ANYONE remember the"Scramble"

[rye470]

It was definately a 'scramble' in Linwood. If the wedding was at the chapel you took you're life in you're hands. It was on the main road and you had to dodge the buses going both ways.

Funny you should mention the "Christening Piece". I was explaining this to an English friend just the other week. She had never heard of it.

My brother made a small fortune out of Christening pieces when we were kids. Regular as clockwork, every other year, the woman next door would have a baby girl. She was after the longed for boy, but wasn't having much luck. We lived in the close in a block of flats. We always knew when the christening was going to be, so my brother would stand inside the door till he heard their door opening. He was out the door like a shot. Two minutes later he's half a crown better off.



Christine.

[Bertha]

Hi All
Was telling my husband about this line of discussion this morning.
"Oh" he said, "that reminds me we better start collecting our small change for Drew's poor oot" You see our son gets married in 11 months and being the organiser that he is, he wants to start collecting now! So I said "I'll start putting 1p & 2ps in a jar" "Oh no, these days the kids will expect 20s & 50s" - well guess who'll be doing the pushing and shoving - ME!!! To help pay for it all!
Bertha

[Eliza]

In Falkirk we had the scramble though we never sounded the letter B
so itwas a Scramle. Everyone in the street knew who was getting married so we all waited till the bride came out. Then if you were lucky and the biggger kids did not get it all you could get some pennies.
The more affluent the bride sometimes there were 3P bits and sixpences.
Happy Days

Liz

[AnneM]

Hi

In my village near Dunoon it was most definitely a scramble. We all knew when there was a wedding and gathered in front of the church expectantly. Some generous person once threw out a 10p or probably 2/- bit and I got my hand to it only to have my knuckles firmly trodden on by a large boy. I came out of that one not much richer and with grazed knuckles but usually they were fun and productive.

Anne

[Bryan]

from what I recall in Fife it was known as a scatter, and took place outside the bride's home only. Could be we just didn't live near the church but think word would have got round that there was a second chance there.
Also recall a wedding in the north of England (Durham or Northumberland) where they had it it for the couple leaving the church but that was farming country and both families lived out in the sticks. Remember getting told off for trying to get to the money as we were guests at the wedding - dead miffed

[anne]

Definitely a "poor oot" in Edinburgh - whatever happened to them? We used to duck and dive between vehicles hoping for a penny or two, or the prize - a thrupenny bit. Immediately after was the queue in the sweet shop - a few yards away from the church - to check out their penny tray (and to compare our gains with pals and glare from afar at the big boy/girl who had elbowed us out of the way just as we thought we had something).
Happy days
Anne

[Rach]

In St Abbs, Berwickshire, we called it a poor oot. I used to think that it was only the posh folk who called it a scramble!
We also had the 'creeling' after the marriage cermony where a 'crib' [creel for catching crabs] was put onto the groom's back and the twine looped round his shoulders. The bride then had to cut the twine with a knife and if the groom was lucky it missed his throat! When I did it the knife was sharper than I thought but he survived!
Love reading about all these memories whether it means laughing, crying or smiling.
Rach

[emmess]

My Ayrshire born Father called it a scramble but when I married in Edinburgh the locals called it a ‘’poor oot ‘’-slight difference was that the cash was heated on a shovel before it was thrown-we were nearly (extra) late for the ceremony waiting for it to cool down to a safe temperature. I presume ‘’Health and Safety’’ put an end to that variation.
emmess