Shinkicker from Scotland on June 02, 2010: Every week in the Sunday Post and the annual at Xmas. Bairn can also refer to the youngest member of a family, irrespective of age. A hard-working man, Paw's ambition in life is to get his feet up by the fire at the end of the day. Dave McClure (author) from Kyle, Scotland on November 16, 2009: Elayne from Rocky Mountains on November 16, 2009: Loved it. Notice his signature bottom right of the picture. Did I say Horace was the brains of the family? Dudley D Watkins was a genius at producing highly detailed and funny drawings. ... Daphne, Maggie, Horace, the twins and the bairn to life for a Scottish audience in a production filled with … https://hubpages.com/literature/Oor_Wullie_and_The... there are so many things I've never considered and scottish daily cartoons are one of them. Jings maw! She is basically a smaller version of Maw, getting in her share of indignant moral pronouncements and pointing out the foolishness of the male Broons… All orders are custom … But things don't always go her way. Dave McClure (author) from Kyle, Scotland on July 27, 2008: You've probably found it already, but if not, you need to visit http://www.thatsbraw.co.uk/ for the official history. Meet the braw Scots putting the Broons family on stage They’re the cartoon characters who’ve entertained Scotland for 80 years. Hen is a bean-pole. Horace is slightly out of place in the family. Dave McClure (author) from Kyle, Scotland on February 06, 2011: Hi Tony - If I ever do my World tour, I'll swing by with a Broons book for you! The Broons family features two older sons, Hen and Joe, and two grown-up daughters, Daphne and Maggie. It is approx. He's best described as an aging delinquent. I ran across something neat on Gaeilge online cartoons once. Unfortunately he can sometimes come across as a bit of a snob, looking down on poor old Paw for his lack of education. Last, but by no means least, is the roguish Granpaw Broon. Over on the east coast, weans are more often referred to as bairns. She's tried every diet going, but can never stick it out. Maw Broon’s Cookbook, Maw Broon’s But an’ Ben Cookbook and The Broons… The Broons is a comic strip in the Scottish newspaper The Sunday Post.It is about a Scottish family with 11 members.. They are a family of nine, ranging from Granpaw Broon to the Bairn (bairn is a small child in the … When: 7th November 2016 to 12th November 2016 Location: Theatre Royal. The Scottish cartoon family features a huge cast of maws, paws, granpaws, brothers, sisters, and the baby of the bunch - the bairn. 11K likes. I wonder now if they are the source of a joke my dad used to tell of people off a sailing ship becalmed in fog and they hear a young boy saying something like "You pull paw, maw canna pull" and the people on the ship thinking they had arrived in China by mistake. The family town home is in Glebe Street which, though a common … Dave McClure (author) from Kyle, Scotland on May 20, 2008: Thanks Haldane - The Broons (& Oor Wullie) are a great Scottish institution. This website and its associated newspaper are members of Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). When not getting into fights, you'll find him playing or watching football, or sometimes even boxing. The younger children are Horace, who is the brains of the family and the Twins … I had not heard of the Broons before but they sound like great fun! Beat The Chasers: ITV viewers left furious after Scottish co... Aidan Smith's TV review: Scot Squad, The Great, A Teacher an... Map shows 400 British Army camps in Scotland after Culloden... Is 1917 a true story? High quality The Broons gifts and merchandise. He expects his tea on the table when he gets home. Derived from the Old English word bearn, meaning child or descendent, bairn has its roots in Old Saxon and Old High German, and is used in some parts of North East England and Yorkshire as well as eastern Scotland. It is not known specifically at what time bairn was first used, although it appeared in the famous epic poem Beowulf which was written in the late Anglo-Saxon period between 800 and 1100 AD. I think they were the Rovers - of course DDW would never have allowed them to support Rangers or Celtic. The strip is written in the Scots language.. Family Members. Most of the stories that feature Hen make some kind of joke about his height. Like most Scottish mothers, she's the heart of the family. Award-winning Scottish playwright Rob Drummond brings the infamous characters Granpaw, Paw and Maw Broon, Hen and Joe, Daphne, Maggie, Horace, the Twins and the Bairn … Legends. The younger children are Horace, who is the brains of the family, and the Twins (identical boys) plus the Bairn, a cut down version of Maw and wiser than her years. . 150 pieces of heart shaped hand punched confetti made from a recycled 'The Broons' Annual. The younger children are Horace, who is the brains of the family, and the Twins (identical boys) plus the Bairn… Bairn remains part of Scottish culture thanks to a famous Scottish family - The Broons. However, wee was not used as an adjective until the middle of the 15th century, after which it was combined with ane to create wean. Used to love the Broons when I lived in Scotland in the 1950's. The Broons … The Broons (like toasted cheese) are not quite as good as they wee when D.D.W. A sassenach from North East England here, but I have loved The Broons since early childhood and they are almost like members of my own family to me. Broons characters from the popular family TV show the Broons available to buy individually or as a whole including the Bairn, Granpaw, The Outlaw Twins, Horace, Daphne, Maggie, Joe, Hen, Maw and Paw! In our house, Sunday morning was always a race to get the Sunday Post for the next episode! However as originally written, Watkins' use of words and phrases more commonly associated with the east coast of Scotland, such as bairn for child, as opposed to the west-central wean , suggests he was using his own immediate environment (he lived in Broughty Ferry( ).He worked in Dundee and the Broons' dialect is mainly Dundon… was writing it. Tough, sporty, straightforward, and none too bright - Joe seems to have a knack of getting himself into scrapes on a regular basis. The (identical) twins are never named. They should have given him a trial for Thistle! prettydarkhorse from US on November 25, 2009: hi Dave, I would like to be between Daphne and Maggie, can I be one! Wee is a word whose current meaning is in little dispute, but whose origins are interesting and complex. He likes to think he's head of the family and is given to throwing his (small) weight around, but generally gets nowhere. The Broons family features two older sons, Hen and Joe, and two grown-up daughters, Daphne and Maggie. There are dated references that will be lost on the younger generation. By the nature of the page some pieces have more of an image than others, but by hand selecting each heart I … They're sometimes called the ae twin and the ither twin, and that's as far as it gets. The Broons were created by the great illustrator Dudley D. Watkins. The Broons first appeared on March 8th, 1936, in the then new Fun Section of the Sunday Post and have been ever-presents ever since. As with Oor Wullie, Watkins left the location of the strips un-named, although the Broons' tenement is located on Glebe Street, a commonly used name in many Scottish towns. Dudley D. Watkins was the first newspaper illustrator in the UK to be … It is derived from the Old English waeg describing the weight of an object, a word also used to refer to a quantity or an amount. I love the Broons! *SAVE £8.95* WHEN BOUGHT TOGETHER The Bairn Been Shopping Gift Bag features the Bairn herself and can be used as a gift or lunch bag, to carry around your toys or even as a handbag! Beautiful land. She is basically a smaller version of Maw, getting in her share of indignant moral pronouncements and pointing out the foolishness of the male Broons… Let's rethink that. But it's still an institution ;). There can be few Scots of a certain age who don't remember waiting their turn on a Sunday morning to devour the Fun Section of the Sunday Post - the weekly fix of The Broons, Oor Wullie, Nosey Parker, Lord Snooty, and the collection of terrible jokes. Clootie dumplings, here we come . Glad to trigger fond memories :). MrMarmalade from Sydney on December 30, 2007: What I can not understand is Australia has at least three Scotsmen living here. Daphne is a great character. Notice his signature bottom right of the picture. My son bought a Nosey Parker partly wood ornament when he went to Scotland in the 1970's to give to my daughter, but she lost it and we were never able to get another one. :). When I was a kid I thought they were a real family -- but they are. Dave McClure (author) from Kyle, Scotland on November 12, 2008: Chris - there was once a three episode feud between the Broons and the Blacks that was resolved when they discovered they both supported the same team. "The Broons" were launched in 1936 in The Sunday Post in Scotland, and are still going strong. The Broons family features two older sons, Hen and Joe, and two grown-up daughters, Daphne and Maggie. That was more than seventy years ago, and ever since then there has been a weekly Broons story in the same paper and a 'Broons Book' every second year (alternating year about with Oor Wullie, of course!). The Broons were created by the great illustrator Dudley D. Watkins. Before him illustrators were simply anonymous 'staffers'. He has some kind of office job but it's never clear exactly what he does. There's a new book released - Maw Broon's cook book - which I'm going to write about next. Broons & Oor Wullie Jute Bags A great new range of officially licenced jute bags designed by and exclusively available from the Natural Bag Company. Inspired designs on t-shirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. The Broons is a comic strip in Scots published in the newspaper The Sunday Post. neat hub, new thing to me. Have a great new Year when it comes and a better 2008, India & South Asia Political & Social Issues. More than once he's been brought home in a wheelbarrow. My daughter gave me a Broons book for Christmas this year, which gave me the idea. Now the Broons are going on tour. Happily retired, he's enjoying his second childhood and likes nothing better than playing in a swing park with the weans. The Bairn – The youngest of the family at three or four years of age. And looks after the 'weans', and keeps Paw in order (no mean achievement), and does the shopping and the budgeting and the mending and making do. Dave McClure (author) from Kyle, Scotland on January 30, 2011: Hi Mary - I hadn't seen a Sunday Post for years, till two weeks ago when a friend (who's into Scottish football) brought one out to the Middle East. Maw Broon’s Cup of Tea Medium Shopper features Maw Broon who has just been out shopping and can't wait to get home - 'I'll be glad to get sat doon an' have a nice cup o'tea!'. The family soon bring him back to earth. They feature full articles, videos and picture galleries plus the ability to browse through complete downloadable editions of the paper which can also be read offline later. The bairn is the youngest member of "The Broons" family, but in spite of her tender age she often exhibits considerable wisdom. Dave McClure (author) from Kyle, Scotland on December 31, 2007: Idunn - thanks for the read. Good site. This pic sure takes me back! Paw's 'wee lamb', she may be, but there's a clever head below the golden curls! The Scottish cartoon family features a huge cast of maws, paws, granpaws, brothers, sisters, and the … Why are they not screaming to the dailies to feature yours and now mine Broon Family? Dave McClure (author) from Kyle, Scotland on November 25, 2009: It would have to be Maggie I think - you're much slimmer than Daph! And of course, his number one partner in crime is the Bairn. I have a book of Scottish jokes as I was in Scotland this summer. Their dialect is unashamedly Scottish, and this quiz examines some of their everyday words and phrases. Coming from Edinburgh, and knowing nothing of Dundee, I always thought the Broons lived in Glasgow, but was puzzled as to why they had a "bairn" rather than a "wean" - maybe there was a deliberate … Aloha! Simple but versatile, the bairn overhears someone talking about one of the family, gets the wrong end of the stick, mobilises … Made in London | British Classic Comics | Vintage Magazines | Wartime British comics, UK Comics The Broons, Oor Wullie, DC Thomson | Cartoon posters for sale buy now There's a lot of play made of the contrast between her and Daphne. Mostly single handed too. I was a Joe fan. Well, there's a surprise! The Broons is a Scots comic strip that has been published in the weekly newspaper The Sunday Post since 8 March, 1936. Granpaw lives apart, in his own 'hoose' so doesn't come into every story, but when he does, he's the star act. Joe Broon has been pictured playing accordion and pipes. But he's not a manual worker like Paw. Joyce Falconer and Kevin Lennon can be seen in Sell A Door’s touring production THE BROONS from Tuesday 27th September – Saturday 12th November. The Broons first appeared in the Scottish Sunday Post, published in Dundee by D.C. Thomson. Beloved of readers since their first appearance in the Sunday Post in 1936, The Broons are a family of infamous characters including Granpaw, Paw and Maw Broon, Hen and Joe, Daphne, Maggie, Horace, the Twins and the Bairn… My aunts in Scotland used to send me the annual every year in the late 60's through the 70's. The Broons offers an odd mix of the couthy and the current. 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