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85Allan Pinkerton's Detective Agency
On the 25th of August 1819 in The Gorbals in Glasgow a son was born to William a Police Sergeant, and Isabell Pinkerton. Allan Pinkerton, was just eleven years old his father William was maimed in a riot and...
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80Mary Kings Close Haunted Edinburgh
Beneath the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Hides a three hundred years old secret, a place of legends and Ghost stories, of hauntings and it has recently been re-opened for the general public to explore, Mary Kings...
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86West Coast of Kintyre, Scotland
Kintyre is a peninsula situated on the south west coast of Scotland. Almost an island, it is joined at West Loch Tarbert to mainland Scotland by a short stretch of land. Paul McCartney’s song ‘Mull of...
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79Campbeltown, Argyll
Campbeltown has a population of around 5000, which is around half the population of the whole of Kintyre. Founded in 1600, it became a royal burgh in 1700, and by the late 19th century was a thriving and...
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78Cooking Haggis
Although Haggis is the national dish of Scotland, I never liked the look of it and refused to even taste the stuff until about 2 weeks ago. It is strange kind of gooey,soft and also like a grainy texture all...
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77Glasgow Rangers The Teddy Bears
Glasgow Rangers Founded in 1872,by brothers Peter and Moses McNeil,Peter Cambell and William McBeath,Rangers have become the biggest team in Scotland,and are followed by millions of fans world wide. The...
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76Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre
Like a wee dram? Then the Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre may be just up your street the centre is easy to find considering that it is next door to the famous Edinburgh Castle on the Royal Mile. Take...
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77Scotland-Visiting The Royal Yacht Brittania at Leith, Near Edinburgh
Diana and Charles on board the Royal Yacht in happier times On of the less luxurious cabins The drawing room The Royal Yacht is the smaller vessel at the front. Edinburgh and Leith map The Royal Yacht...
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75thejockspot Britains Toughest Towns
There was a Documentary on T.V recently which starred my home town, "Britains Toughest Towns" was about towns all over the uk where drug use is rife,violence is an everyday occurence,and the crime rates are...
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74WHISKY GALORE
Whisky Galore. The cargo ship SS politician set sale from Liverpool on her way to Kingston Jamaica and New Orleans, there was nothing unusual about this as the British Navy often used the ship to cross the...
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