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Remembering Daniel Halkerston Liff, Benvie and Invergowrie is a rural parish on the western edge of Dundee straddling both Angus and Perth and Kinross Council territories. The area is best known as the site of the former mental…

First entry from Angus and 100th post:
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Remembering Sister Christina Jack Thurso Cemetery is among the most northern on the UK mainland. The cemetery is located on the southern outskirts of the town. Thurso native Christina Jack died from influenza and inflammation of th…

First entry from Highland Local Authority:
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Braco Suicide Graves In 1823, an Act of Parliament was passed, lifting the ban on the burial of suicide victims in consecrated ground. The practice likely continued despite the legislation. According to superstition, t…

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Remembering William Carrigan Airbles Road Cemetery is located on the outskirts of Motherwell, near the River Clyde. Historically, Motherwell was the centre of steel manufacturing in Scotland. The variety of headstones in the c…

Another from North Lanarkshire:
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Remembering Jane Taylor Jane Taylor passed away from influenza and related complications at the age of forty-two on January 7th, 1919, at Easter Fannyside Farm in Cumbernald. Her untimely death came just a week after her …

The mother of yesterday's biography.
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Remembering James Taylor Many people (myself included) associate the name ‘Cumbernauld’ with one of several ‘new towns’ constructed in Scotland after the Second World War. An ambitious civil and soc…

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Remembering Helen MacKenzie Old Monklands Cemetery is situated on the outskirts of Coatbridge, on a south-facing hillside with impressive views towards nearby Bellshill, Uddingston, Rutherglen and the eastern fringe of Glasgo…

First entry from North Lanarkshire.

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Remembering Janet and William Miller On February 20, I paid my first visit to Denny Cemetery. It is located across from Denny High School, an attractive, landscaped Victorian-era cemetery containing various headstones and memorials. T…

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The latest addition to my website. Thank you for all your support:
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Discriminations: Making Peace in the Culture Wars by A. C. Grayling | eBay UK I forgot I already had a copy when I purchased this. This copy is brand new.

Accidentally bought an extra copy of A.C Grayling's latest book. It's for sale in eBay if anyone is looking for a copy.

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Remembering James Justice The grounds of Scone Palace are nothing short of spectacular. Scone Abbey once stood on the site where early medieval Scottish monarchs were crowned atop the famous ‘Stone of Scone’. Ce…

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Remembering Robert Pollock The East Neuk of Fife boasts one of Scotland’s most picturesque stretches of coastline. The village of Kilconquhar sits inland from the coast. Sitting next to Kinconquhar Loch, the town is do…

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Remembering the Whyte Sisters . The Dundee Telegraph of November 19 1918, reported the severity of influenza in the District of Cupar in neighbouring Fife. The article acknowledged “numerous deaths&#82…

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Remembering James Cowan Camelon Cemetery is one of my favourites. The cemetery is a diverse smorgasbord of headstone designs, spanning from the late Victorian era to the present day. James Cowan rests near the Cemetery&#8…

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Remembering Lavinia Swire Downton, North Yorkshire, has a picturesque churchyard. The remains of many generations of the Crawley Family, the Earls of Grantham rest within its walls. The churchyard is also the resting place …

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UK families will be £1,400 a year poorer by 2030

Things are not getting better.

Labour are on track to LOWER living standards by the next election.

An average family in the UK could be £1,400-a-year poorer by 2030, according to analysis by @jrf-uk.bsky.social.

Agreed, I haven't closed my account, but I haven't used it since the beginning of January.

I'm off it too; best decision I have made for a long time.

Nothing but ambulance chasing.

Remembering Albert Victor Patterson I returned to Dundee’s Balgay Cemetery today. ‘Boy’ Albert Victor Patterson rests in a familial grave of Section C towards the eastern end of the cemetery. Albert succumbed to inf…

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Absolutely, England needs self-determination as much as Scotland. They just need to stop being frightened of 'Englishness'.

As well as being liars they are cowards.