Scottish Places of Interest. Wemyss Bay.
Wemyss Bay Station The name Wemyss Bay is applied to two quite distinct places. The best known of them is...
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31 October 2024
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Scottish Battles. Happrew.
The Battle of Happrew was a skirmish which took place around 20 February 1304, during the First War of Scottish Independence. A chevauchée of English knights, which included Robert de...
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30 October 2024
Scottish Antiques-Collectables. Pen.
After millennia of timber cutting, Scottish forests now exist only as scattered pockets which are now rightly protected. These include...
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29 October 2024
Public Poetry. Li-Young Lee.
The Gift. To pull the metal splinter from my palmmy father recited a story in a low voice.I watched his...
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28 October 2024
Scottish Nobility. Douglas.
Marquess of Queensberry is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. The title has been held since its creation in 1682 by...
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27 October 2024
The Broons. Speaker.
Guid auld Horace is helping Paw oot wi’ public speakin’ in this week’s episode.
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26 October 2024
OOR WULLIE. LIMO.
25 October 2024
Famous Scots. John Macvicar Anderson
John Macvicar Anderson FRSE (11 July 1835, Glasgow – 9 June 1915, London) was a Scottish architect. He was born in Glasgow in 1835, the...
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24 October 2024
Worldwide Murder/Mysteries. Sodder.
On the night before Christmas in 1945 in Fayetteville, West Virginia, George and Jennie Sodder were asleep with nine of...
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23 October 2024
Scotland and its History. The Reformation.
This article presents the role John Knox’s leadership played in the success of the Scottish Protestant Reformation in 1560. John...
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22 October 2024
Scottish Nobility. Duke of Sutherland.
Duke of Sutherland is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom which was created by William IV in 1833 for George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess...
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21 October 2024
Scottish Tartans. Agnew.
Also Known as MacAgnew Designer: Agnew/Lindley Tartan date: 1976 Available in:Lightweight (Lochcarron) and Heavyweight Registration notes:Recorded in Lyon Court Book. LCB35 dated 17th...
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20 October 2024
Scottish Architecture. Dun Troddan
Dun Troddan (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Trodan) is an iron-age broch located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southeast of the village of Glenelg, Highland, in Scotland. It is...
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19 October 2024
Scottish Antiques-Collectables. Treen.
– Lidded & hinged salt box with curved loop hanger, warm light and rich honey colours throughout.– Staved alternating light...
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18 October 2024
Public Poetry. Forage.
In the night, a black bear climbs a pear tree,snaps branches, feasts on pears in the grass;one night you turned...
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17 October 2024
My Poetry. Brothers.
Two paths diverging, yet running the same,Brothers in heart, though not always in name.Born from the cradle of laughter and...
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16 October 2024
Scottish Nobility. Duke of Fife.
Duke of Fife Arms: Or, a Lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Azure (the Dukedom of Fife), and on an Inescutcheon Argent,...
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15 October 2024
Scottish Towns -Cities- Newton Mearns.
Newton Mearns (Scots: The Mearns; Scottish Gaelic: Baile Ùr na Maoirne [ˈpalə ˈuːɾ nə ˈmɯːrˠɲə]) is a suburban town and the largest settlement in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. It lies 7...
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14 October 2024
Scottish Architecture. Martello.
Martello Court is a residential building and one of the tallest buildings in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is 64 metres (210 ft) high, with 23...
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13 October 2024
Worldwide Mysteries. Bombing.
Wall Street Bombing of 1920 During the lunch rush on Wall Street on a September day in 1920, a non-descript...
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12 October 2024
OOR WULLIE. CARTIE.
Wullie has been in the shed again and found lots of goodies.
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11 October 2024
The Broons. Speech.
Pa Broon has been asked to make a speech and he is not happy about it.
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10 October 2024
Pubs in Scotland. A compilation.
Hi Guys. This is a video from back in the day when pubs were pubs.
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9 October 2024
Scotland and its History. St Andrew.
The union flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is sometimes referred to as the Union Jack and is made...
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7 October 2024
Famous Scots. Sir William Thomson.
‘To measure is to know.’ – William Thomson William Thomson, who became Baron Kelvin of Largs, was a physicist, mathematician,...
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6 October 2024
Scotland and its History. The 4 Marys.
Mary Queen of Scots, queen of Scotland at the age of just 6 days, had a very chaotic and endangered...
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5 October 2024
Scottish Nobility. Duke of Gordon.
The title Duke of Gordon has been created once in the Peerage of Scotland and again in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Dukedom,...
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4 October 2024
Scottish Tartans. Adam.
The name Adam was very popular in England in the 14th century, and was also found in Scotland at this...
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3 October 2024
Scottish Places of interest. The Huntarian.
The Hunterian Art Gallery boasts one of the most distinguished public art collections in Scotland with works ranging from Rubens...
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2 October 2024
Worldwide Murder Mysteries. Hinterkaifeck.
On the evening of March 31, 1922, on Hinterkaifeck Farm in Bavaria, Germany, six residents were murdered with a pickaxe....
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1 October 2024
Scottish Architecture. The Knap of Howar.
The Knap of Howar (/ˌnæp ˌɒv ˈhaʊər/) on the island of Papa Westray in Orkney, Scotland is a Neolithic farmstead which may be the oldest preserved stone house in northern Europe. Radiocarbon dating shows...
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1 October 2024