"The Maggie", made in 1954, is in many ways superior to the later, BBC-made, television comedies about Para Handy and the "Vital Spark", these largely studio-based and much of "The Maggie" sho...
Here Dunoon's John Openshaw's colour photographs of McConnachie's buses have been captioned with detail from "On The Buses", a full history of Kintyre's buses, which can be found in the 'Kintyre On...
Opened on Friday, September 4, 1865, in the presence of The Duke of Argyll, The Provost of Campbeltown and the company's chairman, the company also bringing its previously private circuits, to Barr...
The name Kilchenzie may derive from Cainnech of Aghaboe, his real name Cainnech moccu Dalánn, known as Saint Kenneth in Scotland and variously as Saint Canice, Saint Canicus and Saint Kenny known a...
This is essentially a supplementary list to complement the "Birds of Kintyre - Online Wikipedia Links" uploaded earlier to the 'Kintyre On Record' archives on scribd.com, where there are Wikipedia ...
"The Maggie", made in 1954, is in many ways superior to the later, BBC-made, television comedies about Para Handy and the "Vital Spark", these largely studio-based and much of "The Maggie" sho...
We shall start by recalling the fundamental structural tendencies of
monopoly capitalism in Western Europe in order to locate the
phenomenon of immigration within this specific social and economic
...
The unification of Europe is significant as a source of institutional innovation that may yield some answers to the crisis of the nation-state. This is because, around the process of formation of t...
An old axiom in urban sociology considers space as a reflection of society. Yet life, and cities, are always too complex to be captured in axioms. Thus the close relationship between space and soci...
Released in November 2009, Freddy Gillies' video, as one will see from its 'menu contents' above, gives an interesting view of 'The Wee Toon' in the 21st century and, following a tour of the town's...
With war came supposedly healthier eating habits, this little collection of recipes from New Zealand perhaps of interest to today's peoples suffering a surfeit of junk food and wondering what could...
With war came supposedly healthier eating habits, this little collection of recipes from New Zealand perhaps of interest to today's peoples suffering a surfeit of junk food and wondering what could...
Though American in focus, the work and the business of the Revenue Officers, apart from the carrying of firearms, could have been little different in Scotland or Ireland and, amongst the later ta...
Given 'The 2005 Licensing (Scotland) Act', it makes sense to reflect on the effect of 'The Act' of 150 years earlier, it said then that, both as regards to the requirements for shutting up public-...
At the end of WWI, Niall Campbell, The 10th Duke of Argyll and Honorary Colonel of The 8th Battalion of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, commissioned architects Hoare and Wheeler to design a ...
The story of MacBrayne's "Lochinvar", launched at Scott's of Bowling on Thursday, April 16, 1908 and, largely due to what might in hindsight be called 'arrogance', wrecked, with the loss of all her...
In September 2009, art expert James Knox, a trustee of The National Galleries of Scotland, beat two English based dealers at auction and paid £7,500 for eight of the original forty shields, each 6...
In September 2009, art expert James Knox, a trustee of The National Galleries of Scotland, beat two English based dealers at auction and paid £7,500 for eight of the original forty shields, each 6...