In The Brownies – Billy Connolly (1979)

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Additional information about this Billy Connolly vinyl art.

Billy Connolly – The Artist

Sir William Connolly, CBE (born 1942) is a retired Scottish stand-up comedian, musician, presenter, actor and artist. He is sometimes known, especially in his homeland, by the Scots nickname “The Big Yin” (“The Big One”). Connolly’s first solo album, Billy Connolly Live!, was produced, with a mixture of comedic songs and short monologues. Known for his idiosyncratic and often off-the-cuff observational comedy, which frequently includes the use of profanity, Connolly was voted in 2007 the greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4’s 100 Greatest Stand-Ups,and again in the updated 2010 poll.

In The Brownies – The Song

‘In The Brownies’ is the spoof cover version by Billy Connolly of In the Navy by YMCA .  

The Vintage Brownie Logo- The Shape

This record has been modelled into the shape of the vintage Brownie logo of a clover leaf with a star. Brownies are the section in the Girl Guides (or in the United States, Girl Scouts) organisation for girls aged seven years old to ten years old. Exact age limits are slightly different in each organisation.Brownies, originally called Rosebuds, were first organised by Lord Baden-Powell in 1914 to complete the range of age groups for girls in Scouting. They were first run as the youngest group in the Guide Association by Agnes Baden-Powell, Lord Baden-Powell’s younger sister. In 1918, his wife, Lady Olave Baden-Powell, took over the responsibility for the Girl Guides and thus for Brownies. Originally, the girls were called Rosebuds, but were renamed by Lord Baden-Powell after they complained that they did not like their name. Their name comes from the story “The Brownies” by Juliana Horatia Ewing, written in 1870. In the story, two children, Tommy and Betty, learn that children can be helpful brownies instead of being lazy boggarts. In November 2022, the Girl Guides in Canada announced by January 2023 that they would rename this section of Guides, as it was deemed “a barrier to racialised girls and women” and to be more inclusive. In January 2023, the name Brownies was changed to Embers.

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