13/03/2022
Last but definitely not least it is our Scotsman, the one and only Tommy Ashe.
Tommy is a not just a self-proclaimed ‘grumpy pensioner’, he is in fact a hard-line social critic, whose worldly views are based on years of not only attending the University of Hard Knocks – he’s also the janitor who looks like he’s had to clean up after everybody.
Tommy grew up in Drumchapel and was so poor that to ease his hunger he used to ‘lick the dug’. He survived however and went on to learn his trade as a plumber in the famous Govan shipyards where many a talented comedian or storyteller sprung from. Not content with the shipyards, Tommy as a young man said goodbye to his family and with little more than the shirt on his back and the whiskey in his suitcase, set his sights on the sunnier climes of South Africa. There he spent most of his time drinking warm beer and avoiding the midday sun. How then he ended up in Iraq bunkering down in one of Saddam’s palaces as American Troops entered the country no-one quite knows. But that was enough excitement for him, and with a souvenir in his pocket from Saddam’s palace, Tommy returned to his beloved city with the promise of enjoying a nice quiet retirement. That lasted about 2 weeks and since 2014 Tommy has enjoyed entertaining audiences with his unique and brilliantly funny take on the world. ‘It’s like listening to your granddad but much funnier and with more swearing’. Come and see him before it’s too late (after all he’s not getting any younger).
