Issue 9 of The 12th Man Scottish football fanzine. From the heights of international level to the SPL and down to the Third Division. A fanzine by fans for fans.
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...
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...
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...
This is an important account of the development of steam-powered ships, from the time of the little river steamers, Fulton's "Claremont" and Henry Bell's 1812 "Comet", through to the first true ...
With The Fall of Paris in May 1940 and France facing defeat, Dautry, the French Armaments Minister who, with British support, had negotiated with Norway's Norsk Hydro Rjukan, a Norwegian company la...
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...
It is indeed a great pity that this 'monologue', the musings of a ship's Scottish chief engineer as his ship approaches port, has never, to the best of the present writer's knowledge, ever been rec...
CARRADALE SURGERY NEWS - PATIENT SURVEY AND PATIENT GROUP AGM - SADDELL and CARRADALE CHURCH GUILD - A LARGER TESCO PRESENCE - A NEW CREAMERY - MOON APOLOGY - SPLASH DOWN - KINTYRE INITIATIVE NOTES...
The diary entries here first appeared in the pages of the November 2009 '(Carradale) Antler' and, that their content may be of interest to many researchers generally and may be easier found by int...
This is the story of Peter Blackstock's war, he joining The Royal Navy Patrol Service and, following his early years of minesweeping, Peter joined 'HDML 1227' only to be sunk off Greece and, taken ...
Issue 8 of The 12th Man Scottish football fanzine. A Scottish Football/Soccer fanzine dedicated to the National team down to the SPL and Divisions One, Two and Three to the Womens game. A Fanzine c...
. This report covers TreasureTrove matters dealt with by the Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer (“QLTR”) and by the Scottish Archaeological Finds Allocation Panel (“SAFAP”), from 1 April 200...
It has been suggested that one of Shakespeare's most famous plays, Macbeth, is cursed! There is a lot of superstition behind the play including referring to it as "The Scottish Play".