Scottish Memories FEBRUARY2008

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Our front cover this month from the lens of ace photographer Dennis Hardley shows Castle Kennedy as seen from the surrounding walled garden in Wigtownshire, three miles south east of Stranraer.

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Inside

Reaping The Shoals 2

Chiel,Fancy Thats,Wit And Wisdom

4

Forbidding Walls 5

The King In The Sewer 6

5

NEX TMON TH- 15TH ANN IVE RSA RY ISSU E OFSC OTTI SHMEM ORIE SMAGA ZINE !

The Man With The Clout 8

Lyrical Laments

10

Sounds Of Scotland 11

Land Of Raw Courage 12

The Bold Highlandman 14

The Revolution That Never Was

16

The Merry Spinster 18

Not A Dull Boy 20

Dennis Hardley’s View Of The Month 24

From Fire And Flood 28

Newsflash ’78

30

A Contrasting Image 32

Coming Attractions

34

The George Forbes Column,Time Capsule 35

Sleuthing In The Streets

38

Supernatural Scotland,Time Capsule 39

The Lethal Balfour Of Burleigh

Time Capsules

Mailbox

40

41

42

12

28

44

Poets Corner

43

Spring Gardens

44

Wigs And Bunnets 46

Next month in Scottish Memories • 15 Years Of Scottish Memories Magazine • Hi-jinks Storming The Castle • Hunters On The Prowl • Spring Songs • Building For The Future • Western Stronghold

March issue on sale Thursday,February 21st.

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View Of The Month

The Dennis Hardley View of the Month

in this issue is a panorama of Rannoch

Moor in the central Highlands; and it can

be seen in all its glory on pages 24 and 25.