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Amanda Moffet
Titanic's secret saviour - the Countess of Rothes
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On the night that the Titanic sank, one woman, the Countess of Rothes, put the welfare of others before her own, working tirelessly to row them to safety. Angela Young tells her great-grandmother’s in...
Topics: Titanic
Amanda Moffet
The Year of Sheep - Scots Protest against The Highland ...
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The year of Homecoming is upon us, when expats and people from abroad with Scottish blood return to their homeland to celebrate all things Scottish. But 217 years ago, the Government were doing qu...
Topics: Clearances
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Castle Sinclair Girnigoe's Restoration Completed
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On Sunday (01/08) Castle Sinclair Girnigoe will open to the public after a ten-year long restoration. The £700,000 facelift will try to help preserve the castle's archeological and historical import...
Topics: Castle Sinclair Girnigoe, Clan Sinclair
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The Cameron Men
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The name Cameron originates from the Gaelic words 'cam', meaning wry or crooked, and 'sron' meaning nose, suggesting that the progenitor of the Clan Cameron had a crooked nose! Cameron is one of th...
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Scottish Soldier's VC and Cannonball sells for £1/4m.
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A set of medals, including the Victoria Cross, and a cannonball, has sold at auction for £252,000, more than doubling its predicted £120,000 price. The medals, which were awarded to John Simpson Kno...
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