To believe that a very high % of mumsnetters are Scottish

[greedygal]

I get this impression and have no idea why - is this my imagination or is this the case?

Where are you originally from?

I am thoroughly English.

Vera weisfeld is the only person who ever said, "Do you know who I am?" When I was on the till at my Saturday job. And I wasn't even working in Whateverys!

My favourite shop was Razzle Dazzle, on Buchanan street, where Greggs is now. Sold cheap jewellery.

I remember state of independence!white pudding what part of Fife?

Does anyone else remember The Turret? TCC jackets??

I remember Pentangle in Inverness. Always loads of crap stuff to spend pocket money on.
I also remember Razzle Dazzle in Aberdeen from when I went to college there in the late 80s. I remember having a navy and cream striped knitted skirt from Clockhouse and wearing it with navy loafers I got from Razzle Dazzle.

State of Independence was in Kirkcaldy, I don't remember there being a Pentangle there but I do remember there being one in Dundee across from wetherspoons. We still have The Turret, I remember buying my first going clubbing clothes from there.

This thread had the tears rolling down my cheeks laughing. I remember WEWW, Skirt and Slack Centre, Goldbergs and Razzle Dazzle. I'm In Central Scotland.

Just found this thread. Born Newcastle but Dad scottish and brought up in Scotland. Feel scottish, feel a scottish man (my dh), therefore scottish.

I miss Scotland. I live down south. Grr...

Did anyone used to work in a bar and get macaroni pies on the way home from some random bakery window down Morrisons St in Edinburgh?

Any Edimburgers here?

Im sure we had a state of independence
in stirling or mybe falkirk it preceded internationale

I'm an ex Kirkcaldy girl.. All my family still there! I used to get my clubbing gear there as well (Caesars, club era,jackieos , kitty's ) and my kickers school shoes!

The Turret is still in the Mercat in Kirkcaldy

Did anybody ever go into Franx on Pollokshaws Rd in Shawlands. It was run by a really creepy wee perma-tanned guy called (of course) Frank. All the silver lam and wet look leather you could want. I always tried to get my mum to go in there when I was wee but she wasn't having it

Pentangle in Kdy was along past the cinema next to Mr Beaujangles if I remember rightly

I used to work in the office next to Pentangle in Dundee. It was a really handy, quirky wee shop. It wasn't there long though.
Loved Clockhouse. I got my first 'trendy'clothes from there. I think it was somehere in Arnotts I got my Sasperilla jeans.

Forfar has a Turret too.

Scottish lurker here ??

Scottish ........ and it's a braw moonlicht nicht the nicht

Embra born & bred but moved out to W Lothian 10yrs ago and love it here. Still close enough to Edinburgh to enjoy the pubs, bars & cafés but love a wee shopping expedition to Glesca.

Just arrived in Scotland this afternoon for a mini break. Love the place, love the city, love the accent. The minute I got on the plane I remembered how much I like Scottish people. Sat beside a drop dead gorgeous man on the plane who chatted away in that sexy way they have, mmm ... When I say sexy - he was about 70 - but really sexy. I met lots of Scottish people whilst living in London a billion years ago. I know no place is perfect but Glasgow is a lovely City. I love it here!!! The accent should be designated a language in its own right. Even the taxi driver spoke in a pretty poetic, sexy way ... Are Del Amitri still going? I once saw them on a flight to Glasgow and fell in love with every single one of them.

Lara croft, I spent my underage clubbing days in the Lido, then went to Manhattans in Leven, Oscars before it became Ceasars and Jackie'o's of course.

TCC jackets, god absolutely everyone had them at school they were actually like part of uniform.

British

I got one every year for school! Always with the red tartan lining!!

There was also a thing for NafNaf jerseys but not sure if that was just Scotland!!

Oscars!! That's what it was called!
Can't keep up with all the name changes it had!

Scottish diaspora

Was there a pub called Smithys where everyone underage went? Not far off the highstreet, just up from the big car park behind that old huge furniture shop/cafe continental