The View of the Month (page 28) shows the Birks of Aberfeldy

Our wonderful cover image shows a 1937 LMS poster for the Royal Scot Service to Scotland, see page 10 for more railway posters

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10 All aboard for Scotland

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14 Impregnable walls

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16 Memories Mailbox

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18 Scotland’s war brides in Canada

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20 This month in Scottish history

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22 Imagining Fingal’s Cave

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24 Cold Comfort

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27 Destination Aberfeldy

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38 Life on the ocean waves

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