Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
here's the monologist William McCulloch giving A Little Talk for Scotlands Music Week 1926.
William McCulloch was of Highland descent, but lived in Paisley all his life. At one time he wanted to be a lawyer, but instead he worked in the local Parish Council, collecting rates. In his spare time he was interested in amateur dramatics and opera, appearing in a number of comic roles (he was principal comedian with the Glasgow Orpheus Club).
After leaving the Parish Council, McCulloch became a professional entertainer, and for twenty five years he travelled throughout Scotland and beyond, reciting his monologues to hugely appreciative audiences. The monologues were also popular when released on 78rpm records
here's the monologist William McCulloch giving A Little Talk for Scotlands Music Week 1926.
William McCulloch was of Highland descent, but lived in Paisley all his life. At one time he wanted to be a lawyer, but instead he worked in the local Parish Council, collecting rates. In his spare time he was interested in amateur dramatics and opera, appearing in a number of comic roles (he was principal comedian with the Glasgow Orpheus Club).
After leaving the Parish Council, McCulloch became a professional entertainer, and for twenty five years he travelled throughout Scotland and beyond, reciting his monologues to hugely appreciative audiences. The monologues were also popular when released on 78rpm records



![Scotland Fife British Drama League Lyntone Flexi record reissue of 1920s 78 rpm Gramophone Record.
Heres Scotland Fife British Drama League Lyntone Flexi record reissue of 1920s 78 rpm Gramophone Record.
The British Drama League was established in 1919 to promote amateur and professional theatre in England, 3 a head office based at Fitzroy Square, London. It was founded by Geoffrey Whitworth. Its work included pursuing the creation of the National Theatre, offering library and research services, founded the journal Drama in 1919, and encouraging the introduction of drama into the national curriculum.[1] Its name was changed to the British Theatre Association in 1972.[2] The Association was disbanded in 1990, due to financial pressures. Play scripts held in its archive are now in the possession of the Theatre Museum, London Scotland Fife British Drama League Lyntone Flexi record reissue of 1920s 78 rpm Gramophone Record.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TxWr3jveL0M/mqdefault.jpg)



![Full Peal of the Original Bow Bells Cockney Eastend London 78 rpm
Heres the orginal Bow Bells that all true London Eastend Cockneys are supposed to be born within the sound of to call themselves a Cockney. I got interupted so didnt manage to video side 2,but will do this when time permits.
St Mary-le-Bow (/lə ˈboʊ/) is a historic church rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666 by Sir Christopher Wren in the City of London[2] on the main east–west thoroughfare, Cheapside.
The sound of the bells of St Marys is prominent in the story of Dick Whittington and His Cat,[3] in which the bells are credited with having persuaded him to turn back from Highgate and remain in London to become Lord Mayor.[4] The bells are also referred to in the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons; traditionally, people born within earshot of Bow Bells are considered to be Cockney.
Much of the current building was destroyed by a German bomb during the Blitz on 10 May 1941,[22] during which fire the bells crashed to the ground. Restoration under the direction of Laurence King[23] began in 1956 (with internal fittings by Faith-Craft, part of the Society of the Faith). The bells as listed above, cast in 1956, were eventually installed to resume ringing in 1961. The church was formally reconsecrated in 1964, having achieved designation as a Grade I listed building on 4 January 1950.[1][24]
In the church is a memorial to members of the Norwegian resistance who died in the Second World War, which is in two parts; a commemorative plaque and a relief of Saint George and the Dragon by Ragnhild Butenschøn.
In the churchyard is a statue of Captain John Smith of Jamestown, founder of Virginia and former parishioner of the church.
.A Cockney is a certain type of Londoner. The term mainly refers to speakers of the distinctive Cockney dialect of English used in and around London, particularly by the working and lower-middle classes; especially people from the East End,[1][2][3] or, traditionally, people born within earshot of Bow Bells.[4][5] Full Peal of the Original Bow Bells Cockney Eastend London 78 rpm](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VOb6hB_lfMI/mqdefault.jpg)

![God Save The King sung by Alan Turner 78 rpm
Heres God Save The King sung by Alan Turner from a 78 rpm shellac record pribabkyvrekeased in the 1920s.
The Oxford Companion to Music, Percy Scholes points out the similarities to an early plainsong melody, although the rhythm is very distinctly that of a galliard,[7] and he gives examples of several such dance tunes that bear a striking resemblance to God Save the King/Queen. Scholes quotes a keyboard piece by John Bull (1619) which has some similarities to the modern tune, depending on the placing of accidentals which at that time were unwritten in certain cases and left to the discretion of the player (see musica ficta). He also points to several pieces by Henry Purcell, one of which includes the opening notes of the modern tune, setting the words God Save the King. Nineteenth-century scholars and commentators mention the widespread belief that an old Scots carol, Remember O Thou Man, was the source of the tune.[8][9]
The first published version of what is almost the present tune appeared in 1744 in Thesaurus Musicus. The 1744 version of the song was popularised in Scotland and England the following year, with the landing of Charles Edward Stuart and was published in The Gentlemans Magazine (see illustration above). This manuscript has the tune depart from that which is used today at several points, one as early as the first bar, but is otherwise clearly a strong relative of the contemporary anthem. It was recorded as being sung in London theatres in 1745, with, for example, Thomas Arne writing a setting of the tune for the Drury Lane Theatre. God Save The King sung by Alan Turner 78 rpm](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VlXai3cdlVU/mqdefault.jpg)
