Scottish Memories AUGUST2008

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Our front cover this month, from the lens of ace photographer Dennis Hardley, is a panorama of the quaint little harbour of Crail in the picturesque East Neuk of Fife.

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Inside

Cityscapes

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Chiel,Fancy Thats,Wit And Wisdom

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Tranquil Cloisters

5

House Of Secrets 6

Haunted Shorelines 8

Scotland’s Three Tenors

10

Sounds Of Scotland 11

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Built To Inspire

13

The Bounty Of The Tides 14

Heroics In A Tin Can

Horseshoes And Hawthorns

Time Capsules

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Dennis Hardley’s View Of The Month 24

Pageant On The Bridge 28

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Newsflash ’78

30

Time On Their Hands 32

Coming Attractions

The George Forbes Column

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38

Rural Retreats

Phantom Forces

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38

Supernatural Scotland,Time Capsule 39

Time Capsules

41

Mailbox

Poets Corner

August Idylls

Sacrilege And Storytelling

Next month in Scottish Memories • A Moveable Keep • Marking The Miles • The Massacre Of The Week-end Wonders • Unexplored Isles • Pioneers In Healing • September Scenes

September issue on sale Thursday,August 21st.

www.scottish-memories.co.uk

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View Of The Month

The Dennis Hardley View of the Month

is of upper Loch Torridon with the peak

of Beinn Alligin in the background; and i t

can be fully seen on pages 24 and 25.