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  • TYNINGHAME
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    TYNINGHAME
    JUDY RILEY
    For many people, Tyninghame on the beautiful East Lothian coast means beaches, sea birds and salt marshes. But this place on the southern boundary of the Firth of Forth was once an important monastic site, the burial place of St Baldred and later a bishop's palace that eventually became the seat of the earls of Haddington. In the early eighteenth century, its landscape was dram...

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  • THE SURNAMES OF SCOTLAND
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    THE SURNAMES OF SCOTLAND
    GEORGE F. BLACK
    First published by the New York Public Library in 1946, Black’s The Surnames of Scotland has long established itself as one of the great classics of genealogy. Arranged alphabetically, each entry contains a concise history of the family in question (with many cross-references), making it an indispensable tool for those researching their own family history, as well as readers wi...

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  • ONION JOHNNIES
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    ONION JOHNNIES
    IAN MACDOUGALL
    For almost 150 years until the late twentieth century, French Onion Johnnies (or 'Ingan Johnnies', as they were usually known in Scotland) were a familiar group of seasonal workers in towns and cities throughout Britain. In this book, nine Onion Johnnies (including one 'Jenny') who worked in Scotland at one time or another between the 1920s and the 1970s recount their lives. Th...

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  • HOW AN ISLAND LOST ITS PEOPLE
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    HOW AN ISLAND LOST ITS PEOPLE
    ROBERT HAY
    In 1830, the little Hebridean island of Lismore was one of the granaries of the West Highlands, with every possible scrap of land producing bere barley or oats. The population had reached its peak of 1500, but by 1910, numbers had dwindled to 400 and were still falling. The agricultural economy had been almost completely transformed to support sheep and cattle, with ploughland ...

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  • ST ANDREWS
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    ST ANDREWS
    RAYMOND LAMONT-BROWN
    St Andrews is without doubt one of Scotland’s most historic and beautiful cities. Once the ecclesiastical capital of Scotland, it played a prominent role in the nation’s political life until the seventeenth century. In addition, it is also home of the nation’s oldest university; and whilst claims that it is the birthplace of golf may remain controversial, there is no doubt it i...

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  • SCOTLAND'S LOST BRANCH LINES
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    SCOTLAND'S LOST BRANCH LINES
    DAVID SPAVEN
    The infamous 'Beeching Axe' swept away virtually every Scottish branch line in the 1960s. Conventional wisdom viewed these losses as regrettable yet inevitable in an era of growing affluence and rising car ownership. This ground-breaking study of Dr Beeching's approach to closures has unearthed – from rarely or never previously referenced archive sources – strong evidence of a ...

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  • FROM THE ALLEGHENIES TO THE HEBRIDES
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    FROM THE ALLEGHENIES TO THE HEBRIDES
    MARGARET FAY SHAW
    The story of a woman's life, spanning the twentieth century and two continents: "A miniature masterpiece . . . often funny, sometimes moving, never sentimental." — Times Literary Supplement Margaret Fay Shaw's life spanned a century of change. Orphaned at eleven, she left home and school in Pennsylvania aged sixteen, crossing to Scotland to spend a year at school near Glasgow. ...

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  • HIGHLAND HOMESPUN
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    HIGHLAND HOMESPUN
    MARGARET LEIGH
    In the beloved Scottish author's classic memoir, she recounts a year in the life of a small traditional farm in the Western Highlands. In 1933, Margaret Leigh took over the tenancy of Achnabo farm, in a beautiful corner of the West Highlands overlooking the isle of Skye. In this unsentimental yet exquisitely written book, she recounts a year of farming life there, from the burn...

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  • ARGYLL CURIOSITIES
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    ARGYLL CURIOSITIES
    MARIAN PALLISTER
    The author of Lost Argyll offers an illustrated journey through the local lore and hidden histories of this curious county in the southwest of Scotland. The great travelers of the 17th century used the word "curiosity" in reference to many different things. The label was equally applied to people, plants, legends, historical facts and geological certainties. In Argyll Curiositi...

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  • BLACK FRIDAY
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    BLACK FRIDAY
    PETER AITCHISON
    The true story of a small fishing village in 19th century Scotland and the deadly storm that left tragedy in its wake is recounted in this "gripping read" ( Scotsman, UK). On October 14th, 1881, a severe windstorm struck the southeastern coast of Scotland, devastating fishing communities throughout the region. In all, 189 fishermen were lost in a single afternoon. 129 of them h...

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  • KNOYDART
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    KNOYDART
    DENIS RIXSON
    A local historian chronicles the famously remote region of the Scottish Highlands from its early Viking settlers to the present day. Located in the "Rough Bounds" of northern Scotland, the remote region of Knoydart is Britain's last true wilderness. Deriving its name from Viking settlers, the desolate peninsula was home to warlike inhabitants who became notorious in the 18th ce...

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