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Issue 9 of The 12th Man

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.
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  • $2.00
  • Scotzine published this 11/14/2009
  • 48 reads
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Dalyell - The Darker Superstitions of Scotland 1834

A few misnumbered pages,otherwise appears complete. When you can find a copy it usually sells for a ridiculously high price.
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  • aciel published this 11/10/2009
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In Campbeltown Once More - The DVD Video

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...
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  • Kintyre On Record published this 11/08/2009
  • 51 reads
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AfterThe Moonshiners - George Wesley Wheeling - 1881

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...
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  • Kintyre On Record published this 11/06/2009
  • 47 reads
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Inveraray's Bell Tower

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 ...
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  • Kintyre On Record published this 11/06/2009
  • 54 reads
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Lochinvar and the Donna Nook

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...
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  • Kintyre On Record published this 11/06/2009
  • 30 reads
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1839 Eglinton Tournament

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...
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  • Kintyre On Record published this 11/06/2009
  • 49 reads
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1839 Eglinton Tournament

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...
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  • Skelmorlie published this 11/06/2009
  • 31 reads
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David Napier, Engineer (1790 - 1869)

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 ...
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  • Clyde Steamers published this 11/06/2009
  • 62 reads
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Paulsen's Broompark

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...
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  • Clyde Steamers published this 11/06/2009
  • 46 reads
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Lochinvar and the Donna Nook

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...
  • Word_16x16 10 pages
  • Clyde Steamers published this 11/06/2009
  • 43 reads
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M'Andrew's Hymn - The Marine Steam Engineer's Hymn - Rudyard Kipling - c

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...
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  • Clyde Steamers published this 11/06/2009
  • 42 reads
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Celtic Tunes 5

Twenty Celtic songs in sheet music.
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  • $2.00
  • murgerald published this 10/27/2009
  • 45 reads
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Carradale Antler - 206 - November 2009

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...
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  • Kintyre On Record published this 10/25/2009
  • 111 reads
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Carradale - A Factor's Diary - Entries From December 1862 and June 1863

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...
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  • Kintyre On Record published this 10/25/2009
  • 99 reads
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From Bellochantuy to Berlin - The Story of a Fisherman's War - HDML 1227

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 ...
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  • Kintyre On Record published this 10/20/2009
  • 204 reads
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Issue 8 of The 12th Man

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...
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  • $2.00
  • Scotzine published this 09/29/2009
  • 206 reads
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Treasure Trove Report 2008/2009 Scotland

. 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...
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  • BAJR published this 09/27/2009
  • 346 reads
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Groundskeeper Willie

The Simpsons' Groundskeeper Willie has been named the World's most instantly recognizable Scot.
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  • lowerbass published this 09/18/2009
  • 130 reads
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Scottish Play Curse- Superstition of Macbeth

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".
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  • lowerbass published this 09/18/2009
  • 347 reads
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