Scottish Memories NOVEMBER2008

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Our front cover this month from the lens of landscape photographer Dennis Hardley is of Achnacloich Castle and gardens on Loch Etive in Argyll.

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Inside

Ankle Sock Days

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Chiel,Fancy Thats,Wit And Wisdom

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A Towering Presence 5

The Fleet In Peril

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Big Skies And Flat Horizons

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The Boys From Cambusnethan Street 10

Sounds Of Scotland 11

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Hebridean Temple 13

Afoot In The Kingdom 14

Networking The Isles 16

Climate Change,Prehistoric Style

18

Time Capsules

20

Dennis Hardley’s View Of The Month 24

Bikes To Barcelona 28

Newsflash ’78

30

Camp Desolation 32

The George Forbes Column

Fireside Tales

Lethal Waters

Supernatural Scotland,Time Capsule

Time Capsules

Mailbox

Poets Corner

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Golden Days

Last Post

Next month in Scottish Memories • Repel All Boarders!...true yarns of a Scot among the pirates of the Caribbean. • Capturing The Black Death...dark deeds in a medieval keep. • A Nautical Heritage...floating museums on Clydeside. • The Long And Winding Road...exploring Fife. • A Tang Of Yesteryear...more olfactory nostalgia. • Wintry Wilds...a seasonal pictorial display.

December issue on sale Thursday,November 20th. www.scottish-memories.co.uk

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View Of The Month

In this issue it is a busy scene in the picture sque

harbour of Elie, one of the coastal fishing

villages in the East Neuk of Fife; and it can be

seen in all its glory across pages 24 and 25 .