{"id":676659,"date":"2026-01-06T01:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T01:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/676659\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T01:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T01:40:18","slug":"legend-glasgow-gran-86-parties-on-bar-table-on-new-years-day-in-viral-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/676659\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Legend&#8217; Glasgow gran, 86, &#8216;parties on bar table&#8217; on New Year&#8217;s Day in viral video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anne MacDougall, 86, went viral after a clip of her jumping on a bar and dancing during New Year&#8217;s Day celebrations was posted on TikTok by her granddaughter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A &#8220;proud <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowlive.co.uk\/all-about\/glasgow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GlasgowLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Glasgow<\/a> gran&#8221; has gone viral on social media after she was filmed dancing on top of a table in a bar in Fife. Anne MacDougall decided to jump on a table at the 19th Hole pub in Elie, Fife, while out celebrating on New Year&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The 86-year-old, who has lived in the city&#8217;s <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowlive.co.uk\/all-about\/southside\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"southsideLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">southside<\/a> all her life, can be seen in the video being helped on top of the bar with Proclaimers&#8217; classic I&#8217;m Gonna Be (500 Miles) belting out in the background. Anne then busts out some moves on top of the bar, while punters sing and clap along.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">According to her granddaughter, Cara, age is just a number for fun-loving Anne, who has three sons and six grandchildren, as she still attends the gym and Pilates and can even do the splits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Cara told Glasgow Live: &#8220;She\u2019s a proud Glasgow-born gran who\u2019s always loved a laugh, and people online are calling her an inspiration and saying they hope they\u2019re &#8216;just like her at 86&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;It\u2019s turned into a really <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowlive.co.uk\/all-about\/good-news\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"heart-warmingLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">heart-warming<\/a> moment about ageing, joy and living life to the fullest.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_Anne-dancingPNG.png\" alt=\"Anne busting some moves\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Anne busting some moves(Image: Cara MacDougall\/TikTok)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The video was taken on New Year\u2019s Day at the 19th Hole pub in Elie, when she decided to jump up on the table and have a dance. Anne has always led a very active lifestyle and has been passionate about sport for as long as I can remember, especially curling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;She was part of a team that won the Senior World Curling Championships. Since retiring from competitive curling, she\u2019s continued to curl and travel all over the world through the sport &#8211; and she\u2019s never slowed down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Even now, she goes to Pilates or the gym regularly and keeps herself incredibly active. She can even do the splits!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Despite having two artificial hips, absolutely nothing stops her, she just loves life and making the most of every moment, which is exactly what the video shows.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Cara posted the clip to TikTok and it has since gone viral, with more than 37,000 likes, 300,000 views and hundreds of comments, all in admiration of Anne.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">One person said: This is proof you never get old. It&#8217;s a state of mind. Gowan lady, you beautiful legend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Another added: &#8220;I&#8217;ve never had so much respect for a stranger dancing on a bar.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A third commented: &#8220;I&#8217;m obsessed, she&#8217;s an icon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">And a fourth commented: &#8220;I think this is brilliant. You show them how it&#8217;s done love.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anne MacDougall, 86, went viral after a clip of her jumping on a bar and dancing during New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,9315,918,21356,4884,712,193648,16,15,416],"class_list":{"0":"post-676659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-fun-stuff","10":"tag-glasgow","11":"tag-good-news","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-southside","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-viral"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115845609897099661","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}