Scottish Memories MAY2007

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Our front cover this month from the lens of ace landscape photographer Dennis Hardley is of the spectacular scenery common to the Cuillin peaks on Skye as seen from the shore at Strathaird Point in Elgol.

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Inside

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Sea Sirens

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Chiel,Fancy Thats,Wit And Wisdom

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The Pink Sandstone Palace

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Hoarding The Past,Directing The Future 6

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Those Brown Legged Days

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And All That Jazz!

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Sounds Of Scotland

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The One Who Got Away

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Gi’e Us The Ba’!

An Enduring Landscape

Time Capsules

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Dennis Hardley’s View Of The Month 24

Digging For Dearest Mother

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Newsflash ’77

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Time Capsule

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A Bed Of Roses

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Coming Attractions

The George Forbes Column

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The Rough Bounds 36

Supernatural Scotland,Time Capsule 39

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Time Capsules

Mailbox

Poets Corner

Spring Lochs

Travellers’Tales

Next month in Scottish Memories • Orkney Bootlegging • A Caged Flier • The Oracle • A Good Night Out • From Raiders To Traders • Summer Scenes

June issue on sale Thursday,May 24th.

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View Of The Month

In this issue it is a panoramic sweep acro ss

the River Tweed at Peebles in the Borde rs

and can be viewed in all its glory

on pages 24 and 25.