IRISH comedian Dave Allen was at large in Glasgow in 1974 when he stopped off for a book signing.
Quite who his firemen pals are though, we're not sure. Perhaps the funnyman's cigarette, one of his stage and TV trademarks, was perceived as a fire hazard. It's just as well he wasn't armed with his other stage stand by, a large glass of Irish whiskey, or the whole bookshop could have gone up. Now that would have given him material for one of his rambling stories.
The funnyman was a favourite with Glasgow audiences and, in the 70s and 80s, regularly brought his show to the King's Theatre.
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