Scottish Memories SEPTEMBER2006

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Our front cover this month from the lens of top scenic photographer Dennis Hardley is a view of Drummond Castle gardens in Perthshire.

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Inside

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Say Cheese

2

Chiel,Fancy Thats,Wit And Wisdom

4

Eastern Approaches

5

The Hush-Hush Crash 6

Angels Of The Front

8

A Festival For The Folk 10

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Sounds Of Scotland 11

Grab Your Partners!

Floating Forests

The Frontier Town

The City’s Pulse

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17

Dennis Hardley’s View Of The Month 24

That Fatal Shore

28

Newsflash ’76

The Merry Muses

30

32

Coming Attractions 34

The George Forbes Column,Time Capsule 35

32

What A Belter!

Supernatural Scotland,Time Capsule

36

39

Echoes From Arcadia 41

Mailbox

42

41

Poets Corner

43

Summer Tints

44

One Way Ticket To Oz 46

Next month in Scottish Memories • Pioneering Television • Ballooning Over The Capital • Ancient Pagan Rites On The Mountains • The Hunting Lodge Landmark • A Keep For The Clan • Autumn Tints October issue on sale Thursday,September 21st.

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View Of The Month

In this issue it is a panoramic view of bo ats

crowding into the harbour of picturesque

Findochty on the Moray Firth.