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Find your family roots I am delighted to announce that I have recently launched my…
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Hugh MacKenzie, headteacher at Craigroyston Community High School from 1972 until 1993, died recently in…
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IAN RANKIN’S EDINBURGH
With a brief interlude in London, the adventures of Ian Rankin’s detective hero, John Rebus,…
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I had known of Kenneth Roy for many years. He was a well-known Scottish journalist…
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BURNS: THE WHITBURN CONNECTION
INTRODUCTION I was approached by a student in one of my classes who believed that…
