“He’s a national f***ing example to us all. And a gift to us all. He’s not just gifted, he’s our gift.' Story by marissaamayy1
From the Greater Glasgow shipyards to Chateau Marmont and back to Greenock, Scottish writer Peter McDougall reflects on more than 50 years of friendship with the Big Yin.The pair have worked on a number of celebrated projects together over the years including films Just Another Saturday and Down Among the Big Boys.He told the Glasgow Times the last time he saw Billy was a while ago at the Oran Mor in Glasgow’s West End.
In those days working in the shipyards, Peter knew a lot of men like Billy because the yards were “full of funny men”. Peter waited until Billy’s 60th birthday to divulge he stole one of the canal-soaked tenners Billy was trying to dry on Peter’s electric fire. Peter said: “It was just very intimate. It was just, it didn’t matter. I said I was going to Greenock, so he said 'I'll come with you'. That was all.”Peter abhors the idea that anyone would call Billy a national treasure.
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