Ex-Dons

[Bojangles9]

One of the family members of the corporate owners of JK Finefoods in Aberdeen’s West End is seemingly partial to selling Coke and the family wonder why Soul and other venues have gone quiet! The price of their 🥩 is frankly ridiculous and must surely be influenced by the prevailing Coke market rate. I’m not talking out of turn as he was convicted of drug-dealing offences at Aberdeen Sheriff Court. Won’t go near their establishments, ever.

Vovem currently on fire. Still I’m sure they’re insured…

[57vintage]

Vovem currently on fire. Still I’m sure they’re insured…

Hass's chipper on Holburn Street's remained conflagration-free for many years now, as far as I know. The very yardstick.

I had to look for Vovem on the 'net, so out of touch am I with where the middle classes go to be seen nowadays.

[Jupiter]

So that's why there were a heap of fire engines on union street today

[Shetland Don]

Vovem currently on fire. Still I’m sure they’re insured…

Not guilty - read my last sentence - and I’m on a rock in the North Sea! Hope everyone is safe.

[Shetland Don]

Hass's chipper on Holburn Street's remained conflagration-free for many years now, as far as I know. The very yardstick.

I had to look for Vovem on the 'net, so out of touch am I with where the middle classes go to be seen nowadays.

Been twice, Haddock fine enough but chips anaemic, perhaps to allow the premises to so remain, hot cooking oil etc!? Rosemount, former Kiwi place, much better batter!

[Shetland Don]

Not guilty - read my last sentence - and I’m on a rock in the North Sea! Hope everyone is safe.

A quote from the P and J - “One patient was transported to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, but it’s unknown what injuries they sustained.” I should have thought that that person only became a patient after hospital admission.

[TheDeeDon]

Vovem currently on fire. Still I’m sure they’re insured…

Allegedly the fire was deliberate and started by some Scousers. No idea if true or not.

Until I read this thread, I had no idea about dodgy Aberdeen businesses.

[NaeMairNeeps]

If Ah'm nae mistaken, the last Hass 'accidental' fire was in 1993? and it was one of their more prestigious establishments? Was it called the Royal Darroch?

If correct, then I might have a funny story for ye

[TheDeeDon]

Anthony Stewart has signed for Ebbsfleet Utd. Currently bottom of the English National league.

Moved to us for life changing money and now the third of that summer's signings to be in English non league football.

I just also read that he was dropped by the MK Dons last December and never played for them again.

[Jormungand]

Miovski has a penalty saved in another defeat for Girona.

[blowupsheep]

Miovski has a penalty saved in another defeat for Girona.

Aye, and then hooked pretty much straight after. He is just nae having much luck there at all is he?
Poor start to his time in Spain, I am sure 100% he has the quality and skill to come good there, but I am just not so sure that the Spaniards will have the patience to wait for that to happen.

[TheDeeDon]

Aye, and then hooked pretty much straight after. He is just nae having much luck there at all is he?
Poor start to his time in Spain, I am sure 100% he has the quality and skill to come good there, but I am just not so sure that the Spaniards will have the patience to wait for that to happen.

He's working his ticket for a move back to us.

[GASC1980]

Definitely stop start for him there. First start in 5 games last night. Wasn't his usual clinical penalty finish and a fairly decent save from the keeper. Hope it comes good for him.

[swaddon2]

A thing on the BBC Sport gossip page says that Jim Leighton has urged men to get their prostate checked. The article is in the P&J, and I'm nae paying to read it.

I hope everything is fine with him.

[blowupsheep]

A thing on the BBC Sport gossip page says that Jim Leighton has urged men to get their prostate checked. The article is in the P&J, and I'm nae paying to read it.

I hope everything is fine with him.

All is good with him Swaddon2 he s just promoting what he he does and why he does it and te work he does with many charities for this cause, here is some of what the article says below, but all is good with Jim.

In more recent times, Leighton has worked as a coach at Pittodrie, highlighted the outstanding endeavours of charities such as Ucan, Friends of Anchor and Sue Ryder throughout the north east of Scotland, and made a recovery from prostate cancer after being diagnosed with the illness nearly six years ago.
This cause means a lot to me’
The 66-year-old’s mettle was tested regularly while he was turning out for Aberdeen, Manchester United and Hibs, and at three World Cups for his country.

Yet he had to face a challenge of a different nature after being told he had cancer and, once again, the succour and support of his loved ones helped him through the ordeal.

But it also highlighted to him the importance of men opening up and speaking about their health issues – and how they could benefit from the groundbreaking work which is being carried out by Ucan at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
You don’t want to suffer in silence’
Ucan has also formed a partnership with FoA to create a Rapid Diagnostic Centre: an international-class facility located within the acute urology services at ARI.

It’s a project which is close to Leighton’s heart and, though he is not one of life’s schmoozers, he grows passionate when the conversation turns to shattering taboos and making it easier for often stubborn males to talk openly about matters of life and death.
He said: “It’s one of the biggest killers of the male population and yet there is still a lack of awareness of how much can be done for those with prostate cancer.

“I know what it’s like, because I was in the dark myself until I had a conversation with my former Aberdeen teammate Willie Garner who had been diagnosed with cancer.

“When I heard the news about Willie, I phoned him up. We chatted for about 10 minutes, then he asked if I had ever been checked out because he knew that my late dad, Sam, had also suffered from prostate cancer.

‘I just switched off for a while’
“It is a hereditary condition, so that was enough to convince me. I got the tests and it turned out that my PSA [the prostate specific antigen test] was through the roof.

“Initially, I was told I would have to get my prostate removed, then I got called into Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and learned it had spread into my lymph nodes.

”As soon as they mentioned cancer, I just switched off. I had to be told later by my wife Diane about the other stuff they told me. It hits you hard. But it is treatable.”

In Leighton’s case, that involved 37 consecutive days of radiotherapy and hormone injections and he realises he will have treatment for the rest of his life.

But he added: “I’m in good hands and they are doing a terrific job keeping on top of it.”

‘The sooner you know, the better’
Nonetheless, he had to wait months to discover exactly what was wrong with him and that explains why he is such a champion of the plans for the RDC at ARI.

In his world, anything which boosts early detection can only be a positive development.

He said: “The charities and the medical staff are fantastic. You can go to hospital in the morning and you’ll know by lunchtime what the problem is.
In my case, it probably took about three months before it was properly diagnosed, so they have made a lot of progress since 2018 and this new centre will be invaluable.

“But it’s still important to hammer home the message that the doctors can’t do anything without people being sensible.

“If something doesn’t feel right, please go and get yourself checked out. Don’t think it won’t happen to you.”