Showing posts with label Scotland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scotland. Show all posts
Sunday, 24 May 2026

The Letter Box graveyeard and other posty stories

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In The Woolwich Drill Hall circa 1965 Now one of the places I wish I had visited back in 1965 was the old Woolwich Drill Hall in the ...
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Tuesday, 17 February 2026

So why did the Jacobite’s have the best songs?

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Now for those who don’t know, the Jacobite cause was the forlorn attempt  to restore the Stuart royal family to the throne. And in the proce...
Saturday, 8 April 2023

A play .... the horrors of the Clearances and that statistic ... 7:84

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  You do not have to be political to be shocked at the story of The Highlands Clearances or the simple statistic that in the 1970s, 84% of t...
Monday, 15 August 2022

Postcards I wish I had sent ……… and places I have yet to visit

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Now, I have always been a fan of the picture postcard. And over the years I have trawled old collections, using the images to describe how p...
Thursday, 5 May 2022

The Davidian Revolution ...... a bit of Scotland's story ..... on the wireless today

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Now I have never really seen our history just through the prism of Kings and Queens or great shapers, but I am interested  in David 1 of Sco...
Friday, 2 July 2021

Genealogical Adventure ..... another story from Tony Goulding

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After a pause for a couple of months I have decided to return to writing some more History.  I thought would kick-off by relating a few of ...
Tuesday, 20 October 2020

Shops in the time of Tier Three ....... whisky....walking sticks .... and piles more

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So, with Tier Three about to imposed on us, and with essential journeys stripped back to the minimum, here for the next few weeks are shops ...
Thursday, 30 November 2017

When St Andrew’s Day and a little bit of south east London come together with stories of Canada, Germany and maybe even India

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Uncle George, circa 1918 Now St Andrew’s Day pretty much went unremarked in our house and that I find odd given that my grandparents cr...
Saturday, 25 June 2016

Painting Mr Millar’s Institute in Cromarty

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Now everyone packs something different in their holiday suitcase. In the case of Peter it’s a guide book to those interesting if quirky...