No matter how many times, Hearing the Story of Wallace will always make me shed a tear, a true hero for our people I’ll love Scotland til the day I die and after💙 🏴
Bruce, I have to say, you are one of the best historical interpreters that I have ever heard! I absolutely love listening to you tell me a story! Keep up the great work!
The Society of Sir John De Graeme had a hoot helping create this video Bruce, thank you for letting us be involved, was awesome to be a part of and actually see the thinking of what goes on behind the camera too!" Hopefully the start of many more, thank you again ! Tapadh leat a charaid
I enjoyed the parts that you played, and you played them well. It was a nice touch and gave this story an extra bit of personality, and there were certainly multiple moments that put a smile on my face and drew a laugh from my belly... Can I have a wee bit of that beer
I genuinely dont understand why they felt the need to change so much in the movie Braveheart when the real facts (as far as we know them) are perfectly compelling. Tell the history, and a good story will emerge.
Perth looks beautiful. I'm definitely adding it to my "must see" list on my retirement trip to Scotland. Thanks again for another great Scottish tale about a great Scottish hero told by a great Scottish raconteur. Thanks for the story Bruce and good morning from America.
When I visited 20 yrs ago ish...a few folk told me where to visit...then at the last moment, as I explained my predicament...a lassie in a cafe said...ya gotta goo to Perrth too...to see the Scone Palace...and the place of coronation. All the Pictish Kings hung out there...I have been described as Celtic looking, but ne'er specifically Pictish...So I went...from what I recall Perth was not so big, but it had a gentle ambience as a river flows calmly through it...but Scone Palace was great. There was a sense of history there...to a special tribe...ironically I found some text on them not so long ago...and this conformed my suspicions that the Picts were a highly spiritual folk. Some would say...Wallace would have made a fine King of theirs, if borrn 1200 yrs earlier at least.
Thank you for another bit of the Scottish jigsaw on the true history within Scotland. The history that was denied us when growing up in oor sch. I hope you give us mire enlightenment on more of your knowledge in all things associated with Scotland and its proud history. Thank you to you and your patrons who make this happen.. I look forward to your shows as they are a Ray of light in these dark times. Have you 50p fer the meter..lol
My direct ancestor was A Jenny Crawford. Her family were the Sherriffs of Ayr for hundreds of years. That family also married into the Wallace family from that same area. I know that Wallace had no issue, but I often wondered if the Crawford/Wallace Clans were related? Thank you for your time & all the knowledge of Scottish history that you give to the world. A great gift!
No known issue at least. I too am from the Wallace line. My second great grandmother was Susannah Wallace, and I've followed her ancestors back to 1442 so far. This line is from Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde. I too have Crawfords in there--I don't see a Jenny. I have a bunch of ancestors named "William Wallace" of Craigie way back in that line. So my guess is that they were probably somehow related to this William Wallace. Sadly, I never even knew that I had Scottish in my ancestry until I started studying it recently. Now, I'm intrigued and trying to learn all I can.
I'm English and laughed at the box of curly wurlys😂 Enjoy your videos Bruce. I was in Scotland in Feb, loved it, stayed in Rottall and went to the Wallace monument in Stirling on the 11 hour drive home to Devon 😊
I did the same 20 yrs ago a few times...took the train...10 hrs. Also took mi dog...a Springer a few times...and my camping gear and bike on other occasions....
Another great video Bruce. I loved the story of Wallace rising from the dead. I did not know that 1 before, but the way you tell it is truly priceless, some people are just born story tellers & you are definitely 1.
He was a follower of Christ...and so symbolically...he had to die to be reborn...a resurrection! He was a very devout man I sense...with great integrity.
I knew the word 'bairn' before. I learned it from Billy Elliott. But I had to look up Jock Tamson. I always learn something new from you. As my Irish (County Cavan) Auntie used to say, "If you learn something new everyday you'll live forever." Thank you.
@@robertscardino2527 I'm at an age that when I come on You Tube...I go down memory lane too. Just watched 30 mins of Peter Santinello visiting a guy who was 95...maybe the oldest cowboy around...still gettin around on his farm in Montana...his grandad went there from Norway. I watch that and I rhink...funny how life turns out...people who seemed as though they would live forever...no longer gracing this world, although I am sure other worlds have found a spot for them. Enjoy your memories too...and have a very good night. PS My grandma and the old uns used bairn too, she started in the pit called Cortonwood at 10 yrs old...what a character. They dont make em like that any longer, sad to say. All the very best.
Fantastic video another great yin , seen yer cameo in the lost king very good thoroughly enjoyed that. I love that the underdog like wallace and others throughout history always seem to become heroes to time. I love that a peasant can become the guardian of a nation with nothing but a bow in his haund.
Thanks for another interesting video Bruce. Bows and arrows were sometimes seen in medieval heraldry and were part of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons, the Queen Mother's coat of arms.
Your crews talent for skits, story telling, and making history relayable and relatable are freakin unmatched, mister Fummey! Thank you once again for brightening my whole day
As a fellow perthy just started watching your videos Bruce absolutely brilliantly told …if history was told like this in school i would have stuck in more !!
Edward really did own Scotland, he knew that he could buy off the nobles and if he bought off certain nobles and not others, he'd off balance Scotland by keeping the nobles pitted against each other. Then alone comes Wallace who doesn't care about money, only beer and Scotland. Hell as far as we know he may have only cared about beer and upsetting the nobles. Either way I'm with Wallace! I like beer! Well done Bruce and crew!
Buy a coffee or pint for yourself and some of your crew also Bruce. Love the videos you and your team make, especially this one about William Wallace. The comedic aspect everyone brought to the video was great. Thanks Again Bruce 🍻 Your Australian cousin, Gavin Donnachaidh 😉
Your productions are increasingly impressive. I wait with great anticipation your role as the new James Bond. Britain needs you. The four nations will never forget you. Honour,my friend,together onward.
Superb video, Bruce, the humour, use of actors and multiple locations were perfect counterpoint to the solemn and inevitable close. As always, well presented, informative and enjoyable. I was in stitches with the English bashing Curly Whurly and William (Robin Hood) Wallace and Friar Tuck nicking kegs of beer from the pub. This one's going to take some beating🤣😂🤣🏴🇪🇺🏴
Very interesting, He must have been a hell of a good leader. Ordinary people always supported and fought for him. He starts as a mysterious legend. In the end its his trail and execution in which he is a proven to be very real person who actually existed. With his achievements recorded as fact. Which is why his name is immortal. Others like Robin Hood ect remain mysterious legends if they ever actually existed at all.
The William Wallace trail sounds a lot better than the trial. I was stupit tae think he was a Paisley buddie fae just up the road when in fact he was an Ayrshire man, just like me. I wonder if complained tae the council constantly aboot the state of the roads as weil? Lets have the trail between the two points.
I've long considered the Robin Hood myth to be nothing more than a piece of English propaganda... an inspiring fireside story of an English hero to keep the common folks calm as the threat of Wallace's invasion loomed large on the horizon. After all, there are far too many similarities between the two stories... from his being an archer and having a wife named Marion to his manservant:, Jack Short (Little John?) and the guerilla-style raids mounted from Ettrick Forest. The difference being: There is ample evidence of William Wallace... absolutely none for a "Robin Hood". My bet is that the term "Robbing Hood(lum)" was coined of Wallace for his cheeky beer raid!
@@Barbreck1 There was a whole genre of outlaw romances that influenced each other. Stories about real people like Wallace, Hereward the Wake, Fouke FitzWaryn, and Eustace the Monk, fed into and drew on stories about more dubious characters like Robin Hood and Adam Bell.
@@Barbreck1 This makes great sense...the English lacked the balls... the bedevilment, and the bows and arrows to have a real champion like a Robin Hood...and they tired to tie in the idea of his chivalrous ties...to bestow great faith upon their noblemen of the time...all of whom were probably two-faced corrupt gluttonous crooks...like the Sheriff of Nottingham...and up the King's you know what....and the story is oft told during the Crusades...and the merry men fight not really as outlaws...but defenders of a real chivalry, outside the vested interests of the lords and barons of the day...whose primary aims were usually to feather their own purses...and so something that I sense the entitled knights of the realm knew nothing of...apart from a few Templars perhaps. I've read somewhere Wallace made many raids against the Sassanachs...so there is far more to him that just Stirling Bridge and Falkirik...much much more. For he carried the dreams of the common man. Then there is the possibility that he was the first to get involved with TV ads...for the Strong Bow Cider he took...to finance his campaigns and on-going raids...and which became part of his heraldic past. And...he had a big family to look after...and you can imagine how he became a hero to all kinds of folk...from rag and bone men...bar men...barmaids...beggars...hard done to Scots...the weak...the lonely...the persecuted...the most patriotic...many rejects of the formalities of British society...maybe a few English serfs thrown in...all wanting to be free from the designated system of the day that benefited above all the Nobles, who used Edward to press their claims for money, lands, and homage from the many commoners...who oft had no weapons, or ideas how to fight back...for Trade Unions were still a thing of the future...and they didn't do me much good anyway in the Miners Strike...when the British Establishment once again proved its desire and ability to rule roughshod o'er its subjects, with the same ruthlessness and ironwill, or was it ironlady, that had been so long ago characterised by the tyrannical persona of Edward Longshanks. It's one thing not to like your betters, and to grumble...but to occupy a forest full of only untrained serfs...(are they like gnomes and dwarves?)...took some heart...in fact, many would have called it a suicide mission! Wallace's legacy is surely then that he led in our many individual and common disputes with the English and later British Establishment, and fearlessly gave us hope of a kind of freedom from the oppression and abuse of the many tyrants that we have all had to suffer...throughout the many centuries of our island's history. In William and Robin we can trust..and is it not proof that someone actually cares for the downtrodden masses. Perhaps, the myth of the Sleeping Warrior is true then...and William and Robin, or even Batman and Robin...are only a stone throw away...in our hour of need...that comes ever closer...as a time of night and dark befalls mankind. So perhaps he is even intrinsically linked to the legend of King Arthur himself? But as Bruce would say...that's another story!
My wife is a Buddie and took me to Elderslie in Renfrewshire to pay homage to Wallace's birth place However it has been interesting to find we where in the wrong Elderslie. Often we pasted the momument in Ayr and didn't know this was where Wallace originated from. Thanks Bruce for giving us back our History and Heros our culture.🤩👍Scotland gu br'ath.
Smashin stuff, Bruce. I hadn't considered the humility of the man depicted in his chosen arms, but it makes sense now you've highlighted it. I'll admit though, I was half expecting to hear about Wallace's encounter with Marcus De Selby and his time in Dundee as a student of Divinity. Perhaps a story for another day?
I'm so happy I found your channel. Loved this video, your humour and storytelling skills. I'm proud of my Scottish ancestry. Thank you! Hugs from Texas.
I just came across this, the first of this presenter's work that I've seen. Excellent work! I wish I had found it a decade or so ago, just for the accent work! As an American, I was once on cast for a Renaissance Faire as a Scot. Thank you for such a wonderful video.
Aye Bruce, so many interpretation throughout history, it's nice to hear those that vary in terminology the way you spell out the details of the many. It's no wonder we all have such fits and confusion when we look into our ancient family be it Scotland, Norway and Ireland for me. The details are can be so daffy. Have a great week end. Thanks again for entertaining my gray cells. Rock till ya drop!
As a wee boy some 55 years ago , along with my pal we used to cycle to Wallace's well at Robroyston , there were no houses near by only the old hospital .To us it was a big adventure ,we had no real idea who William Wallace was ,in those days
Would anyone outside Rob RoysTon or Bruce's extended family have known without Mel Gibson's film...and You Tube...he's now surely become a legend...and eternal...
Bruce, first I love watching your videos for your accent, your humor and your knowledge. I am an American with little to no knowledge of Scottish history, but I love learning from you. What would you consider the best book on the subject of William Wallace? I would love to read it. Thank you so much for what you do.
Really enjoyed this video Bruce. Just finished Highland Warrior, a book about Alasdair MacColla, which covered this retaliation of the Campbells because of the Lamonts turning to support MacColla.
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Your outstanding with your manner of historical knowledge. Thanks so much. I call my ancestors rock hoppers . First from scotland then to Northern Ireland then to America. Some came direct to the colonies. My grandfather a Wallace.
Very interesting Bruce. Wouldnt it be great to be able to sit down with these guys for a beer, with the Bruce, Wallace, James Douglas et al and have a wee chin wag about everything that happened during their time. I wander what they think about Scotlands story to date and how things have developed..... It would be good to hear a story about the Darien venture and the pressures that came from that to the signing of the Act Of Union....the end of an old song...
Born in Johnstone Castle, raised in Elderlsie nothing makes me more proud than seeing oor wee toon on UA-cam for once for good news rather than a few grows getting raided😂😂😂Love the videos and I’m gutted I hadn’t bumped into you that day would’ve been a pleasure to meet you🙏
16:30 the accounts I've read about the black Douglas was that he became a crusader. Took Robert the Bruce's heart to Jerusalem even. Hence why they have a heart on their coat of arms.
The story i learnt was that although he was asked to take the heart to Jerusalem, sadly he never did make it to the holy land as he got to Teba in Spain, and died in battle fighting for the cruisaiders. August 25th 1330.
The hearts of both the Black Douglas and Red Douglas are in lead lined coffins, to stop them fighting each other even in desth. In St Brides church in Douglas in Lanarkshire
Yo i know this vid is 3 months old so i dunno if you'll ever see this but for such a niche subject as far as UA-cam production value is you are leagues ahead of other people. obviously Scottish history is vast and I'm a dumbass American with Scottish roots but i have a bunch of niche interests on youtube and the the effort you put into videos is easily on par with the most mainstream educational channels. your dedication to covering all aspects of Scottish history from a wide range of perspectives is extremely admirable and i hope to learn from you and i hope other people that want to cover subjects can put as much effort and thought into their work as you do. Cheers to you and everyone that helps and participates in your process you are creating amazing and essential conversation to regular people like me.
This does not sound like the plot of Braveheart, which I think is a great movie. The truth is so much more convoluted and interesting but doesn't lend itself to a great blockbuster movie unless you take a lot of creative liberties! Thanks for telling this story, and I can't wait to watch more of your videos. I love the way you talk about history, and I enjoyed seeing the medieval soldiers hanging out in modern pubs.
Braveheart was indeed a ripping yarn and very entertaining, but hardly history. About as historically accurate as the Errol Flynn version of Robin Hood, except that Wallace actually existed.
Great video as always. You should check out the old graveyard in Monkton, Ayrshire. It’s said that while evading the English, Wallace sought refuge there with the monks and this is where he had the dream about at Andrew.
Here's one for you Bruce. How about a story on Robin Hood or Robert of Huntington. And the Huntington's longtime friendship/association with the Scottish Crown. Robin Hood had a lot in common with His countryman of whom your story today is about.
Mine's from Philips Jr. College... Anyway... Well done! Even the little cartoon made me laugh! I feel like William Wallace would have been more proud of you for making this than he would be of that Gibson character for his movie, but I'm just a Yank, so what do I know... Well, I know a bit more now thanks to this, don't I? Yank or Scot, I believe I stand on the same side of the social class line vs. the aristocracy as he did, and I believe that makes us a kin of sorts. Thanks for this, and thanks for making me want a Scottish beer like nobody's business first thing in the morning
Outstanding insight by Bruce. While weird to praise insight when discussing objective history, Bruce’s perspective is fascinating. William Wallace approves.
I think your stores could be enhanced a little with literally dated maps. Put the year of the map in the upper left. Then have a good map showing the major regions/cites and dated border in relation to the cities your talking about.
No matter how many times, Hearing the Story of Wallace will always make me shed a tear, a true hero for our people I’ll love Scotland til the day I die and after💙 🏴
So did Wallace!
He was black
@@nialloneill5097 And die he did.
Let's hope that your eventual but ultimately unavoidable departure will be more peaceful than Wallace's ever was.
You've raised the bar with this one Bruce. The humour adds to the storytelling and the "re-enactions" are an absolute hoot! Jist braw, mun!
Thanks Alasdair
Bruce, I have to say, you are one of the best historical interpreters that I have ever heard! I absolutely love listening to you tell me a story! Keep up the great work!
Wow, thank you!
Was a great pleasure working with Bruce on this video ....
The Society of Sir John De Graeme had a hoot helping create this video Bruce, thank you for letting us be involved, was awesome to be a part of and actually see the thinking of what goes on behind the camera too!" Hopefully the start of many more, thank you again !
Tapadh leat a charaid
I enjoyed the parts that you played, and you played them well. It was a nice touch and gave this story an extra bit of personality, and there were certainly multiple moments that put a smile on my face and drew a laugh from my belly... Can I have a wee bit of that beer
Thought I recognized a familiar face or two in those reenactments! Good job lads!
Spotted Gordon, David & Lyall. Well done guys 🤣😂✊👍
Very enjoyable ....and illuminating!
I follow u guys on Facebook. Thank you!!!!
I love this Bruce. The humor is perfect.
My ancestor was with Wallace when he was captured by the English.
Blessed may he be...
Terrible that he was betrayed by John Menteith, a fellow Scot.
Who was he, and could he not have helped him escape?
@@nialloneill5097 William Kerr was asleep (same as Wallace) when Kerr was killed when Wallace was taken.
@@wagygirl Sleeping pills???
In heraldry, a drawn bow and arrow is also indicative of being victorious in battle which Wallace certainly was.
I genuinely dont understand why they felt the need to change so much in the movie Braveheart when the real facts (as far as we know them) are perfectly compelling. Tell the history, and a good story will emerge.
Perth looks beautiful. I'm definitely adding it to my "must see" list on my retirement trip to Scotland. Thanks again for another great Scottish tale about a great Scottish hero told by a great Scottish raconteur. Thanks for the story Bruce and good morning from America.
Our pleasure!
@Fear the kilt🏴
في يوم من الأيام ، بلدو رح تنزار بأنا
tha aon ag ràdh, Thig am baile-dùthcha leam-sa
One day, his 🏡town will be visited by me
With the hope of seeing our Bruce.
If you’re retired you’ll feel right at home in Perth
When I visited 20 yrs ago ish...a few folk told me where to visit...then at the last moment, as I explained my predicament...a lassie in a cafe said...ya gotta goo to Perrth too...to see the Scone Palace...and the place of coronation. All the Pictish Kings hung out there...I have been described as Celtic looking, but ne'er specifically Pictish...So I went...from what I recall Perth was not so big, but it had a gentle ambience as a river flows calmly through it...but Scone Palace was great. There was a sense of history there...to a special tribe...ironically I found some text on them not so long ago...and this conformed my suspicions that the Picts were a highly spiritual folk. Some would say...Wallace would have made a fine King of theirs, if borrn 1200 yrs earlier at least.
Thank you for another bit of the Scottish jigsaw on the true history within Scotland.
The history that was denied us when growing up in oor sch.
I hope you give us mire enlightenment on more of your knowledge in all things associated with Scotland and its proud history.
Thank you to you and your patrons who make this happen..
I look forward to your shows as they are a Ray of light in these dark times.
Have you 50p fer the meter..lol
😂😂😂
I love your story telling, your sense of humor and your knowledge overall. The Scottish mind set.😇😏😌❤️
Once again Bruce. Fantastic and very entertaining as well as informative.
I love this channel. It's a mix of humor and knowledge. Thanks Bruce.
My direct ancestor was A Jenny Crawford. Her family were the Sherriffs of Ayr for hundreds of years. That family also married into the Wallace family from that same area. I know that Wallace had no issue, but I often wondered if the Crawford/Wallace Clans were related? Thank you for your time & all the knowledge of Scottish history that you give to the world. A great gift!
No known issue at least. I too am from the Wallace line. My second great grandmother was Susannah Wallace, and I've followed her ancestors back to 1442 so far. This line is from Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde. I too have Crawfords in there--I don't see a Jenny. I have a bunch of ancestors named "William Wallace" of Craigie way back in that line. So my guess is that they were probably somehow related to this William Wallace. Sadly, I never even knew that I had Scottish in my ancestry until I started studying it recently. Now, I'm intrigued and trying to learn all I can.
She sounds familiar...if the she wasn't in Hollywood...she should have been...
I'm English and laughed at the box of curly wurlys😂 Enjoy your videos Bruce. I was in Scotland in Feb, loved it, stayed in Rottall and went to the Wallace monument in Stirling on the 11 hour drive home to Devon 😊
Oooft, that's a drive
I did the same 20 yrs ago a few times...took the train...10 hrs. Also took mi dog...a Springer a few times...and my camping gear and bike on other occasions....
Another great video Bruce. I loved the story of Wallace rising from the dead. I did not know that 1 before, but the way you tell it is truly priceless, some people are just born story tellers & you are definitely 1.
Ah thanks
He was a follower of Christ...and so symbolically...he had to die to be reborn...a resurrection! He was a very devout man I sense...with great integrity.
thank you, Bruce. I had never heard some of these stories. you are such a wealth of history information and I appreciate it very much.
Love ya vids mate, makes me proud that a Scottish family adopted me knowing all of this mad stuff
Great story as always. Wallace the true hero of Scotland and a true hero of us all (unless you happened to be English). FREEDOM!
I knew the word 'bairn' before. I learned it from Billy Elliott. But I had to look up Jock Tamson. I always learn something new from you. As my Irish (County Cavan) Auntie used to say, "If you learn something new everyday you'll live forever." Thank you.
This stretches life long learning to something else...wise woman your Auntie...perhaps it should be called long life learning in its stead...
@@nialloneill5097 Thanks for bringing the dear woman to my mind tonight!
@@robertscardino2527 I'm at an age that when I come on You Tube...I go down memory lane too. Just watched 30 mins of Peter Santinello visiting a guy who was 95...maybe the oldest cowboy around...still gettin around on his farm in Montana...his grandad went there from Norway. I watch that and I rhink...funny how life turns out...people who seemed as though they would live forever...no longer gracing this world, although I am sure other worlds have found a spot for them. Enjoy your memories too...and have a very good night. PS My grandma and the old uns used bairn too, she started in the pit called Cortonwood at 10 yrs old...what a character. They dont make em like that any longer, sad to say. All the very best.
Fantastic video another great yin , seen yer cameo in the lost king very good thoroughly enjoyed that. I love that the underdog like wallace and others throughout history always seem to become heroes to time. I love that a peasant can become the guardian of a nation with nothing but a bow in his haund.
And. Amazingly when returning to life,he'd turned into Mad Max.🥰
Was going to say when he grew up he became Mel Gibson.
Are you sure that's not Mad Macs...Scootish and all that...
It's only a small step from Bannockburn, Scotland to Bannockburn, Queensland Australia, with a little stop-over in Peekskill, New York USA.
Thanks for another interesting video Bruce. Bows and arrows were sometimes seen in medieval heraldry and were part of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons, the Queen Mother's coat of arms.
They signifies our games of cowboys and indians when I was a wee laddie...
You tell an intertaining story! I'm from Tennessee with Scots Irish ancestors on my mother's side of the family. Ain't life grand!
Your crews talent for skits, story telling, and making history relayable and relatable are freakin unmatched, mister Fummey! Thank you once again for brightening my whole day
Glad you like them!
Thank you Bruce you have some of the Best History not just Scottish History content on UA-cam
Ah thanks
Again a really good video. Thanks also for the humour...
Our pleasure!
As a fellow perthy just started watching your videos Bruce absolutely brilliantly told …if history was told like this in school i would have stuck in more !!
Top notch content ! Informative, entertaining, good story-telling... basically everything the movie wasn't.
Edward really did own Scotland, he knew that he could buy off the nobles and if he bought off certain nobles and not others, he'd off balance Scotland by keeping the nobles pitted against each other. Then alone comes Wallace who doesn't care about money, only beer and Scotland. Hell as far as we know he may have only cared about beer and upsetting the nobles. Either way I'm with Wallace! I like beer!
Well done Bruce and crew!
I don't like beer but I do like upsetting the nobles so I'm with you and Wallace bud!
It may have been a barrrel or twp of Strong Bow Ciderrrr. Hence the emblem.
Buy a coffee or pint for yourself and some of your crew also Bruce. Love the videos you and your team make, especially this one about William Wallace. The comedic aspect everyone brought to the video was great.
Thanks Again Bruce 🍻
Your Australian cousin,
Gavin Donnachaidh 😉
Ah Gavin, you're a superstar mate
Your productions are increasingly impressive. I wait with great anticipation your role as the new James Bond. Britain needs you. The four nations will never forget you. Honour,my friend,together onward.
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Superb video, Bruce, the humour, use of actors and multiple locations were perfect counterpoint to the solemn and inevitable close.
As always, well presented, informative and enjoyable. I was in stitches with the English bashing Curly Whurly and William (Robin Hood) Wallace and Friar Tuck nicking kegs of beer from the pub.
This one's going to take some beating🤣😂🤣🏴🇪🇺🏴
Loved it Bruce, especially the comedic aspect everyone brought to the video. Thanks again mate 🍻
Excellent video Bruce, loved the wee bits with the actors too. The production quality was A+.
Very interesting, He must have been a hell of a good leader. Ordinary people always supported and fought for him. He starts as a mysterious legend. In the end its his trail and execution in which he is a proven to be very real person who actually existed. With his achievements recorded as fact. Which is why his name is immortal. Others like Robin Hood ect remain mysterious legends if they ever actually existed at all.
The William Wallace trail sounds a lot better than the trial. I was stupit tae think he was a Paisley buddie fae just up the road when in fact he was an Ayrshire man, just like me. I wonder if complained tae the council constantly aboot the state of the roads as weil? Lets have the trail between the two points.
I've long considered the Robin Hood myth to be nothing more than a piece of English propaganda... an inspiring fireside story of an English hero to keep the common folks calm as the threat of Wallace's invasion loomed large on the horizon. After all, there are far too many similarities between the two stories... from his being an archer and having a wife named Marion to his manservant:, Jack Short (Little John?) and the guerilla-style raids mounted from Ettrick Forest. The difference being: There is ample evidence of William Wallace... absolutely none for a "Robin Hood". My bet is that the term "Robbing Hood(lum)" was coined of Wallace for his cheeky beer raid!
@@scottmurray5600 Funny. I, too like the idea of the trail. Trials usually upset me.
@@Barbreck1 There was a whole genre of outlaw romances that influenced each other. Stories about real people like Wallace, Hereward the Wake, Fouke FitzWaryn, and Eustace the Monk, fed into and drew on stories about more dubious characters like Robin Hood and Adam Bell.
@@Barbreck1 This makes great sense...the English lacked the balls... the bedevilment, and the bows and arrows to have a real champion like a Robin Hood...and they tired to tie in the idea of his chivalrous ties...to bestow great faith upon their noblemen of the time...all of whom were probably two-faced corrupt gluttonous crooks...like the Sheriff of Nottingham...and up the King's you know what....and the story is oft told during the Crusades...and the merry men fight not really as outlaws...but defenders of a real chivalry, outside the vested interests of the lords and barons of the day...whose primary aims were usually to feather their own purses...and so something that I sense the entitled knights of the realm knew nothing of...apart from a few Templars perhaps. I've read somewhere Wallace made many raids against the Sassanachs...so there is far more to him that just Stirling Bridge and Falkirik...much much more. For he carried the dreams of the common man. Then there is the possibility that he was the first to get involved with TV ads...for the Strong Bow Cider he took...to finance his campaigns and on-going raids...and which became part of his heraldic past. And...he had a big family to look after...and you can imagine how he became a hero to all kinds of folk...from rag and bone men...bar men...barmaids...beggars...hard done to Scots...the weak...the lonely...the persecuted...the most patriotic...many rejects of the formalities of British society...maybe a few English serfs thrown in...all wanting to be free from the designated system of the day that benefited above all the Nobles, who used Edward to press their claims for money, lands, and homage from the many commoners...who oft had no weapons, or ideas how to fight back...for Trade Unions were still a thing of the future...and they didn't do me much good anyway in the Miners Strike...when the British Establishment once again proved its desire and ability to rule roughshod o'er its subjects, with the same ruthlessness and ironwill, or was it ironlady, that had been so long ago characterised by the tyrannical persona of Edward Longshanks. It's one thing not to like your betters, and to grumble...but to occupy a forest full of only untrained serfs...(are they like gnomes and dwarves?)...took some heart...in fact, many would have called it a suicide mission! Wallace's legacy is surely then that he led in our many individual and common disputes with the English and later British Establishment, and fearlessly gave us hope of a kind of freedom from the oppression and abuse of the many tyrants that we have all had to suffer...throughout the many centuries of our island's history. In William and Robin we can trust..and is it not proof that someone actually cares for the downtrodden masses. Perhaps, the myth of the Sleeping Warrior is true then...and William and Robin, or even Batman and Robin...are only a stone throw away...in our hour of need...that comes ever closer...as a time of night and dark befalls mankind. So perhaps he is even intrinsically linked to the legend of King Arthur himself? But as Bruce would say...that's another story!
Awesome video Bruce! There’s always more to a person than what we’re first told. 😌🏴
Thank you Bruce and all, I have been learning so very much from you. I love your presentation's.
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My wife is a Buddie and took me to Elderslie in Renfrewshire to pay homage to Wallace's birth place However it has been interesting to find we where in the wrong Elderslie. Often we pasted the momument in Ayr and didn't know this was where Wallace originated from. Thanks Bruce for giving us back our History and Heros our culture.🤩👍Scotland gu br'ath.
Smashin stuff, Bruce. I hadn't considered the humility of the man depicted in his chosen arms, but it makes sense now you've highlighted it.
I'll admit though, I was half expecting to hear about Wallace's encounter with Marcus De Selby and his time in Dundee as a student of Divinity. Perhaps a story for another day?
I'll be here for a while yet
I'm so happy I found your channel. Loved this video, your humour and storytelling skills. I'm proud of my Scottish ancestry. Thank you! Hugs from Texas.
I just came across this, the first of this presenter's work that I've seen. Excellent work! I wish I had found it a decade or so ago, just for the accent work! As an American, I was once on cast for a Renaissance Faire as a Scot. Thank you for such a wonderful video.
Bruce, another video so dense with information, but still so enjoyable and entertaining. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
I can't get enough of your productions good sir! Fantastic the lot of em.
Ah cheers man
Aye Bruce, so many interpretation throughout history, it's nice to hear those that vary in terminology the way you spell out the details of the many. It's no wonder we all have such fits and confusion when we look into our ancient family be it Scotland, Norway and Ireland for me. The details are can be so daffy. Have a great week end. Thanks again for entertaining my gray cells. Rock till ya drop!
As a wee boy some 55 years ago , along with my pal we used to cycle to Wallace's well at Robroyston , there were no houses near by only the old hospital .To us it was a big adventure ,we had no real idea who William Wallace was ,in those days
Would anyone outside Rob RoysTon or Bruce's extended family have known without Mel Gibson's film...and You Tube...he's now surely become a legend...and eternal...
'Dinnae give me alright, you got any Curly Wurlys' 😂 That absolutely floored me Bruce!
Now it all makes sense why your videos are so good, soon as you said your hometown of Perth, that explained everything 👍
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Bruce, first I love watching your videos for your accent, your humor and your knowledge. I am an American with little to no knowledge of Scottish history, but I love learning from you. What would you consider the best book on the subject of William Wallace? I would love to read it. Thank you so much for what you do.
Really enjoyed this video Bruce. Just finished Highland Warrior, a book about Alasdair MacColla, which covered this retaliation of the Campbells because of the Lamonts turning to support MacColla.
We need Wallace in Canada. There are enough Scots patriots already here. As always love the story.
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Cheers Bruce from California!
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Thanks Bruce. You've excelled yourself in this one. Very amusing.
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So honored to share the name of Sir William Wallace... Awesome videos
Zoe did a nice job as the bar keeper at the beginning. She should be in more videos!
Hear,hear....
Great story telling skills. Thanks for the information. For Land and For Sea. ❤️
A great bunch of stories Bruce! Thanks again.
You're welcome
Your outstanding with your manner of historical knowledge. Thanks so much. I call my ancestors rock hoppers . First from scotland then to Northern Ireland then to America. Some came direct to the colonies. My grandfather a Wallace.
Very interesting Bruce. Wouldnt it be great to be able to sit down with these guys for a beer, with the Bruce, Wallace, James Douglas et al and have a wee chin wag about everything that happened during their time. I wander what they think about Scotlands story to date and how things have developed.....
It would be good to hear a story about the Darien venture and the pressures that came from that to the signing of the Act Of Union....the end of an old song...
Aye, the politics and financial finangling will make a guid episode or twa !
Thank you. Your Saturday morning vid gifts are Always a pleasure, you are wonderful. 🎊 🎉❤
I love how you present your videos. You make them so interesting. Thank you 🙏🏻
So nice of you
I've never heard anything about these things that happened, really enjoyed especially the rise from the dead💚
The Resurrection...?
Born in Johnstone Castle, raised in Elderlsie nothing makes me more proud than seeing oor wee toon on UA-cam for once for good news rather than a few grows getting raided😂😂😂Love the videos and I’m gutted I hadn’t bumped into you that day would’ve been a pleasure to meet you🙏
Excellent history telling as always Bruce
16:30 the accounts I've read about the black Douglas was that he became a crusader. Took Robert the Bruce's heart to Jerusalem even. Hence why they have a heart on their coat of arms.
The story i learnt was that although he was asked to take the heart to Jerusalem, sadly he never did make it to the holy land as he got to Teba in Spain, and died in battle fighting for the cruisaiders. August 25th 1330.
The hearts of both the Black Douglas and Red Douglas are in lead lined coffins, to stop them fighting each other even in desth. In St Brides church in Douglas in Lanarkshire
Yo i know this vid is 3 months old so i dunno if you'll ever see this but for such a niche subject as far as UA-cam production value is you are leagues ahead of other people. obviously Scottish history is vast and I'm a dumbass American with Scottish roots but i have a bunch of niche interests on youtube and the the effort you put into videos is easily on par with the most mainstream educational channels. your dedication to covering all aspects of Scottish history from a wide range of perspectives is extremely admirable and i hope to learn from you and i hope other people that want to cover subjects can put as much effort and thought into their work as you do. Cheers to you and everyone that helps and participates in your process you are creating amazing and essential conversation to regular people like me.
Thanks man
North of 150K subscribers and now on the precipice of becoming an international movie star. Looking forward to seeing The Lost King. Congrats on both!
Cheers Drew
A true hero of Scotland. They should make a movie about him😉. I mean an accurate movie about his life with Bruce as historical advisor.
Wish I had have known you'd be filming on my doorstep. That would be my parish if I remained catholic. Love your videos!
Hi learned so much more of our Country's History than what we ever got in school in the early 90,s thanks again sir you do tell them well .
Brilliant
A Great, video hard to believe his life. It was an impressive life that he led.
This does not sound like the plot of Braveheart, which I think is a great movie. The truth is so much more convoluted and interesting but doesn't lend itself to a great blockbuster movie unless you take a lot of creative liberties! Thanks for telling this story, and I can't wait to watch more of your videos. I love the way you talk about history, and I enjoyed seeing the medieval soldiers hanging out in modern pubs.
The only thing the movie got right was that there was indeed a scot named William Wallace who fought against the English lol.
@@Getorix ...and was hung, drawn and quartered.
Braveheart was indeed a ripping yarn and very entertaining, but hardly history. About as historically accurate as the Errol Flynn version of Robin Hood, except that Wallace actually existed.
@@allenjenkins7947 Tbh the Errol Flynn movie had more accurate costumes...
Excellent insight. Thank you 👍🏴⚔️
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What a great video. Love watching your videos. Good scottish banter cannae beat it. Keep up the good work
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This was a great video Bruce, very educational.
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More sketches with people dressed up please 😍 That was F.A.B
Great video as always. You should check out the old graveyard in Monkton, Ayrshire. It’s said that while evading the English, Wallace sought refuge there with the monks and this is where he had the dream about at Andrew.
Fantastic video again Bruce, you are the man!
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Here's one for you Bruce. How about a story on Robin Hood or Robert of Huntington. And the Huntington's longtime friendship/association with the Scottish Crown. Robin Hood had a lot in common with His countryman of whom your story today is about.
Good point
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another interesting,funny, important video.. thanks Bruce
Mine's from Philips Jr. College... Anyway... Well done! Even the little cartoon made me laugh! I feel like William Wallace would have been more proud of you for making this than he would be of that Gibson character for his movie, but I'm just a Yank, so what do I know... Well, I know a bit more now thanks to this, don't I? Yank or Scot, I believe I stand on the same side of the social class line vs. the aristocracy as he did, and I believe that makes us a kin of sorts. Thanks for this, and thanks for making me want a Scottish beer like nobody's business first thing in the morning
Thank you Bruce for another great video. I wish you and your family well. ..Latha math dhut mo charaid
Tapaidh leat
As usual Bruce a great video thank you👍
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Great video! Love the production!
I love your content my brother , I hope to meet you some day ! An American Scotsman ! ❤
Great background on Wallace.
Excellent video 👌 I wasn't aware of the oak tree location so I'll give that a visit sometime.
Brilliant
Outstanding insight by Bruce. While weird to praise insight when discussing objective history, Bruce’s perspective is fascinating. William Wallace approves.
Thank you Billy
Thank you for your entertaining but important stories.
Thanks for listening
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Morning, Bruce. Actually howling at your Curly Wurly sketch 😂😂😂😂
We had a laugh too
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Great video Bruce!
I think your stores could be enhanced a little with literally dated maps. Put the year of the map in the upper left. Then have a good map showing the major regions/cites and dated border in relation to the cities your talking about.
Damn i missed you at Glasgow Bruce, would have been good to shake your hand at least, i stay just a couple of miles from the monument.
Bruce the movie star 🤩 great to see you in The Lost King mate 😁
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@@ScotlandHistoryTours saw you as the gambling uncle in The Wedding
Love your content-thank you! Also love the casting of the nice bar lady. Thank you again..
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