Stuff You Didn't Know About William Wallace

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William Wallace is shrouded in mystery and clouded in romance. Scottish history tour guide, Bruce Fummey, takes a look at five things most people won't have thought about this hero of the Scottish independence struggle
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@lilgnomeo1413 11 месяцев назад

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💙 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@nialloneill5097 29 дней назад

So did Wallace!

@KoolMoeKeem 23 дня назад

He was black

@waltonsmith7210 Год назад

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.

@liampaterson3424 Год назад

In heraldry, a drawn bow and arrow is also indicative of being victorious in battle which Wallace certainly was.

@allymac1314 Год назад

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!

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

Thanks Alasdair

@scottdublin4164 Год назад

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!

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

Wow, thank you!

@williamspence9470 Год назад

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

@stormgeist1766 Год назад

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

@nancyholcombe8030 Год назад

Thought I recognized a familiar face or two in those reenactments! Good job lads!

@sitvtamsitv1943 11 месяцев назад

Spotted Gordon, David & Lyall. Well done guys 🤣😂✊👍

@paulbecher9159 3 месяца назад

Very enjoyable ....and illuminating!

@fearthekilt Год назад

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.

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

Our pleasure!

@mikhailabunidal9146 Год назад

@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

@whoarewe7515 Год назад

With the hope of seeing our Bruce.

@bertiesaurus Год назад

If you’re retired you’ll feel right at home in Perth

@nialloneill5097 29 дней назад

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.

@GDixon-ch3yl Год назад

I love your story telling, your sense of humor and your knowledge overall. The Scottish mind set.😇😏😌❤️

@djmarti7773 Год назад

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

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

😂😂😂

@phillipallen3259 Год назад

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!

@Getorix Год назад

I don't like beer but I do like upsetting the nobles so I'm with you and Wallace bud!

@nialloneill5097 2 месяца назад

It may have been a barrrel or twp of Strong Bow Ciderrrr. Hence the emblem.

@nancypatterson2215 Год назад

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!

@novelist99 11 месяцев назад

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.

@nialloneill5097 2 месяца назад

She sounds familiar...if the she wasn't in Hollywood...she should have been...

@calummcnab3222 Год назад

Once again Bruce. Fantastic and very entertaining as well as informative.

@MonstaTrapz 11 месяцев назад

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 😊

@ScotlandHistoryTours 11 месяцев назад

Oooft, that's a drive

@nialloneill5097 29 дней назад

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....

@tlhedrick62 Год назад

I love this channel. It's a mix of humor and knowledge. Thanks Bruce.

@wagygirl 11 месяцев назад

I love this Bruce. The humor is perfect. My ancestor was with Wallace when he was captured by the English.

@nialloneill5097 5 месяцев назад

Blessed may he be...

@JohnScutter-s5j 3 месяца назад

Terrible that he was betrayed by John Menteith, a fellow Scot.

@nialloneill5097 2 месяца назад

Who was he, and could he not have helped him escape?

@wagygirl 2 месяца назад

@@nialloneill5097 William Kerr was asleep (same as Wallace) when Kerr was killed when Wallace was taken.

@nialloneill5097 2 месяца назад

@@wagygirl Sleeping pills???

@michaelgrimes1131 Год назад

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!

@brentwallace7096 Год назад

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.

@jameshorne9351 Год назад

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.

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

Ah thanks

@nialloneill5097 29 дней назад

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.

@dimitriofthedon3917 Год назад

Love ya vids mate, makes me proud that a Scottish family adopted me knowing all of this mad stuff

@thesocietyofjohndegraeme576 Год назад

Was a great pleasure working with Bruce on this video ....

@johnmacdonald1878 Год назад

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.

@scottmurray5600 Год назад

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.

@Barbreck1 Год назад

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!

@patriciajrs46 Год назад

@@scottmurray5600 Funny. I, too like the idea of the trail. Trials usually upset me.

@1981Marcus Год назад

@@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.

@nialloneill5097 2 месяца назад

@@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!

@alastair6356 Год назад

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.

@nicholasbethell2921 Год назад

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.

@nialloneill5097 2 месяца назад

They signifies our games of cowboys and indians when I was a wee laddie...

@brianreardon159 Год назад

And. Amazingly when returning to life,he'd turned into Mad Max.🥰

@whoarewe7515 Год назад

Was going to say when he grew up he became Mel Gibson.

@nialloneill5097 29 дней назад

Are you sure that's not Mad Macs...Scootish and all that...

@robertscardino2527 Год назад

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.

@nialloneill5097 2 месяца назад

This stretches life long learning to something else...wise woman your Auntie...perhaps it should be called long life learning in its stead...

@robertscardino2527 2 месяца назад

@@nialloneill5097 Thanks for bringing the dear woman to my mind tonight!

@nialloneill5097 2 месяца назад

@@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.

@sapien82 Год назад

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.

@Barbreck1 Год назад

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?

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

I'll be here for a while yet

@annasaylor3566 Год назад

Thank you Bruce and all, I have been learning so very much from you. I love your presentation's. ☮️🌹🦋❤️

@janetmackinnon3411 Год назад

Again a really good video. Thanks also for the humour...

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

Our pleasure!

@gavinduncan8479 Год назад

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 😉

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

Ah Gavin, you're a superstar mate

@hotelsierra86 Год назад

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.

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

😂😂

@georgefuters7411 Год назад

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🤣😂🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@ericdane7769 Год назад

Top notch content ! Informative, entertaining, good story-telling... basically everything the movie wasn't.

@HowWeGotHere Год назад

Thank you Bruce you have some of the Best History not just Scottish History content on RU-vid

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

Ah thanks

@typhoon5445 11 месяцев назад

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 !!

@vallovesnature8449 Год назад

Awesome video Bruce! There’s always more to a person than what we’re first told. 😌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@TeamLNE Год назад

'Dinnae give me alright, you got any Curly Wurlys' 😂 That absolutely floored me Bruce!

@jamieford4920 Год назад

Now it all makes sense why your videos are so good, soon as you said your hometown of Perth, that explained everything 👍

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

😜

@nebulastar3087 Год назад

Excellent video Bruce, loved the wee bits with the actors too. The production quality was A+.

@jamesmathews9098 Год назад

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.

@edwardlorden2996 11 месяцев назад

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.

@gavinduncan8479 Год назад

Loved it Bruce, especially the comedic aspect everyone brought to the video. Thanks again mate 🍻

@randysandford4033 4 месяца назад

Great story as always. Wallace the true hero of Scotland and a true hero of us all (unless you happened to be English). FREEDOM!

@mattdragonrider7888 Год назад

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

@nialloneill5097 2 месяца назад

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...

@jamesjames3146 Год назад

We need Wallace in Canada. There are enough Scots patriots already here. As always love the story.

@ScotlandHistoryTours 10 месяцев назад

@jamesjames3146 Live shows in Canada in 2024. Shows in Halifax, Annapolis, New Glasgow, Moncton, Montreal, Perth , Ottawa, Toronto, Fergus, Seaforth, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria. Most of the details are here. www.brucefummey.co.uk/shows.aspx

@fayelawless2625 11 месяцев назад

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

@ScotlandHistoryTours 11 месяцев назад

Glad you like them!

@tambranicolekendall9288 Год назад

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.

@terencegamble4548 Год назад

Bruce, another video so dense with information, but still so enjoyable and entertaining. Thank you.

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@marshmangunnar9150 Год назад

I can't get enough of your productions good sir! Fantastic the lot of em.

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

Ah cheers man

@NorthernBandit1 Год назад

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!

@badbiker666 Год назад

Zoe did a nice job as the bar keeper at the beginning. She should be in more videos!

@eamonnclabby7067 Год назад

Hear,hear....

@lilgnomeo1413 11 месяцев назад

Born in Johnstone Castle, raised in Elderlsie nothing makes me more proud than seeing oor wee toon on RU-vid 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🙏

@craigsinclair7864 Год назад

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...

@howler6490 Год назад

Aye, the politics and financial finangling will make a guid episode or twa !

@FairnessFobe Год назад

Thanks Bruce. You've excelled yourself in this one. Very amusing.

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

Thanks

@happy_bubble7 Год назад

Great story telling skills. Thanks for the information. For Land and For Sea. ❤️

@mlb5525 Год назад

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.

@lynnemurphy114 Год назад

I've never heard anything about these things that happened, really enjoyed especially the rise from the dead💚

@nialloneill5097 2 месяца назад

The Resurrection...?

@keith19934 Год назад

Cheers Bruce from California!

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

Hola

@pikeyMcBarkin Год назад

A great bunch of stories Bruce! Thanks again.

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

You're welcome

@LauchlanMac Год назад

Excellent insight. Thank you 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚔️

@fluffy4192 Год назад

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 RU-vid 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.

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

Thanks man

@coniwatson9512 Год назад

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.

@lizbecker1677 Год назад

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.

@Getorix Год назад

The only thing the movie got right was that there was indeed a scot named William Wallace who fought against the English lol.

@lizbecker1677 Год назад

@@Getorix ...and was hung, drawn and quartered.

@allenjenkins7947 Год назад

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.

@1981Marcus Год назад

@@allenjenkins7947 Tbh the Errol Flynn movie had more accurate costumes...

@katiemoyer8679 Год назад

Thank you. Your Saturday morning vid gifts are Always a pleasure, you are wonderful. 🎊 🎉❤

@martinkerr2721 11 месяцев назад

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 .

@ScotlandHistoryTours 11 месяцев назад

Brilliant

@jimmccrae8694 11 месяцев назад

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.

@drewmck7624 Год назад

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!

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

Cheers Drew

@thehistoryexplorer 6 месяцев назад

Just found your channel, love the content 👍

@s_n_o_w_f_a_l_l Год назад

Wish I had have known you'd be filming on my doorstep. That would be my parish if I remained catholic. Love your videos!

@sarahjohnstonedigitalrebelpunk 11 месяцев назад

I love how you present your videos. You make them so interesting. Thank you 🙏🏻

@ScotlandHistoryTours 11 месяцев назад

So nice of you

@JCNeylan Месяц назад

Thank You.... Love your Stories....

@perception913 5 месяцев назад

So honored to share the name of Sir William Wallace... Awesome videos

@HenryHaven-c3q 2 месяца назад

I love your content my brother , I hope to meet you some day ! An American Scotsman ! ❤

@MarkTelfer-tMarkCustomistation Год назад

Excellent history telling as always Bruce

@kirkmorrison6131 Год назад

A Great, video hard to believe his life. It was an impressive life that he led.

@rhysmclean2913 11 месяцев назад

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.

@cshan003 Год назад

More sketches with people dressed up please 😍 That was F.A.B

@Getorix Год назад

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.

@sitvtamsitv1943 11 месяцев назад

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.

@silverhearttribe 3 месяца назад

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

@FuManchu5ltr Год назад

Greetings from Perth, Western Australia

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

Are you coming to see my show at Perth Fringe in February? fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/stories-of-scotland-fw2023

@williamwallace7819 7 месяцев назад

Outstanding insight by Bruce. While weird to praise insight when discussing objective history, Bruce’s perspective is fascinating. William Wallace approves.

@ScotlandHistoryTours 7 месяцев назад

Thank you Billy

@nancyholcombe8030 Год назад

A wonderful presentation as always Bruce! Wallace was a man of the people and the stories here show why. Wallace would have also appreciated the humor you and your players had in doing this I think. It seems he took the cause seriously but not always himself unless it served the cause. I have a question though. In the 1990s, my friend and Celtic (folk) music bandmate married and they honeymooned in Scotland. His friend who lived there took them for a walk through the bushes and brambles to an incredibly old monument to William Wallace that you would not have known was even there as a dense forest and brush had grown up around it. His friend said at the time that the monument had been hidden on purpose to keep the English government from tearing it down since ancient times. Only the Scots knew where it was and only certain Scots at that! Is the monument in Ayrshire the monument my friend visited? I ask because it would be so cool to see it standing out in the open and loved by all now.

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

I don't know, but I think your mate was spun a yarn

@nancyholcombe8030 Год назад

@@ScotlandHistoryTours 😆😆😆

@lynnedunlop9843 Год назад

What a great video. Love watching your videos. Good scottish banter cannae beat it. Keep up the good work

@HughDWallace Месяц назад

Bruce, you should be in charge of teaching history to all Scottish school children (and adults too).

@grsfhhytff Год назад

😂😂😂😂😂 Morning, Bruce. Actually howling at your Curly Wurly sketch 😂😂😂😂

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

We had a laugh too

@eamonnclabby7067 Год назад

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Mrs C,s favourite....

@stormgeist1766 Год назад

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

@thecelticprince4949 Год назад

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.

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

Good point

@robsvideos1140 Год назад

This was a great video Bruce, very educational.

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

Thanks

@lawsonmarr6110 Год назад

Fantastic video again Bruce, you are the man!

@trikepilot101 Год назад

Regarding the beer stealing: as I understand it, claiming to be a cleric was a common gambit to be tried by the church rather than the government courts. Most judges were lenient and you only had to recite a certain prayer to have the trial moved to the ecclesiastical court.

@mistergamerguy 4 месяца назад

I'm not Scottish, nor do I live in scotland, and truth be told the only way I know of William Wallace is through that film, but I have to admit that stories like his, and others that depict histories that involve wars for things like rights and freedoms really interest me.

@mauricejohnston8454 Год назад

another interesting,funny, important video.. thanks Bruce

@climer588 Год назад

Great video! Love the production!

@ReekieReels Год назад

Bruce the movie star 🤩 great to see you in The Lost King mate 😁

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

One day I'll be famou😎

@Indyghurl Год назад

@@ScotlandHistoryTours saw you as the gambling uncle in The Wedding

@alicewatt416 Год назад

As usual Bruce a great video thank you👍

@ScotlandHistoryTours Год назад

Thanks 👍

@jacqueline4905 Год назад

Riccarton Castle stood in what is now a petrol garage as you approach Kilmarnock from the Ayr side. This was Wallace's fathers. I was told many years ago that William Wallace was born there.