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The Anecdotage of Glasgow 1892

The present work is not intended to be in any sense a History of Glasgow, nor does the present volume aim at producing a formal and detailed record of lives and achievements, industrial or otherwise. The purpose in these pages is much less ambitious than those referred to. But it is hoped that the volume will prove even more entertaining and popular than the class of works mentioned

03 February 2016 06:17 AM

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Forfarshire (1912)

The high place Forfarshire takes on the list of Scottish counties is largely due to the fact that its industries are so varied. It has a long seaboard with several good harbours and valuable fishing-stations. The estuary of the Tay, though not without its dangers to navigation, has had its natural facilities carefully fostered by the harbour authorities of Dundee, and occupies the third place in Scotland…

26 January 2016 11:37 AM

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Auld biggins of Stirling (1904)

Many of the streets and buildings in Stirling, more particularly in the older parts, having within recent years undergone considerable change—so much so that only native inhabitants have conception of where some were situated, or how they looked, or can fully understand or appreciate the stories connected with them and their occupants

26 January 2016 03:56 AM

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Eminent Men of Aberdeen (1841)

In offering this volume to the public, the writer trusts, that, with all its imperfections, it will be found not uninteresting to his townsmen, or, perhaps, to the general reader. At least it had frequently occurred to him, that an amusing and instructive book might be made on the subject which he has handled.

26 January 2016 02:54 AM

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The Glasgow Poets

For a century and a half the Glasgow poets have poured forth a stream of minstrelsy, gay with humour, tender with pathos, fierce with invective, riotous with mirth as rich as it is varied, and as brilliant as it is full of character and is sincere. Each of the long train has given his share some song, at least, that cannot be forgotten to enrich the nation's treasury. The birthplace of Campbell…

19 January 2016 09:19 AM

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The Scottish Covenenters

A covenant can most easily be thought of as a contract between God and man. As Presbyterianism was gaining ground in Scotland, so too the understanding of covenants. So it is that those Scottish Presbyterians, who came to be known as Covenanters, sought to bind themselves under a series of covenants, seeking to uphold Presbyterian doctrine, worship and government as the only expression of religion…

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