The Big Yin celebrated his birthday in a local café in Glasgow.
Sir Billy Connolly decided to stay local as he celebrated his 80th birthday on Thursday , by visiting a popular café in the Milngavie area of Glasgow.
The Big Yin has been spotted at the Jessie Biscuit in Milngavie earlier in November, and decided to keep up the trend by visiting on his special day. Glasgow Times reports that it is thought that Billy loves the café due to its name - as it happened to be a nickname he was given as a young boy. Baristas and staff from the establishment were delighted to welcome Sir Billy on his birthday, and shared the exciting visit on their social media.Jessie Biscuit wrote on Facebook: "A special day for a special man. Thank you for choosing to come back to Jessie biscuit to celebrate your 80th birthday. From everyone at Jessie Biscuit, a huge happy birthday Sir Billy Connolly."
Fans of the cafe and Billy flocked to the comments to share their best wishes and excitement at the news. Sign up to Glasgow Live's newsletter Get all the latest Glasgow news and headlines sent straight to your inbox twice a day by signing up to our free newsletter.The morning newsletter arrives every day before 9am and the evening newsletter, manually curated by the team, is sent between 4pm and 5pm, giving you a round up of the most important stories we've covered that day.One Facebook user wrote: "Brilliant endorsement by Sir Billy of a great little coffee shop.
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