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Tongland is a local nickname for the area of Calton, Glasgow controlled in the 1960s by a violent Scottish teenage gang called the Tongs. The Tongs financed themselves using a Protection racket, levying money on shops within their territory, and they marked that territory out in graffiti with their slogan "Tongs Ya Bass". The origin of their name has varied legends, one legend is told thus: "In the 1960s, in an East-End cinema near Fielden Street,〔(Scotia cinema (7 Millerston Street): "Completely demolished". Moderne interior tyling. Closed as cinema 1964, Bingo until 1985, demolished 1987 ), scottishcinemas.org.uk; accessed 4 October 2015.〕 some of the local Calton gang with some leader called McCabe were watching a film, ''The Terror of the Tongs''.〔''The Terror of the Tongs'' was a 1961 low budget Hammer film.〕 about the Chinese secret society... "...when McCabe shouted out 'Tongs ya Bas' for the first time. McCabe consequently renamed himself Terror McCabe"〔(DS Forums: Tongs ya bass ) date 19 Oct 2008〕This is a legend and may not be a historical event. The name ''Tongs'' may have a combined origin: Calton in the 19th century was ruled by the brutal "San Toys" gang,〔(Easterhouse gangs in the 1960s (documentary) ), dangerousminds.net; retrieved 5 September 2015.〕 and that name was written with wildly varied misspellings: 'San Toi' in the 1930s "Ya bass" is generally taken as the Glasgow slang for "you bastard", though it has been proposed it could be the Gaelic war cry ''aigh bas'' meaning "battle and die".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='Ya bass' = ancient Gaelic expression "battle and die" ) 'Today' International Chid and Youth Care Network; retrieved September 2013.〕 Another Glasgow gang slogan was "Spur ya Bass". "Tongs Ya Bass" arguably became Glasgow's unofficial motto in the 1960s and 1970s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Scotsman )〕 Tongland appears in Gillies MacKinnon's 1995 movie ''Small Faces'', set in the 1960s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=British Film Institute review of ''Small Faces'' )〕 The Tongs and other gangs' power over the area and their decline in the 1970s is described in Janey Godley's 2005 autobiography, ''Handstands in the Dark''.〔Godley, Janey. ''Handstands in the Dark'' (2005), Chapter 10〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tongland (gang area)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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