Haw there Rick, ye've hit on mah field o' expertise.Hre's a bit aboot the Broons an OOR Wullie for ye and HEATHERS edification fae the Dundee site am'm on.

wee yin on 09-Mar-00 15:19:34 Jist in case ye think ah've gied up oan it ah'm still oan the Broons names,ah'm still oan the trail.There wiz a letter tae the Courier the ither day aboot the twins names fae a man named Martin Albertson in Edinburgh who said he hud a copy o' the Broons dated feb.18 1940 an' the story went that the twins were fechtin' wi' Horace an' ane says tae the ither"Hit him,Eck" So noo we huv' MA an'Pa,Hen,Joe,Maggie,Daphne,Maggie,Horace,the Bairn an' ane twin cae'd Eck,cousin Wullie who's pals were Soapy Soutar,Fat Boab,Wee Eck an' a wee moose cae'd Jeemie.Wullie also hud a dug,but ah canny mind it's name the noo.It seems Wullies name wiz either MacDermott or MacCallum,Soapy Soutars father wiz the Parkie.P.C.Murdoch wiz the polis' the Broons lived up a close in Glebe St an' Gran'paw lived in a wee cottage.They went oan there holidays tae the But' an' Ben. If onybody can mind ony mair ah wid apreciate itAh've since discovered that Wullies dug wis ca'ed Harry. LJC