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28 minutes ago, JJ93 said:

Did he support Hearts btw? I think he must have being brought up in Fountainbridge. 

 

Grew up a Celtic fan but switched to Rangers after becoming friends with David Murray according to this.

 

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/celtic-fans-give-me-pelters-since-i-switched-988287

 

RIP, a great leading man, and always kept his own accent whether he was playing a Russian, a Spaniard or an American.

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29 minutes ago, manaliveits105 said:

Legend - rip 

was born in 176 Fountainbridge (plaque on new building now) and not sure if that was an alley to tenements where Asa Wass - rag skin and metal merchants were  - people used to take old clothes there for cash - our mother used to take my brother and I but they wouldnt buy us

Fountainbridge known for its smells with the rubber mill and 2 breweries 

Thought Sean was a bit seltiky until his pal Murray got him along to Ibrox - he certainly took interest in the international team

That ties in with my thoughts.

 

Edit: Confirmed by @fancy a brew

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51 minutes ago, JJ93 said:

If I had met him, it would have been like meeting god himself. What a man.

 

I met him a few times when I had a different job, throigh his brother  and we'd chew the cud occasionally.

 

To be honest it was alwayd a bit of a challenge to realise you were talking to the real Connery and not someone doing an impression of his voice.

 

The first time I met him I found myself almost saying to him 'aye its alright but you're overdoing the esh's'.

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11 minutes ago, been here before said:

 

I met him a few times when I had a different job, throigh his brother  and we'd chew the cud occasionally.

 

To be honest it was alwayd a bit of a challenge to realise you were talking to the real Connery and not someone doing an impression of his voice.

 

The first time I met him I found myself almost saying to him 'aye its alright but you're overdoing the esh's'.

 

Missing something are you no?

 

Allow me...

 

RIP. Sending thoughts, condolences and prayers to the family

 

 

🙄😛

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some great stories of his fighting abilities online 

when he was asked for his leather jacket by the "nororious" Valdor gang in an Edinburgh pool hall - he refused and left and headed for the Palais followed by 6 of the gang - who confronted him on a balcony of the Palais where he duly beat them up one by one and at one stage had 2 of them round the neck at the same time 

when he and Michael Caine were challenged by a gang of 4 and he seen them off 

when Lana Turners jealous American gangster boyfriend flew from LA to London and went to the film set and pulled a gun on Sean - Sean duly grabbed the gun and twisted his wrist 

 

 

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1 minute ago, neilnunb said:

 

Missing something are you no?

 

Allow me...

 

RIP. Sending thoughts, condolences and prayers to the family

 

 

🙄😛

 

Aye I thought about it but there might just be pals or family tuning in. Thought it best to leave the pisstake sanctimony this time.

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48 minutes ago, The Frenchman Returns said:

Really sad one and a great son of Edinburgh.

 

My old man knew him from Fountainbridge and from when Sean was a doorman at the Palais de Danse 

 

RIP Sir Sean

I'm  not sure he was ever a doorman at the Palais, he ran with a group one of whom if I recall correctly and the leader was Andrew Keppie. They used to slouch in hands in pockets looking tough. I don't remember Connery in the group, I was fifteen and just starting to sneak in underage to the Palais, got to know the doormen by sight as it was important to know how to avoid each. As a young soldier got in easily and the gang role had been taken over by the younger Valdor gang.

 

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5 minutes ago, been here before said:

 

Aye I thought about it but there might just be pals or family tuning in. Thought it best to leave the pisstake sanctimony this time.

 

 

👍😉

 

 

 

 

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7 minutes ago, been here before said:

 

Aye I thought about it but there might just be pals or family tuning in. Thought it best to leave the pisstake sanctimony this time.

How very thoughtful.

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RIP Scotland's greatest movie star. You've left a wonderful legacy. A great Scotland and Edinburgh man. Thank you Thomas Sean Connery.

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All roads lead to Gorgie

I watched him play a pro celebrity golf round at Barnton many years ago and again I was standing on the Royal Mile when he was part of the parade at the opening of the Scottish parliament. He carried himself with great aplomb and always spoke up for the country of his birth at every opportunity.

RIP Sir Sean.

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Such an icon to many of us. Probably the only Scot to really make it as a global movie star in 60s-80s when the World was a bigger place and it took hard work to make it.

 

Like many on here I have met many of his close friends over the years in Edinburgh! 

 

Will always be the definitive James Bond but his other work proved that he was right to fight the type-casting and do other stuff too. 

 

Through family friends, I remember a story of how he spent a lot of time with General Urquhart, the character he played in A Bridge Too Far, who was also a military advisor on the film set. Urquhart was apparently very pleased with Connery's portrayal of him.

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2 hours ago, ri Alban said:

The Hill was imo probably his finest hour. Immense. 

 

Gutted. 

Totally agree, The Hill was a brilliant film. Closely followed by The Offence.

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Rip Sean. I liked the story of him disarming a mafia thug who showed up on set to confront him about seeing Lana Turner. You don't get these kind of working class hard man actors now. 

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11 minutes ago, flogel41 said:

Totally agree, The Hill was a brilliant film. Closely followed by The Offence.

The offence is on my must watch list, now. 👍

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7 minutes ago, ri Alban said:

The offence is on my must watch list, now. 👍

It’s an intense watch. Rare example of a stage play working perfectly as a film. 

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2 hours ago, westbow said:

Was good as Indiana’s dad.

 

Yeah he was great in the Last Crusade. Felt like he didnt need to act much for that role! 

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4 minutes ago, Tazio said:

It’s an intense watch. Rare example of a stage play working perfectly as a film. 

👍

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Gorgie Boot boy

The Man who would be king , is the greatest movie of all time. Well as far as the big lad goes.

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9 hours ago, Tazio said:

I always felt it was a shame that a lot of people seem incapable of seeing beyond Bond. The Offence which also starred Ian Bannen is a tremendous film where he got to properly show he was a proper actor. 

I hadn't heard of The offence until you posted about it.  Saw a clip earlier on tv and it looks good.  They mentioned that and another one called The Hill that also looked good.  Quite a heavy subject matter in The Offense for the early 70's 

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39 minutes ago, JackLadd said:

I heard the BBC clown at Hampden trumpeting he'd starred in 6 Bond films. It's 7. Can't even get that right.

 

6 official ones I believe. Never Say Never Again doesn't count because of this. Also because it's an absolutely shite film.

 

RIP Sir Sean. You Only Live Twice is probably my favourite one of his films.

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15 minutes ago, Jambos_1874 said:

 

6 official ones I believe. Never Say Never Again doesn't count because of this. Also because it's an absolutely shite film.

 

RIP Sir Sean. You Only Live Twice is probably my favourite one of his films.

 

 

Not shite at all. Better than the Dalton efforts and the risible Die another Day. It counts as his 7th to me.

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1 hour ago, PTBCAL said:

His parents lived at Ritchie Place I seem to remember 

 I always understood he lived in Grove Street.

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11 hours ago, Sharpie said:

 I always understood he lived in Grove Street.

 

I don't think Sir Sean ever lived in Grove Street? 

 

My Dad who is now 89 and went to the same high school as Sir Sean seems think that was the case, but he could be wrong? 

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See further up he lived at 176 Fountainbridge - not sure if this was a vennel through to tenements behind where ASA WAAS merchants were ?

There is a plaque on one of the new buildings 

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If I remember correctly the odd numbers were the Asa Wass side of the street so 176 would have been the other side, probably just past the top of Grove Street.

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16 minutes ago, jambo east anglia said:

If I remember correctly the odd numbers were the Asa Wass side of the street so 176 would have been the other side, probably just past the top of Grove Street.

Cheers 👍

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5 hours ago, HaymarketJambo said:

 

I don't think Sir Sean ever lived in Grove Street? 

 

My Dad who is now 89 and went to the same high school as Sir Sean seems think that was the case, but he could be wrong? 

 Thanks for that, I think I heard of that when I used to go to a barber in Grove Street, I think it was Tony's he was a specialist in D A's, your dad is a couple of years older than me but same generation. He'll mebbe remember those, highly fashionable with a drape suit.

 

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17 hours ago, Sharpie said:

 I always understood he lived in Grove Street.

 

2 hours ago, manaliveits105 said:

See further up he lived at 176 Fountainbridge - not sure if this was a vennel through to tenements behind where ASA WAAS merchants were ?

There is a plaque on one of the new buildings 

 

To complicate matters further, I thought he lived on Dundee Street.  :facepalm:

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Just cycled past the location of his childhood home in Fountainbridge - now called Melvin Walk.

Theres about 4 bunches of flowers and a pint of milk laid below an almost anonymous plaque.

Shurely Edinburgh can come up with a better tribute than a wee blue plaque .

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2 hours ago, Sharpie said:

 Thanks for that, I think I heard of that when I used to go to a barber in Grove Street, I think it was Tony's he was a specialist in D A's, your dad is a couple of years older than me but same generation. He'll mebbe remember those, highly fashionable with a drape suit.

 

 

Drainpipe troosers and a pair of winkle pickers.

Slightly before my time, believe it or not.

 

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3 minutes ago, J.T.F.Robertson said:

 

Drainpipe troosers and a pair of winkle pickers.

Slightly before my time, believe it or not.

 

 I have referred to it before but to me it was a classic, my mother and father on a bus Sunday afternoon mother looks out the window sees three lads walking, says to father something like would you look at the state of that three eedjits, father replies matter of factly, aye one of them's your son.

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Sad news indeed but he made it big time and reached the age of 90 years so he must be considered a lucky man all in all. To me he will always stand out for his iconic acting. There has always only been one James Bond for me and and that's Sean Connery.   

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12 minutes ago, Sharpie said:

 I have referred to it before but to me it was a classic, my mother and father on a bus Sunday afternoon mother looks out the window sees three lads walking, says to father something like would you look at the state of that three eedjits, father replies matter of factly, aye one of them's your son.

 

:)

 

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