Janey Godley’s daughter, Ashley Storrie, posted a picture of her mum while participating in a social media trend.
Janey Godley’s daughter, Ashley Storrie, decided to celebrate her late mum while participating in the ‘2016’ trend on social media. In a post which was applauded by her online audience, Ashley shared a screenshot of a post from a decade ago – when her mum had a special greeting for Donald Trump in Scotland.
A current trend sweeping across social media is the ‘2016 trend’, which requires users to post a photo or video of themselves from 10 years ago. As the trend has grown in popularity, many have enjoyed looking at the array of throwbacks popping up on their favourite platforms.
Posting her own version on Facebook, Ashley shared an old post where Janey can be seen next to a police officer holding a sign that says ‘Trump is a c**t’. At the time, her daughter captioned the photo: “When I’m old and my ma is long dead, I’m going to look back on the day her rage was heard across the globe and be proud”.
And that is exactly what she has done. On January 16 2026, Ashley re-posted the snap, writing: “Everyone was going that 2016 trend – like a prophetic little time capsule, when I searched that year in my photo album this is what popped up.
“Ten years ago Ma, ten year ago you said f*ck it and did what you wanted. Like you always did. And I’m still proud of you.”
Janey was one of the people who gathered to protest at the then former US President Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf course in 2016. Strapped with a placard containing her famed flowery language, Janey left quite the impression.
While many people in the UK were cheering the comedian on, the sign got her into a spot of bother across the Atlantic. In 2021, she claimed in The Times that she had been banned from visiting America ever since the incident.
She wrote: “My first trip abroad was Florida in 1989, with my daughter Ashley and the husband whose name I never mention. We stayed outside Orlando and went to Disney World which was utterly magical.
“I’d love to go back now Joe Biden’s in charge. I’ve been barred from travelling to America since I welcomed Trump to Turnberry with that “Trump is a c***” placard.
“You couldn’t pay me to stay in that hotel – I wouldn’t put a penny in the a******e’s pocket.”
Since Ashley’s re-upload of the iconic moment, many Facebook users have taken to the comment section to reminisce on when they first saw it and Janey’s legacy.
One person wrote: “It was a defining moment for her as she went viral without even knowing the impact she would have.”
While another person added: “They broke the mould when they made her. An absolute force to be reckoned with. Saw her at the Beacon in Greenock a few years ago, I cried with laughter.”
A third user also commented: “I remember this day and how I thought, wow amazing woman. She had balls, more than Trump.”
Janey sadly passed away on November 2 2024, following a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. She spent the last few weeks of her life surrounded by loved ones in a hospice in Glasgow.
