Scottish Memories JULY2008

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Our front cover this month from the lens of landscape photographer Dennis Hardley is of Ballindalloch Castle on the River Spey in Banffshire.

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Inside

Underneath The Granite

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Chiel,Fancy Thats,Wit And Wisdom

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Many Towered Sentinel 5

The Not So Quiet Man 6

Heavens Above!

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Striking A Chord

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Sounds Of Scotland 11

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Manning The Topgallants

13

Vive Ecosse!

16

Mixed Luck On The Mull 18

Time Capsules

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Dennis Hardley’s View Of The Month 24

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The Cave Of Skulls

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Newsflash ’78

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A Quiet Day In The Tropics

32

Coming Attractions 34

The George Forbes Column

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Sea-King’s Burial 36

The Coach Now Leaving...

38

Supernatural Scotland,Time Capsule 39

Time Capsules

Mailbox

Poets Corner

Jolly July

Tough Times

Next month in Scottish Memories • Scottish Jousting On London Bridge • Haunted Shorelines • August Idylls • Heroics In A Tin Can • Three Caledonian Tenors • Horseshoes And Hawthorns

August issue on sale Thursday,July 24th.

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View Of The Month

The Dennis Hardley View of the Month is of

Kenmore village on Loch Tay, Perthshire, and it

can be viewed more fully on pages 24 an d 25.