 61,609,500 The Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted the Statute of Westminster 1931. Vanuatu 30 July 1980 Oceania 241,000 Gained independence from joint rule of France and United Kingdom. Zambia 24 October 1964 Africa 12,935,000
Not that I am particularly a Royalist but this lady has done a remarkable job IMHO ...
Old saying The Sun never set on the British Empire.
CONTINUED Dominica 3 November 1978 North America 79,000 The Gambia 18 February 1965 Africa 1,717,000 Ghana 6 March 1957 Africa 23,837,000 Grenada 7 February 1974 North America 103,000 Guyana 26 May 1966 South America 761,000 India 15 August 1947 Asia 1,210,193,422 Incorporated former French India (Chandannagar from 2 May 1950 and Pondichéry, Karikal, Yanaon and Mahé from 1 November 1954), former Portuguese India (Goa, Daman and Diu from 19 December 1961 and Dadra and Nagar Haveli formally from 1961) and Sikkim (from 16 May 1975). Jamaica 6 August 1962 North America 2,721,000 Kenya 12 December 1963 Africa 39,856,000 Kiribati 12 July 1979 Oceania 99,000 Lesotho 4 October 1966 Africa 2,000,000 Malawi 6 July 1964 Africa 15,884,000 Malaysia 31 August 1957 Asia 28,356,000 Joined as the Federation of Malaya in 1957; reformed as Malaysia on 16 September 1963 with its federation with Singapore (which became a separate state on 9 August 1965), Sabah, and Sarawak. Maldives 9 July 1982 Asia 329,000 Gained independence from the United Kingdom on 26 July 1965. A special member from 9 July 1982 until 20 July 1985. Malta 21 September 1964 Europe 412,668 Mauritius 12 March 1968 Africa 1,285,000 Mozambique 13 November 1995 Africa 22,892,000 Gained independence from Portugal on 26 June 1975. The first country to be admitted to the Commonwealth without any former colonial or constitutional links with the United Kingdom. Namibia 21 March 1990 Africa 2,131,000 Gained independence from South Africa. Includes Walvis Bay and the Penguin Islands transferred by South Africa at midnight 28 February 1994. Nauru 1 November 1968 Oceania 14,000 Gained independence on 31 January 1968 from joint trusteeship of Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom. A special member from 1 November 1968 until 1 May 1999, when it became a full member, before reverting back to special status in January 2006. A full member again since June 2011. New Zealand 11 December 1931 Oceania 4,317,972 Granted nominal independence (Dominion status) on 26 September 1907. One of the original Dominions at the time of the Statute of Westminster 1931, although the Statute was not adopted in New Zealand until 1947. Removed final links to the British Parliament in 1986 Nigeria 1 October 1960 Africa 154,796,000 Incorporated the former British mandate/trust territory of Northern Cameroons on 31 May 1961. Suspended in 1995, suspension lifted in 1999. Pakistan 15 August 1947 Asia 168,052,000 Includes the city of Gwadar, transferred from Muscat and Oman on 8 September 1958. Included Bangladesh (then known as East Pakistan) until 1971. Left Commonwealth in 1972, rejoined 1989; suspended in 1999, suspension lifted in 2004; again suspended in 2007, suspension lifted in 2008. Papua New Guinea 16 September 1975 Oceania 6,737,000 Gained independence from Australia. Rwanda 29 November 2009 Africa 9,998,000 Gained independence from Belgium on 1 July 1962. The second country (after Mozambique) to be admitted to the Commonwealth without any former colonial or constitutional links with the United Kingdom. Saint Kitts and Nevis 19 September 1983 North America 52,000 Saint Lucia 22 February 1979 North America 171,000 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27 October 1979 North America 119,000 A special member from 27 October 1979 until 1 June 1985. Samoa 28 August 1970 Oceania 185,000 Gained independence from New Zealand on 1 January 1962. Joined as Western Samoa, subsequently changing its name to Samoa on 4 July 1997. Seychelles 29 June 1976 Africa 84,000 Sierra Leone 27 April 1961 Africa 5,695,000
Very little in this world is anywhere near approaching the one thing you forgot or mate did not know.
The Commonwealth is a huge INTERNATIONAL organisation.
And the Queen is in fact the "Head of many nations"
Country Joined Continent Population Notes Antigua and Barbuda 1 November 1981 North America 88,000 Australia 11 December 1931 Oceania 22,073,000 Granted nominal independence (Dominion status) on 1 January 1901. Australia was one of the original Dominions at the time of the Statute of Westminster 1931, although the statute was not adopted in Australia until 1942 (with retrospective effect from 1939). Removed final links with the British Parliament in 1986 Bahamas 10 July 1973 North America 342,000 Bangladesh 18 April 1972 Asia 162,221,000 Declared independence from Pakistan in 1971. Barbados 30 November 1966 North America 279,000 Belize 21 September 1981 North America 322,130 Botswana 30 September 1966 Africa 1,950,000 Brunei 1 January 1984 Asia 400,000 Cameroon 13 November 1995 Africa 19,522,000 Most of the country was the formerly French mandate territory (later UN trust territory) of Cameroun and gained independence from France on 1 January 1960, uniting with the much smaller former British mandate/trust territory of Southern Cameroons on its gaining independence from the United Kingdom on 1 October 1961. Canada 11 December 1931 North America 34,053,000 Granted nominal independence (Dominion status) on 1 July 1867. Canada was the first among the several original Dominions at the time of the Statute of Westminster 1931. Incorporated another original Dominion, Newfoundland, on 31 March 1949. Removed the remaining ties to the British Parliament in 1982 Cyprus 13 March 1961 Europe 803,200 Gained independence from the United Kingdom on 18 August 1960.
VVVVVVVVVVVVV Boom is a Scot from Glasgow, just like me ....Nuliii is a Dublin lass who has a really wicked sense of humour and we do share all sorts of jokes....
Then we do publish our photos .....Curious, but I might be biased against folk who don't
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Can't be rattling the beads for a full roseary though
RE: So the 14th of Feb.................
We might just have to have a couple at some point.....But I don't drink