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Saturday, 15 November 2008

Scottish Giant's Leg

Scottish Giant's Leg at Bressay, Shetland Islands, Scotland.

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Friday, 14 November 2008

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Thursday, 13 November 2008

Scottish Borders Coaching Inn

An old view of a Scottish Borders Coaching Inn at Gretna Green, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Scottish Haunted Tower

Scottish Haunted Tower in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The White Ghost from the haunted tower walks the grounds of St Andrews Cathedral and the nearby shoreline, and is most often seen in the winter months.

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Wednesday, 12 November 2008

Scottish East Coast Fishwives Washing Day

Scottish East Coast Fishwives Washing Day.

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Tuesday, 11 November 2008

Scottish War Memorial

The Scottish War Memorial at Berriedale, Caithness, Scotland. This war memorial lists two Lords and a Marquess among those from the village who died in the First World War.

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Monday, 10 November 2008

Dear Sandy, I am researching something that I believe some, or at least one, Scottish piper in Europe in 1944-45 did to save the lives of several Allied soldiers when outmatched one foggy night in the area where UK and U.S. troops were occasionally lumped together. This, or these Scottish Bagpipers, played all night to eventually frighten a larger German unit off. Would you, or someone, know of someone, who might have knowledge of this incident in, probably, either December, or January of that time? Thanks very much, Mike McIlvain.

Sunday, 9 November 2008

Scottish Co-operative Society Grocery Store

An old view of a Scottish Co-operative Society Grocery Store.

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Saturday, 8 November 2008

Scottish War Diaries

Scottish War Diaries. Tommy's War. A First World War Diary 1913-1918. The extraordinary diaries of Thomas Cairns Livingstone represent twenty years of gorgeously idiosyncratic daily records of a middle-class Glasgow household, over a period spanning shortly before the Great War to the early 1930s. Thomas Cairns Livingstone, a mercantile book keeper, began his diaries in 1913, when he, his wife Agnes and their son 'wee Tommy' set up house in the Glasgow neighbourhood of Govanhill. For the next twenty years, Livingstone dutifully recorded each day's events in his Collins diaries, from small domestic dramas to troop movements as news of the Great War filtered back to the anxious home front. Rescued during a house clearance, the intricate details of these journals, interspersed throughout with Livingstone's wonderfully warm and idiosyncratic illustrations, provide a priceless record of the impression world events were making on the ordinary people at home and an extraordinary chronicle of the ups and downs of working-class life in the period immediately before, during and after the First World War.The details of the family's early life, notes about the, usually dreich, Glasgow weather, and comments on the carnage on the front and on the high seas, are written and illustrated with such warmth and charm that the story of this very ordinary household in the early part of the 20th century becomes completely addictive. Tommy's War: A First World War Diary 1913-1918
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Scottish Milestone

A Scottish Milestone on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, showing the distance, in miles, from the Island to Marble Arch in London, England.

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Scottish Surfaceman

Scottish Surfaceman. Alexander Anderson, (1845-1909), who wrote under the name "Surfaceman", was born on the 30th April 1845, at Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire, but spent most of his childhood at Crocketford in Galloway, Scotland. He was educated at the local school but spent his spare time gaining a fluent knowledge of German, French and Spanish. Through his self-education Anderson was able to leave his work as a railway navvy or surfaceman, and in 1881 he was appointed assistant librarian at the University of Edinburgh, becoming librarian in 1901. He died on 11th July, 1909. Anderson wrote four collections of light verse and is perhaps best remembered for his 'cuddle doon' poems (lullabies for children), and his poems celebrating the railways in A Song of Love and Labour (1873) and Songs of the Rail (1878). His Works included; A Song of Love and Labour and Other Poems (1873); The Two Angels (1875); Songs of the Rail (1878); Ballads and Sonnets (1879).

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Friday, 7 November 2008

Scottish Herd Of Red Deer

A Herd of Red Deer revolutionised the way that British wildlife was studied. Darling spent two years with the red deer and this book describes in beautiful detail all that he learnt. From the excitement of the rutting season to the struggle for mastery of the herd, Darling is able to express the changes in the deer community throughout the year with a warmth and personality that few scientist have. As part of the Luath "Wild Lives" series the original text is complimented with diagrams, maps and new photographs. In the introduction Walter Stephen shows how "A Herd of Red Deer" inspired a generation to follow in Darling's footsteps, to love the Highlands and to be aware of the big environmental issues of the 21st century. This authoritative work on the lives and habits of the red deer, supported by Scottish Natural Heritage, will appeal to all those interested in wildlife and the environment. A Herd of Red Deer: A Study in Animal Behaviour (Wild Lives)
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