The stork is on its way for McDonalds Sweethearts

Still rifling through friendsreunited and found out that Derek Smith and Linda Iforgotyourlastname are going to be mummy and daddy! congratulations guys!!

heres the post from Derek:-

"Hello :-) A wee update from me, been through various jobs and fun stuff but hopefully settled now working for Reliance (the prisoner guys!). Still with Linda, coming up for our 11 year anniversary and we have a bouncing bundle of joy on the way early next year, so no doubt they will be a bubbling blue nose like myself :-) Hope all the old pals are doing well, feel free to get in touch!! All the Best Derek"

Isnt that great. hope your doing okay derek I know from experience that it is the man who does all the hard work during pregnancy... and dont get me started on labour...all that waiting about. having to listen to them moan and groan. I'm sure you'll get through it. Linda take it easy on him :o)

It'll be great having a baby. That keeps you up all night, pukes and keeks all the time. you'll love it.

your in the army now - Donna Draper

Donna was a member of McDonalds Trongate from 1995 to 1997. I was looking up friends reunited and found her profile:-

"I have been in the army now for 7 and a half years and im still loving it. I am now a full corporal but hopefully will be promoted soon. I have a 3 year old son called Kieran who is a little monster just like his mum used to be. It would be good to hear from you all so get in touch love Donna xxx"

I'm sure she came from the east end of Glasgow and joined when she was quite young. She had a great attitude and was a lot of fun.

What were these guys names again????

Found this picture and cant remember anyones name - Sorry!.


Can anyone help with names?
I think the second guy in... the groper is Derek Miller. which if true on his friendsreunited site says :-

"Currently working as a transgenic techician for Glasgow uni"

Does that mean he engineers woman and mens bits for swapping them round??

McDonalds love ends in Wedding bells

Crewmember extrordinaire Alan Farrel met the love of his life on a McDonalds night out. I'm sure it was the one pictured here where we all went over the road to the Mitre pub.

You can see Alan in the bottom corner. Little did he know he would meet his future wife that very evening.

Stacey Lee, lobby hostess with the mostess, at the time brought along one of her best pals.

Alan successfully wooed Donna and won her heart. How could anyone resist those snake like hips....Alans of course!!

Fast forward years later and Donna and Alan are now happily married. I havent heard from them in years. I met Alan in town one night ages ago as he was waiting on his lovely wife but that was it.

Good luck to Mr and Mrs Farrell, may they find good fortune and sire many weans!!

Marion Lobby Hostess

i went to see Norah Jones at the Armadillo the other night and it turned out I was sitting right next to this lovely lady:-


Marion Lobby Hostess (sorry Marion I cant remember your second name). she is still looking as good as ever although has had her hair chopped since this picture was taken at the lobby night out at the Tudor hotel in 1996.

Look at that picture - it is all she can do not to stare at the Wine :o)

Marion is still working in McDonalds as part of the Lobby Mafiosa. She says everyone is doing well.

What I couldnt believe is that her son is now 22 and is studying forensics.

Wishaw you were here

Last year I was working out in Wishaw. Obviously I had to frequent the Wishaw McDonalds. Where I bumped into Claire McGregor. She is a big high up manager like a 2nd assistant or something I think and is married with a wee boy. In fact when I was visiting she was expecting another baby on the way. She even gave me the Scooby Doo happy meal poster for my wee boy which was very nice.

She'll kill me for putting on the following photo but she said she doesnt have the internet so i might get away with it :o) Yes Claire like to party :o)

I remember when Claire started in McDonalds along with Nicola Dunsmuir and the two of them were like hawdit and doddit. totally inseparable.



dont know why they stopped being so pally. wonder if it is a good story.

At one point Claire had a flat up the trongate and was host to a fair few parties. One of which I "dont" remember attending with Graeme McInnes and Ricky O'Kane and I'm sure there were others there :o)

One time in McDonalds Claire recieved a nasty electrical shock whilst changing over the Menu's. she wasnt too chuffed at the time but there was no lasting effects.



Anyway if you are ever in the Wishaw area and cant wait to get stuck into a big mac. get yourself to wishaw mcdonalds and Claire will see you all right :o)

Watch out - Alan Sharps about

This is the only picture I could find of Mr Sharp. i was sure I had more! He is the one in the middle by the way. Sandwiched between Dave Falconer and Derek Smith. Update - found some more photos!

Been a great month for people getting in touch. Alan sharp sent an email saying he had seen the website and included a few stories that are a bit too rude to put on here. but noted for the future when I'm steemin and cant help myself.

Checked out his friends reunited page and all it has on it is:-

"Working as software consultant, getting pissed far more often than is good for me and generally living it up. "

Come on Mr Sharp give us some more info!!

Alan had a bit of Wicked/ bastard sense of humour. He played a lot of jokes on Martin Mountford whilst they were living together including telling him he had won the lottery/ reading his mail. I know that Ricky O'Kane has never forgiven him for the joke he played on him. Ricky was walking Alan out the shop so he could lock up behind him. Alan took the keys, locked the door whilst it was still open and threw they keys all the way down the lobby. Sop Ricky had to walk all the way up the lobby to get they keys and back down again just to lock the doors.

Although here they are looking awfully chummy..... must be the drink!!

Never mind Jeremy Beadle, Watch out Sharpies about


Alan and I were at Caledonian University at the same time. He found my Email address on the intranet or something and started sending me abusive emails. I didnt reply right away but as my email address just read m.odonnell@gcal I sent him one back saying it was professor martin o'donnell and he should come and see me about his abusive emails. Alan Came up to the class I told him to but saw me sitting in it so didnt come in.

If anyone has anymore information/ stories on this prankster I'll gladly post them up?

The Man, The Myth, The Legend _ Martin Mountford

Here is a picture of everyones Fave Manager Martin Mountford.

Martin recently sent me an Email:-

"Since leaving MacDonalds in Glasgow, i transfered to a McD's in England and lasted 2 weeks. I had imagined it to be the same as up there, but it was a million times shitter.

I have lived in London and Brighton, before settling in Braintree, a wee town about 40 miles from London. I have been a store manager for coop amongst other things. I now work for Royal Mail, as a mail sorter on the late shift, its a shit job but pays the bills.

I got married last year and have 3 step kids which is cool.

No stories from up there, the last 6 months were a blur. After splitting with my wife, my life consisted of work and alcohol. That wee pub across the road was a cool place.

I have been back to Glasgow twice, since '95, once with my wife, staying in Kilmarnoch. I thought it would be the same, but how much it had changed."



Sounds as if life is good for the big man. I remember Martin to be the coolest manager....mainly because he wasnt a pain in the arse about most stuff. Although he did have his moments.

I mind one time on the last bus home he was so drunk he fell into the eisle and I had to pull him back up as he told me what he thought of my girlfriend at the time. I'm sure anyone who remembers martin will have a drunken story they could tell you.

One drunken night out Martin got a bit Fresh with Nicola Cairns. The next day his wife came into visit him and overheard some gossip about what happened which led to them splitting up.

Afterwards Mr mountford was lucky enough to move in with Alan Sharp for a while. Alan being the decent guy he was played so many jokes on Martin. One time Alan had somehow gotten the numbers that martin had put on in the lottery and when the big man phoned Alan for the numbers Mr Sharp just gave him his own numbers leaving Martin thinking he had won a fortune. What a Bastard!! and thats not even mentioning the times he rifled through martins intimate letters and told everyone about them!