Hi folks, this was a great film, one of my favourites, but it concerned Scotch Whisky. 'Whiskey' spelt with an 'e' is Irish, Scottish whisky has no 'e' (just a little water for me, please). Sorry to nit-pick <ggg> Ian. In message <199909262242.PAA19951@bl-14.rootsweb.com>, SCOTLAND-GENWEB- D-request@rootsweb.com writes >Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 15:18:16 -0400 >From: "Eileen@j51.com" <eileen@j51.com> >To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <008501bf0853$e37ea9a0$8fdec6cf@HPAuthorizedCustomer> >Subject: Whiskey Galore >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >I finally found a copy of "Whiskey Galore," American title >"Tight Little Island." >It was in a little classic video store. I have it rented >until tomorrow morning. >I heartily recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it. From >the book by Sir Compton Mackenzie, it's based on a true >story. During WW2, there was a severe shortage of whiskey >in Scotland, as almost every drop was being sent to America >to bring back needed dollars for the war effort. One foggy >Saturday evening, a merchant ship went aground on rocks off >an island off the west coast of Scotland. It contained over >40,000 cases of Export Only whiskey!! The islanders >couldn't row out to the ship to save the whiskey on Sunday, >so they had to wait until after 12 am Monday. And they >surely did!!! >I saw the movie when it first came out - about 1950 -and it >was just as good last night. It shows a fine insight into >the nature of Scots. > >Eileen > Best regards, Ian Paterson. ================================================