Issue 107
Autumn 2020
Autumn 2020
Front Cover
Postcard published by Bamforth & Co, London during the roller rink craze of 1908-11.
The caption is 'I do like to be where the girls are'.
Private collection.
Related Article: 'I'm a fair flyer on the rollers now' - The Roller Rink mania in Scotland, 1908-1911
Contents
'I'm a fair flyer on the rollers now' - The Roller Rink mania in Scotland, 1908-1911
'The Drifty Days' - A climate crisis of 1673-4
'The persons that leaps the dykes' - Two Eighteenth Century Kirk Road Disputes
Balfron Radicals of 1820
Every Picture tells a Story
The Luxury Private Steam Yachts built by Ramage & Ferguson of Leith before World War I
Note 1: Bothlin Burn
Note 2: Dr James Niven and 'Spanish Flu'
Note 3: Strathlene House, Swimming Pool and Golf Club, Portessie
Note 4: The Fairlie Sisters, Glasgow Milliners
Query: The Kynochs of Keith - Some Lockdown Luck!
News Feature: SLHF Walk, Talk & Canal Cruise in Edinburgh, June 2019
News Feature: Closure of Dollar Golf Club
News Feature: Ian MacDougall, Historian (1933-2020)
News Feature: Bobby Grierson, Chair of CumnockHistory Group (1955-2020)
News Feature: Demolition of Longannet Power Station
Each publication also contains Editorial, News Features and Book Reviews