Tag: people
member name: Ishbel R.
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September 11, 2007 08:52 AM EDT --
Anita Roddick, the founder of the Body Shop chain of companies. died last night near her home in Chichester, West Sussex. She was 64.
She trained as a teacher but, in order to make enough . . .
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August 09, 2007 07:47 AM EDT --
Continuing with an occasional series of articles on Scottish music, here's some info on Runrig, another favourite of mine.
Runrig started in 1973. They are hard to define, but can probably be described . . .
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October 31, 2007 08:21 AM EDT --
Bonfire Night/Guy Fawkes' Night is fast approaching, so I decided to republish this article.
The title of this post uses the opening words of a rhyme known to all British children . . .
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June 13, 2007 04:45 AM EDT --
There has been another case in the UK of a young woman being murdered by her own family members (in this instance, father, brother and uncle) - a so-called 'honour' killing. The family are . . .
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August 02, 2007 08:54 AM EDT --
This is a STV's internet offering. If you want to see small video snippets about Scottish history, culture, food, dance etc - then there are articles here worth a look....
http://www.scotlandontv.tv/ . . .
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November 22, 2007 07:01 AM EST --
I first posted this article back in 2007 - but thought it might be of topical interest to some members!
This will be the first of a couple of articles about our Christmas/New Year/Hogmanay . . .
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June 01, 2007 05:22 AM EDT --
Edinburgh becomes an international city of culture every August (this year from 10 August – 2 September), when a number of Festivals run concurrently – the main one is known as the ‘Edinburgh . . .
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August 23, 2007 09:47 AM EDT --
This is for those of you who might be interested to learn that, contrary to the belief of many, bagpipers do actually learn their musical skills! Here's a short Youtube video about the Army School . . .
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July 25, 2007 04:25 AM EDT --
The website Ancestry.co.uk has launched a comprehensive collection of convict transportation records online. The originals, spanning 80 years of transportations, are kept in the National Archives . . .
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September 11, 2007 05:06 AM EDT --
In Scotland we have a kitchen implement specifically for stirring porridge whilst cooking. This is called a spurtle and has been written about since the early 1500s. It is said to come from . . .
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