From the Edinburgh Evening Courant – Saturday 17 March 1832 Fire. — On Sunday last, the parish church of Cleish, Kinross-shire, was accidentally set fire to by the stove-pipe communicating with one of the beams,[…]
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Piracy off the coast of Islay
The Scottish isle of Islay (pronounced eye-luh) is a peaceful place, hardly one associated with piracy, but in the late eighteenth Century, things were very different. From the Caledonian Mercury – Saturday 28 October 1780[…]
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Queen Victoria’s visit to Perth in 1842
From the Perthshire Advertiser – Thursday 08 September 1842 THE QUEEN’S WELCOME TO PERTHSHIRE. Daughter of kings, with graceful mien, Thou when Earth wears loveliest green, And forest leaves are glittering sheen. All gaily clad, to greet a[…]
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Fireworks Explosion – Marvellous Escape
From the Fife Herald – Thursday 08 September 1842. St Andrews. – Explosion – Marvellous Escape.—Mr Gyngell, the celebrated constructor of fire works, who has entertained the folks here on several occasions, having received an[…]
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Queen Victoria visits Leith
From Leaves from the Journal of our Lives in the Highlands, 1848-61, Edinburgh, 1868 Saturday 3rd September. The view of Edinburgh from the road before you enter Leith is quite enchanting; it is, as Albert said,[…]
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The Harvest
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Edinburgh Botanics
From the The Scots Magazine – Thursday 01 June 1809. Suggestions for the Improvement of the EDINBURGH BOTANIC GARDEN. All about grew every sort of flowre, To which sad lovers were transform’d of yore; Fresh Hyacinthus,[…]
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