Bill Hendrie
Bathgate’s Burns’ Enthusiast
Burns enthusiasts every January celebrate the Birthday of Scotland’s national bard but it is doubtful if any mark it in such an elaborate manner as Bathgate spinning wheel maker John Stark did during Victorian times. Every year on 25th January, Starkie, as he was known in the old mining and weaving burgh, marked the birthday of his favourite poet by declaring Burns’ Day a personal holiday Read the rest of this entry »
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Salt From the Shores of the Forth
Television cookery expert Delia Smith’s recipe for success in the kitchen puts Maldon sea salt at the top of the list of essential ingredients. Her choice is an intriguing reminder of the days when all of Scotland’s salt came straight from the sea.
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Trinity’s Treasure House
Trinity House, open to the public while the property of Historic Scotland, is still also the headquarters of the Incorporation of Mariners and Ship’s Masters of Leith, whose activities have catered for the welfare of its members since the 14th century.
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A View of East Lothian
Hopetoun Woods, not Hollywood, is where Russell Cowe has built up one of Britain’s largest vintage video distribution centres, Panamint Cinema.
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