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Unfortunately no Lochcarron Kirk Session minutes appear to have survived for the likely period so no obvious way to check.

Since 1980, the ECHR has heard just 29 UK immigrant deportation case, and the UK won 16 of them. Quitting will make no material difference to immigration, just weaken protections for absolutely everybody in this country. But Farage and the Tories know that.

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It is indeed. Once I saw the grave, several years ago, I had to get the back story. Could have been a forgotten woman. Guessing the wooden marker is still maintained. The minister Lachlan Mackenzie seems to have written a booklet about her archive.org/details/fast...

Reposted today as the Scotsman headlines 'Child poverty target set to be missed by 'large margin' and ignores this:

#31DaysOfGraves Day 6 - Gender. Ceit Mhor (Big Kate) a simple wooden two-word memorial at Lochcarron Old Kirkyard, Ross & Cromarty, #Scotland. Died sometime 1780s-1819. More about her: www.wicketgate.co.uk/issue64/e64_...

Black gravestone: "IRMTRAUD MORGNER *22.8.1933 - 6.5.1990". Lots of Lilly of the Vally flowers in front of the grav.

#31DaysOfGraves
6 Gender
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Irmtraud Morgner (1933 – 1990) was a magnificent writer who consistently fought against gender hierarchies, was not well-regarded in the GDR, struggled with censorship, but did not want to leave East Berlin. May her books be immortal!

Being accountable to an international court means our Government has to answer to them if it tries to undermine your human rights. Be very suspicious of any UK politician who wants to remove that check on their powers.

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We still carve turnips (neeps) in Scotland though pumpkins are in the majority. Another transatlantic import.

Using a timeline to organize historical research material Timelines | #OnePlaceTimelines | Oct 2025 - Society for One-Place Studies I started researching my One-Place Study, the Lying-in Department (1878-1918) at the Destitute Asylum in Adelaide, South Australia (Figure 1), about four years ago for my master’s degree. At that time...

In response to our blogging prompt for October, Dr Dawn Jennifer has written a post for our blog: Using a timeline to organize historical research material. Find out how Dawn used a timeline in her #OnePlaceStudy of the Lying-in Department at the Destitute Asylum, Adelaide, South Australia.

#31DaysOfGraves Day 4: Languages. A bible quote in German on the grave of Wladimir Bartholomaeus Worace, an Austrian army major who was buried in Edinburgh in 1903 & his wife Margaret Anne Helen Wordie. From Job 14: 1-22, the English translation is "They spring up like flowers and wither away".

Blustery day, isn't it? Here's the National Grid: Live generation data. Wind and solar are generating 74.2% of our electricity. Gas is generating 13.1%. And yet our household electricity prices are pegged to... the volatile price of gas. Which is the basis on which the right attacks... renewables.

Workers in a Lancashire cotton mill. For family research visit www.cottontownsancestry.com

I've given my professional genealogy site a new look to better reflect my work in the mill towns of Greater Manchester and Lancashire:

cottontownsancestry.com

Do drop me a line using the site links if you need a researcher.

#genhour #genealogy #familyhistory #ancestry #manchester #lancashire

Small grey granite gravestone with flowers laid at the base. Inscription says “To the memory of James Hugh Mackay, Lotts, Skerray, aged 65 dearly beloved husband of Megan. A hefyd Megan a hunodd Rhagfyr 14eg yn 82 mlwydd oed (And also Megan who died 14 Dec 1995 aged 82.)

From Skerray, #Sutherland, up on the north coast of Scotland a bilingual English/Welsh gravestone. Megan died 14 Dec 1995 aged 82, her Welsh important to the end. A probable compatriot Ardudwen Haf is also buried at Skerray. Wondering about the story. #31DaysOfGraves 4: Languages #Cymraeg

#31daysofgraves Day 4: Languages. Three here - there’s a Latin motto, as well as the English and Gaelic inscriptions. In Moulin kirkyard, Pitlochry, Perthshire.

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My single “Autumn Leaves (Autumn 1)” is released today!

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This track is about having fun in autumn - playing with leaves, foraging for brambles & eating crumble!

I enjoyed turning Vivaldi’s original melody into a polka! 🎵

I’m not sure whether she is buried there or not.

and libraries could buy good reference books, archives could index record sets… Ah the nostalgia

A tall grey stone tomb, with a triangular lintel with a cross carved into it. A metal door sits in the centre of the tomb. Inscribed above the door is 'Famille de Gas'. On the door is a metal plaque molded with a self-portait of the painter Edgar Degas. His name is written around the outer edge of the plaque.

#31DaysOfGraves day 3: tomb

The tomb of the famille de Gas, which includes the painter Edgar Degas.

Montmartre Cemetery, Paris

Yes. I wonder who commissioned them. I suppose the patterns don’t show the dirt too much so economically a good choice.

Day 3 of #31DaysOfGraves is 'tomb'.

I've chosen to share the wonderful tomb of Judge George Kempe (1606), his son John (1609) and daughter-in-law Elinore (1609).

All three lay side by side on top of the tomb and a side panel depicts John and Elinore's 14 children.

Con't below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Another time.

I’m more concerned about the building site down the road…

Go to the Mitchell Library and admire the carpets!

Calm before the storm here I fear…

Stuck for a photo for #31DaysOfGraves - 3 tombs. So here’s the rather neglected #Mackenzie monument beside A835 Inverness-Ullapool. Commemorates Caroline Mackenzie daughter of Francis Lord Seaforth (1754-1815) chief of clan Mackenzie, from Brahan Castle. Brahan Seer prophesied her death seemingly.

I'm taking part in #31DaysOfGraves this month. I'll also be talking about my #OnePlaceStudy of #RutherglenCemetery at the Society's monthly webinar on Tues 14th Oct so if you're thinking about a cemetery #OPS, why not join up and join in.

Gravestone of Henry Cook

Henry Cook’s gravestone has a beautiful ship on it. Henry set up Cook's Bethel otherwise Seaman's Bethel, a Christian charity founded by him and now known as The Henry Cook Centre, located on South Street in #Gosport
#31DaysOfGraves Day 2: Nautical

When are we going to realise that people from foreign lands are not automatically our enemy… but the likes of Michelle Mone and her husband (and those millionaires and billionaires who are making money out of your misery and at your expense) are!