Remember the days!
Do you remember days gone by When they were long and time wouldn’t fly Carefree times with no pretence Feeling young with confidence. The sun blinding your very soul Bonfires,…
The Broons.
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Scottish Architecture. Stirling Central Library.
In 1893 a Committee began work in Stirling to promote the formation of a free library. There had been libraries in the town before, with the earliest record dated 1617.…
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Scottish foods. Deep-fried Mars Bar.
Ok folks how many of you have heard of this? and is it possible, well yes it is and it is delicious. READY IN: 10mins YIELD: 1 deep fried mars bar INGREDIENTS…
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Scottish Music, Bands, Singers. Simple Minds.
Best known in the U.S. for their 1985 number one hit “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” from the film The Breakfast Club, Scotland’s Simple Minds evolved from a post-punk art rock band…
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Scottish Battles. The siege of Stirling Castle. 1746.
The Siege of Stirling Castle took place from 8 January to 1 February 1746, during the 1745 Rising, when a Jacobite force besieged Stirling Castle, held by a government garrison under William Blakeney. Despite defeating…
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Kings-Queens of Scotland. Edgar The Valiant.
Edgar or Étgar mac Maíl Choluim (Modern Gaelic: Eagar mac Mhaoil Chaluim), nicknamed Probus, “the Valiant” (c. 1074 – 8 January 1107), was King of Scotland from 1097 to 1107. He was the fourth son of Malcolm III and Margaret of…
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Infamous Scots. Madeleine Smith.
Madeleine Hamilton-Smith (29 March 1835 – 12 April 1928) was a 19th-century Glasgow socialite who was the accused in a sensational murder trial in Scotland in 1857. Background The building where Smith and her…
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Famous Scots. Andrew. Bonar-Law
“If I am a great man, then a good many great men of history are frauds.” Andrew Bonar Law was the Canadian-born son of a Scottish clergyman. He worked as…
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Scottish Towns and Cities. Elgin Moray.
Elgin (/ˈɛlɡɪn/; Scots: Ailgin; Scottish Gaelic: Eilginn, IPA:[ˈelkʲɪɲ]) is a town (former cathedral city) and formerly a Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland. It is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray. The town originated to the south of the River Lossie on…
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The Broons.
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Public Poetry. Un-mistaken
I was never mistaken in loving you.The heart wants what it wants.Sometimes it happens slowly,Like a gently rising slope;And sometimes all at once,Striking like an arrow and blinding with it.…
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What hope do they have?
A Desolate land with hardly any hope Parents with children stressing to cope. Uncertain times in uncertain days Hoping that something will help in their ways. What do they do?…
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The Broons.
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Scottish Architecture. Red Road Flats Glasgow.
From slum clearance to high-rise demolition: why Glasgow’s Red Road flats could never live up to expectations. Intended to be the solution to Glasgow‘s 20th-century slum crisis, the Red Road flats…
