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Page 2 • North American Edition • October 2017 THE SCOTTISH BANNER Shining a new light on New Lanark World Heritage Site The exhibition will exhibit the development myths, stories and legends, the 2017 Year of the region’s industries, music and other of History, Heritage and Archaeology is social activities engaged in and how all of celebrating Scotland’s people, distinct this impacted upon lives of these people. culture and traditions, and historic landscapes. The historic environment forges connections between people The stunning 230 year old and places, so it’s fitting that during New Lanark buildings will be Scotland’s current celebratory themed year, we will be shining a spotlight on brought to life on a grand scale New Lanark’s outstanding universal value. The activity will bring the region’s whilst acting as the display historic past to life in the context of a modern, collaborative and innovative surface for historic images and Scotland for both visitors and locals video footage from New Lanark who get the chance to experience this memorable event.” and the surrounding area. Shining Lives will be a spectacular sound and light projection event in New Lanark s part of the Year of History, the tangible and intangible heritage of World Heritage Site, Lanark on October Heritage and Archaeology New Lanark will be combined to capture Annique Armstrong, VisitScotland 21st and 22nd. Tickets for Shining Lives Signature Event Programme, imaginations and provide a unique Regional Director said: “From ancient will be free with registration. To register New Lanark World Heritage Site interpretation of this famous site. monuments and listed buildings to our log on to www.newlanark.org Awill presentShining Lives this month with hundreds of tickets allocated to Immersive display of date. This spectacular sound and light image and sound projection event taking place at New As part of the Shining Lives event, NOVAK Lanark World Heritage Site in October will present a large scale projection artwork is being created by NOVAK Projection that will be displayed across several walls Mapping Creative Agency. at New Lanark. Creating a giant multi- The stunning 230 year old New Lanark channel and immersive display of image buildings will be brought to life on a grand and sound. The artwork will be narrative scale whilst acting as the display surface based and will explore the lives of people for historic images and video footage from who have lived and worked in New Lanark New Lanark and the surrounding area. and the surrounding Clyde and Avon valley Augmented by a soundtrack, lighting and area. The artwork will depict a number of living history the exhibition will echo the characters, reflecting the many generations life of the mills and the workers throughout that have lived and worked at New Lanark its history. Through this innovative event, over its existence as working cotton mill.

By: Dona Cruickshank The 70th Glengarry Highland Games enjoying the offerings and being true Scots weren’t put off by the weather.

Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau The Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau attended the Glengarry Highland Games. He joined the list of Canadian Prime Ministers who have visited our grounds since the first Games in 1948. Games president Anne October 21st & 22nd, 2017 said it was wonderful to have our Prime Minister (wearing his Sinclair kilt) visit our Attend “The Friendly Games.” games, a year when we are celebrating our 70th anniversary and Canada’s 150th. She Meet your fellow clansmen and celebrate the 45th Anniversary games along with our Honored guests and many old friends who added that it is the people who attend the will gather in this picturesque setting so rich in heritage. Games, some attending for the first time this year and others here for their 70th visit, Scottish Festival & Highland Games that have made it a world-class Celtic event. Atlanta, Georgia and Stone Mountain Park Meadow October 21st & 22nd, 2017 | 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Grade One Toronto Police Pipe Band, were winners of The 2017 North Highland Games American Pipe Band Championships. Children’s Games Gathering of Clans President Anne Stewart welcomed the Fittingly, Bill Livingstone, the Games Guest Exhibits Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau. of Honour this year still plays with the band Demonstrations and competed with them here in Maxville. Scottish Shops & Foods Pipe Bands n 1948, when the first Glengarry The 2018 Glengarry Highland Games Scottish Dancing Highland Games took place in will take place August 3-4, 2018 in Scottish Harping & Fiddling Maxville, Ontario, Canada and Maxville, Ontario. For further details see: Scottish Musical Entertainment organisers decided to revive the www.glengarryhighlandgames.com Iancient Scottish traditions, little did they Adult (Sat.) $20, (Sun.) $18 | Child (4-12) $6 Park vehicle entrance fee required in addition to event tickets. think that 70 years later, tens of thousands No pets allowed. would still be trekking to Maxville on the long summer holiday weekend each year. Presented by th We had a great Games for our 70 with Stone Mountain Highland Games, Inc. good crowds in spite of the weather’s best P.O. Box 384 • Marietta, GA 30061 2017 | 45TH ANNIVERSARY attempts to dampen our spirits. There North American Pipe Band Champions (770) 521-0228 • www.SMHG.org were so many events happening this year the Toronto Police Pipe Band. ©All rights reserved Stone Mountain Highland Games, Inc. 2017 for our 70th that the people just kept on

North American Edition • October 2017 • Page 3 THE SCOTTISH BANNER Outlander stars join fundraising effort for Gairloch Heritage Museum Ross – which also proved invaluable to hope that our fundraising efforts and the myself and the cast whilst filming.” support from the Outlander cast will help us reach our target; the new museum will not Rich cultural heritage only preserve our heritage but will also enable The funds raised will secure the long-term us to reach new audiences and educate them future of the museum’s collections and the about our fascinating history, maybe even cultural activities it offers and the museum teaching a few words of Gaelic along the way.” team hope to open the new premises in ‘One of the best little museums in early 2019. Dr Karen Buchanan, Curator, Scotland’ is how the National Trust for Gairloch Heritage Museum, added: “The Scotland described Gairloch Heritage total cost of the project is just over £2M Museum. The award winning, nationally of which our community of supporters accredited independent museum is housed aims to raise 10% with the remaining 90% in an historic farm steading in the heart of tars of the global phenomenon, dictionaries, signed by members of the coming from public and private sector Gairloch. Its museum, archive and library Outlander, have lent their support Outlander cast including Sam Heughan trusts, including the Heritage Lottery Fund. collections present a fascinating historical to Gairloch Heritage Museum’s who plays Jamie Fraser, and Gaelic lessons “The new museum will feature insight into the area and an enriching, fundraising efforts and now people with Adhamh. People will also be able to expanded displays, and improved access to enjoyable experience for visitors however Shave the chance to get their hands on purchase inscribed metal plaques inspired our collections and archives. The museum it is losing its current premises and will be some coveted Outlander goodies. by the Gairloch Pictish fish which will be hosts the first Pictish stone found on the homeless by the end of 2018 meaning they Gairloch Heritage Museum has launched part of a large installation that will take west coast mainland of Scotland, and its require to raise these funds to secure a new a crowdfunding campaign to raise the pride of place in the new museum. Gaelic language and literature resources home. The local community has already final £60,000 required for its proposed Adhamh said: “Not many people are are highly valued by Gaelic scholars. There raised over £140,000 towards the total and it new museum and it has teamed up with aware but Gairloch and Wester Ross have will also be more space for exhibitions, and is hoped that the remaining £60,000 will be Adhamh O’Broin, Gaelic consultant for played an integral part to the creation of the incorporate a cafe and a shop. raised through this crowdfunding campaign. hit TV show, Outlander, to offer some TV series, Outlander. We use the Wester Ross “The museum has been managed and To donate to Gairloch Heritage Museum, great rewards. Some of the rewards up for Gaelic dialect throughout the series and I often run by volunteers since 1977 and is a cultural please visit www.crowdfunder.co.uk/ grabs include a limited number of Gaelic called upon Gairloch man, the late Roddy hub for Gairloch and the surrounding area. gairlochheritagemuseum. Mackenzie, for advice when we were on set. The upgrade to new premises will see the “Roddy, who was also heavily involved in creation of a number of new jobs and the Gairloch Heritage Museum, helped us training opportunities for the area.” by providing accurate translations and local “This is an ambitious project, particularly sayings to ensure we were portraying the for a community the size of Gairloch, and language as authentically as possible. Roddy we have been blown away by the support worked very closely with Roy Wentworth from the local community and further afield. when Roy was compiling the well-known Wester Ross has such a rich cultural heritage Artists concept of the new museum. dictionary, Faclan is Abairtean à Ros and and the museum plays an important part Outlander’s Sam Heughan. Iar – Gaelic words and phrases from Wester in preserving our heritage for the future. We Rousing finale to 2017 Cowal Highland Gathering housands of people from across in the World Juvenile (Under 16) finals, the world gathered in Dunoon for followed by Elise Cheyne from Ontario the celebrated Cowal Highland with Cyan Macleod, who had come all the Gathering. Competitors and way from Victoria in Australia, coming in Tspectators alike joined forces to ensure the third. The trophy for best Scottish Juvenile event’s spectacular was a day to remember Dancer went to Ellie and best Overseas for everyone involved. From the hundreds Juvenile Dancer to Elise. In the World of dancers and pipers to the heavy Junior (Under 18) championship, last year’s athletes, runners, ceilidh tent performers, Juvenile winner Erin Blair from California stunt cyclists and many other entertainers just held off the challenge of Scotland’s on show, every participant contributed to Michelle Gordon from Huntly (2nd), with what was a fantastic day’s entertainment. Sophie Dunn from Ontario coming third. The standard of competition was The best Scottish Junior Dancer was breathtaking, with many of the world’s Michelle, with Erin picking up best 2017 World Highland Dancing Champions from left to right is top competitors giving their all in a bid go Overseas Junior Dancer. The biggest Ellie Dalrymple, Tranent, Scotland (Juvenile); Rebecca Thow, home with the silverware. cheer of the day came when the results Alberta, Canada (Adult) and Erin Blair, California, USA (Junior). of the Adult World Championships were Highland Dancing announced. Last year, Ontario’s Marielle World Champion Lesperance pipped Rebecca Thow – organisers, I would like to thank everyone to have been here witnessed levels of One of the highlights of the Gathering’s originally from Aberdeen but now living who has worked so hard and contributed performance never seen before. We final day – and one of the most fiercely in Alberta – to the title. This year the pair so much over the last few months all know how popular the traditional contested – was, as always, the Cowal Pipe were again inseparable, with both winning and years to ensure Cowal Highland Highland Games events such as the Band Championship. This year, newly two of the four disciplines and coming Gathering continues to go from strength piping, dancing and heavy athletics crowned world champions Inveraray and second in the other two. However, when to strength. I hope they’re pleased with are, and of course they remain the District Pipe once again managed to hold the individual dance points were counted, the results of their efforts,” Ronnie said. main draw. However, we’re delighted off the challenge of Johnstone Pipe Band to it was Rebecca who came out top. Marielle “I’d also like to thank the thousands of with the feedback we’ve had over the be crowned winners of the Grade 1 Cowal had to settle for second, with Scotland’s people who have come out to support the last couple of years on some of our Pipe Band Championships 2017. Candice Walker third. Rebecca is also taking Gathering over the last three days. We’ve newer attractions, and we’ll continue to Then came the biggest Highland home the Mary McHarg Quaich for best welcomed spectators not just from Argyll look for ways to keep Cowal at the top Dancing competition in the world – Overseas Adult Dancer. The cup for best and Bute and Scotland more generally of the list of Fun Family Days Out in the World Championship finals - with Scottish Adult Dancer went to Candice. but from right around the globe, and Scotland in the future.” dancers from as far afield as Australia, the feedback we’ve received has been New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and Wonderful competitors overwhelmingly positive. the USA pitting their skills against the Cowal Highland Gathering chair Ronnie “Of course we wouldn’t have a best the UK has to offer. In the end, it was Cairns said the event would go down as Gathering at all without the wonderful Scotland’s Ellie Dalrymple from Tranent one of the most memorable in recent competitors, who excelled themselves in East Lothian who emerged victorious times. “On behalf of the Gathering’s this year. Those of us lucky enough

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By: Dr Juliet Shields Scottish settlers and the making of modern Canada In 2017 Canada marks 150 years since Confederation. Early Scottish settlers in Canada interacted with indigenous peoples and developed trade and cultural links and helped pave the way for the nation we know today as Dr Juliet Shields explains. in North America during the eighteenth literary scholars. But much as Canadians and nineteenth centuries. Although these are now re-examining their government’s records provide little insight into the historic treatment of First Nations, Scots are family and personal lives of the company’s addressing their ancestors’ participation employees, they show that Scots in the slave trade. Conference goers were dominated at the Hudson’s Bay Company’s invited to participate in a discussion of trading posts. Among Scots, Orcadians this darker aspect of Scotland’s past after were particularly favoured by the HBC, attending a screening of 1745: An Untold with almost 80% of the company’s Story of Slavery imagines the adventures of employees in the early-to-mid nineteenth two female slaves who were brought back century coming from Orkney. Many of to Scotland by their owner and escaped into the HBC’s employees were temporary the Highlands at the very moment when residents and never intended to remain Bonnie Prince Charlie’s supporters were also permanently in Canada. While these taking to the hills. While the film’s criticism or those attended the World workers contributed Scottish elements Canada. When Gilbert arrives in the tiny of a Scottish economy dependent on slave- Congress of Scottish Literatures, to an emerging Canadian identity, they village of Cloud Falls, he discovers that it was holding is timely, its attempt to establish held in Vancouver, BC from the often brought Canadian-born wives and not his Lyle but his native N’laka’pamux wife parallels between Jacobites and runaway 21st to the 25th of June, the 150th children back to Scotland with them who Antko who led the political struggle that is slaves founders a bit. After all, Jacobites Fanniversary of Canadian confederation in turn contributed to Scottish culture. still ongoing today. Although the conference did not seek freedom or independence for offered an opportunity to consider For instance, distinctive patterns in the focused primarily on the Scottish diaspora Scotland; rather, they sought to replace Scots’ many contributions to Canada’s music of fiddlers in present-day Manitoba in Canada, other topics of interest emerged one monarchical regime with another. history, literature, and culture. Speakers and Orkney attest to the historic cultural that may receive further attention at future Nevertheless, the stunning cinematography came to the conference meeting from interchange between these locations. meetings of the World Congress of Scottish and the compelling storyline made this various parts of the UK, Canada, and Literature. These included panels on short film, currently under development as the US, and from as far away as Prague, Scottish influences Scots in the South Pacific, Scottish science a feature film, well worth watching. Macau, and Wellington, to share their Scottish influences extended far beyond fiction, digital technology and the study Dr. Juliet Shields is an Associate knowledge about the historic interactions the Hudson’s Bay Company’s posts. of Scottish literature, and the Scottish Professor of English at the University of between Scottish settlers and Canada’s Brenda MacDougall, from the University diaspora in the Caribbean, where, in the Washington. The third World Congress of indigenous peoples. In her opening of Ottawa, and Sherry Farrell Racette, from eighteenth and early nineteenth century, Scottish Literature will be held at Charles speech, conference organizer Professor the University of Manitoba, explained that many Scots were slave owners. University in Prague in the summer Leith Davis made a point of recognizing Scots were also prominent in the Northwest Scotland’s involvement in the slave of 2020. For further information, see that this anniversary was not a celebratory Company, which traded in the Red River trade was until quite recently something www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/arts/research/ occasion for everyone because modern- region. A mixture of Gaelic and Cree was of a taboo subject among historians and scottishstudiesglobal/iassl/welcome day Canada was created by the displacing spoken at the Northwest Company’s trading of indigenous peoples from their lands. posts. Although the metis or mixed people of And while many of the Scots who arrived this region have often privileged the French in Canada during the eighteenth and elements of their heritage, metis culture also nineteenth centuries lived harmoniously incorporates Scottish elements. For instance, with indigenous peoples, many were Metis jigging, ably demonstrated by the V’ni complicit with this displacement. Dansi Company at the conference banquet, fuses First Nations traditions with Scottish Scots and indigenous peoples and Irish forms of dance. Researchers at the conference drew on The World Congress showcased a variety a range of literary works and historical of other events celebrating Scottish and archives to explore the cooperation and indigenous contributions to Canadian conflicts between Scots and indigenous culture. On the first evening of the peoples. Katie McCulloch, director of conference, a program of First Nations Simon Fraser University’s Scottish Studies music and poetry honoured National Centre, described the story of Scottish Aboriginal Day with. Spoken word artists settlement in British Columbia as “woefully Jordan Abel, Rain Prudhomme-Cranford, understudied.” To remedy this neglect, the and Samantha Nock silenced the room Scottish Studies Centre has launched an with their powerful, and often intensely oral history project called Scottish Voices of personal, reflections on the experiences of the West, an internet archive of recordings Canada’s indigenous peoples; and the voice of the stories of Scottish settlers and their and percussion ensemble M’girl had the descendants. These stories are available audience swaying in time to its harmonies. for anyone to hear at http://digital.lib.sfu. Performances by the Vancouver Gaelic ca/soh-collection/scottish-oral-history- Choir and the BC Highland Dancers collection. A new phase of the project demonstrated that Scottish culture is focuses on the area around Fort Langley, thriving in Canada. Conference attendees where marriages between Scots and were also treated to a reading by Shetland indigenous peoples were common. This poet and novelist Robert Alan Jamieson, phase, titled Changing the Narrative of 150, whose most recent novel MacCLOUD will create a sound archive of interviews FALLS, is a road-trip romance that explores with the descendants of these marriages. the Scottish colonization of British One of the highlights of the conference Columbia through the character of Gilbert was a joint presentation on Scots in the Johnson, a bookseller from Edinburgh. Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) by Bronwen Quarry, from the HBC’s archives in 1745: An Untold Story of Slavery Manitoba, and Pamela Perkins, Professor Gilbert has decided to track down the of English at the University of Manitoba. descendants of his grandfather, Jimmy Lyle, The HBC archives hold corporate records who, Gilbert has been led to believe, played going back nearly 350 years, and these are an important role in the nascent ‘Indian a goldmine of information about Scots Rights’ movement in early twentieth-century

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Scotspeak is a selection of quotes which made headlines in SCOTSPEAK Scotland last month on a variety of current Scottish affairs. “You don’t really start out to do them all, but the next thing you know it’s in sight. I absolutely love the hills and can’t imagine life without them. It’s very social, it’s hard work, but its relaxing getting away from everything. It’s impossible to pick a favourite but I do love the hills in the north-west. I will keep going but I don’t think I’ll manage them all a fourth time.” “The route is already delivering for the north 76 year old Munro-bagger Elsa Yates said of Scotland and has tremendous potential as the grandmother recently finished to further benefit the communities it serves, climbing all 282 of Scotland’s highest hills- encourage more investment in tourism for the third time. Munros in Scotland are facilities, stimulate jobs and expand the mountains over 300ft. R&D Distillers tourism season.” Scotland’s Tourism Secretary Fiona “The Borders Railway has been an “It is the location; an island off an island Lewis will open its gallery and cinema Hyslop said that the North Coast 500 has extraordinary success. Each and every day with complex geology, water and island for the first time on a Sunday. The Outer generated a £10 million boost for the thousands of people are travelling to and climate with probably the best views from Hebrides islands of Lewis and Harris Highlands economy. The North Coast 500 from the region for work, to study and to any distillery in Scotland, that makes have held on to religious based traditions bends through some of Scotland’s finest catch up with friends and family. It has also Raasay ideal for our innovative Scotch of closing down on a Sunday and only coastal scenery and cover 516 miles. Since really opened up this most beautiful part whisky distillery.” recently allowed people to hang out opening, Scotland’s answer to Route 66 our country to the tourism market that is laundry on Sundays. Alasdair Day of R&B Distillers said as has seen an over 26% increase in visitor so important for our country. Businesses Raasay’s first whisky distillery officially numbers with accommodation providers are thriving, communities are being “I have already slowed the clock a little, opened. The distillery is projected to produce being booked out at peak summer times. strengthened and opportunities are being so he’s not quite as old as he should 150,000 bottles of single malt. The distillery opened up for people young and old. As be. I never think more than one book plans to use all-local ingredients — water, “We’re trying to bring back trees that we continue to build the best railway that ahead, but I can’t imagine writing peat and barley — with a barley growing trail have always been here, they’re part of the Scotland has ever had, we will be looking at books about (Rebus) when he’s in a care beginning on the island this summer. Raasay Hebrides. The genetics of these trees have more ways to support the line. The passenger home, whizzing around on his electric has a population of about 120 people and is a timeline going back 2,000 years on the numbers we have seen in the first two years wheelchair. Maybe an author can make reached by a ferry from Skye. islands. They’re hardy, like the people here.” are really impressive, but we know that this it work, but I don’t think I’m the author David Mackay, of Horshader Community is just the beginning of the story.” “The proposal to open the arts centre on to make it work, so he has got a limited Development, said at the launch of a Sunday afternoons is an excellent idea and life-span. I don’t know what the end point Lindley Kirkpatrick, head of ScotRail’s project to return large areas of native long overdue. The Sabbatarian community is for him and me.” Borders Railway programme, said as the 31 woodland to the Western Isles. The that wants to stay indoors and read bibles mile Borders Railway recently celebrated Scottish crime writer Ian Rankin said his Hebridean Ark project aims to bring can do so. They are not obliged to avail its second birthday. The route which travels beloved character John Rebus will come back the tree population native saplings themselves of the facility. However, those from Edinburgh’s Waverley Station to to a close at some stage. This year marks around Harris and Lewis by 2020. A seed other communities who don’t share their th Tweedbank has seen over 2.6 million people the 30 anniversary of the popular bank has been created and plans are religious views should not have them travel on the service and had a positive Rebus detective series and Rankin plans underway to plant 100,000 trees across imposed by default.” impact on both tourism and business in the to release his next Rebus instalment in the islands. Vikings, climate change and Scottish Borders region. Scotrail is looking at Alistair McBay, vice-president of 2018. The novels, centred on Detective crop expansion are all partly to blame for the feasibility of extending the route all the the National Secular Society, said as Inspector John Rebus, are mostly based the deforestation that has taken place for way to Carlisle in England. Stornoway arts centre An Lanntair on in and around Edinburgh. centuries across the Outer Hebrides.

CLUES ACROSS 8) People of a state (6). Historic steamship SCOTWORD 9) It can be found in the North Sea (8). Here is a fun crossword for you to try with a few of the answers to be found in 10) It goes with Dumfries (8). finds permanent home Scotland! If you are in doubt, you may need a wee peek at a Scots dictionary or 11) Scots town sounds American (6). istoric Scots a map. Or, if you are really stuck, the answers can be found on page 23! 12) Perfect (5). steamship 14) A Scots roll (3). TS Queen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 15) Front of a kilt (5). H 18) Bagpipe essential (7) Mary is to be berthed 8 9 20) Scotland’s emblem (7). permanently on the 23) Scots valleys (5). Clyde, at Glasgow 24) A conical hill (3). Science Centre. The 25) Call-to-arms cross! (5). steamship was rescued from scrap by a group of 10 11 29) Resort near the River Earn (6). 31) The Granite City (8). trustees last year and is currently undergoing a multi- 33) East-coast port (8). million pound refurbishment. Situated beside the 34) A Scot’s bride’s dowry (6). Millennium Bridge she will be a stone’s throw from the 12 13 14 15 SSE Hydro and SECC complexes, and right in the heart of Glasgow’s media village. Friends of TS Queen Mary, 16 17 CLUES DOWN the charity behind the rescue and restoration project, 1) A Knight’s tunic (6). estimates the vessel will welcome 150,000 visitors and 18 19 20 21 2) A Scot’s measure (4). 3) A Scot’s hilltop (5). students each year once restored. 22 4) Follow the feline! (7). The charity has raised £1.3 million in cash and 5) Glasgow’s flower! (5). in-kind donations, leaving just under £700,000 left to 23 24 25 26 6) Bequeath (4). fully fund the restoration. The charity hopes to reopen the 7) Fishing port on Loch Broom (8). ship as a heritage destination, education and business 27 28 13) Scotland’s own (3). 16) A river from 31 Across (3). centre in spring next year. 29 30 31 32 17) Reserved (3). Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow Southside, said: 19) A capital palace (8). “I’m absolutely delighted to see the TS Queen Mary find 21) Scot’s winter pastime (3). a permanent berth at the Glasgow Science Centre. The 22) Castle rampart (7). restoration will bring a major benefit not only in the 26) Smelt in Scotland! (6). 33 34 form of visitors but in giving students unique hands-on 27) Gently flowing water (5). 28) Grampian town on the Isla (5). experience. It’s a very fitting addition to the Clyde and I 30) Newts (4). look forward to visiting over the years to come.” 32) 31 Across airport (4).

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By: Ron Dempsey WHAT’S IN A NAME? Have a name that has you stumped? Scottish Banner readers can send in their name queries direct to Ron via the Scottish Banner via our website at www.scottishbanner.com/contact-us, by post or email: [email protected]. Ron will do his best to help you with your name query and may just add that extra piece to your genealogy puzzle.

They can sometimes be confused Turner is next on the list. There many with McCloon and McClune which have layers to this occupational name, one is a different derivation being from “gluin” for a person for one turns wood, metal or meaning knee. bone presumably on a lathe. Another for I wish I could offer more but sometimes the person who operated the turnspit at resources are difficult to obtain for rare names. the kitchen in the “big house” where large roasts and full carcasses were cooked. Handyside Lastly, from the Old French “tourneour” for Mr. Richard Handyside sent an inquiry a participant in a tourney or a tournament. via the Australasian office ofthe Scottish One more on the list is Broadfoot, a Banner with a list of surnames that he descriptive for the obvious physical attribute ctober is one of my favourite name Pullen, sometimes spelled Pullin or wished me to address. Naturally, the first of the individual who had large feet, months. Here in Canada we Pulleyn. This name is from the Old French name on the list is his own. The unusual sometimes recorded as Bradfute in Scotland. celebrate Thanksgiving on the “Poulain” meaning colt. So either for one name is from the Scottish borders place Lastly is the well-established clan name second Monday of the month, who is as frisky as a colt or one who raised name and was held by a family of the same Murray, it is a territorial name for the area Oa time for family and way too much food. and sold colts. name as early as the 14th century. When in Scotland known as Moray. A thorough The leaves in the trees put on a colourful a family held lands and that same place history of the clan can found at the clan display at this time of year and somehow McGlohon name is the family surname of the land website clanmurray.org. it feels nice to put on a pullover for the Sometimes I receive challenges in the owners, the term that is used is “of that ilk.” first time in a while and go for a walk in mailbox. Mr. Donald McGlohon Jr. of Recorded as early as 1398 as “Haggansid” Family history the woods. The grand finale of the month Greenville, North Carolina, U.S.A. asked it translates as wooded lands on the hill side. My other interest besides surnames as is the eve of the 31st when all the ghosties, about his own surname, its meaning and The name has gone through a series various you know is family history. While some princesses and superheroes are flying it point of origin. His family has been in and unusual spellings through the centuries, young people catch the bug early like about in their bright costumes in a quest the U.S. since the 1700’s in the Virginia Hangiside, Handasyde, Hangansyde etc. just myself some 40 years ago, for the most to fill their little pails with candies and all and North Carolina area. He wondered if it to name a few. The next name is a new one for part, the interest in genealogy usually kinds of sweets. originated in Scotland or Ireland. me and I love when that happens. That name comes later in life to most adherents. The As the season changes, whether your This is obviously a Gaelic name but I am being Hush, most of my usual resources most common complaint is I wish I had raking leaves in the north or looking having a difficult time finding any material didn’t mention it but I did find something on asked the previous generations some forward to days at the beach in the south, in this form. So many of the Gaelic names it that makes almost self-explanatory. Hush vital questions when I had the chance. please enjoy your October. sounded similar to the English clerk’s comes from “hus” the Old English probably However, when one is 20 years old, one ear and they transcribed as they heard directly from Anglo Saxon for house. House or never thinks about your grandparents Etheridge it without knowing the subtleties and a surname may seem to sound fairly generic having had their own grandparents. This month I was helping a friend to nuances of the Gaelic language. I am not a for a surname because the term house is For those who are on social media or research her family history. Just when I Gaelic scholar but reading so much history almost universal for an abode or home in have access to social media there are a think I have seen every surname possible, in this area I have managed to glean a few today’s world. However, in medieval or even lot of genealogically related groups on new and interesting ones appear. This was facts in its structure. We often see the letter pre-medieval times, house would refer to the Facebook. These are groups of likeminded the case in this research. First on the list h in Gaelic names and as English speakers living quarters of the lord of the manor or a souls who can sometimes help with your was the name Etheridge, a name with two we tend emphasize the letter as in the religious house. So the only the cream of the query or at least know how to source the possible derivations. The name predates word hard, where as in Gaelic it is usually feudal world would live in one, along with material you require. There can be a wide the Norman conquest by being from an aspirated softly as in the word loch. their immediate servants. Most of the lower a spectrum as Scottish genealogy or as Anglo Saxon name “Aelthricus” meaning So consequently a Gaelic name can classes got by living in a cottage or a hut. specific as Fife genealogy or Aberdeen and noble ruler. Some suggest it also could be a be have been recorded with a myriad of House would be the equivalent to what our North East genealogy, they can also be toponym or a place name for “at the ridge” spellings for that same name. Also some immediate ancestors referred to as the “big varied such as Scots in America. from the Old English “aet hrycg.” name that sound similar in English can house”. So anyone who lived near or in the Most will agree that the internet maybe Dewdney was on list also sometimes have more than one meaning and were Lord’s house were known by that surname. a mixed blessing in our society but on the spelled Dudney or Deudney. Although recorded identically. plus side, it gives us an avenue to reach other looking very Anglo Saxon the name was My assumption is the surname Carr souls who have the same interest as ourselves originally French from “Deiu donné” McGlohon from the Irish name “Mac Truly a borders name, Carr is a variation of and even possibility to find cousins to share meaning God given. Giolla Eoin” meaning son of the devotee the more common Kerr. The Ker or Kerrs family history. I hope you find this helpful. Another name that got my attention of St. John similar to MacLean in Scottish were a well-established borders family. Lastly, as always, we love to hear from was Flint. The original bearer of the name Gaelic. This name has many spellings when In middle English Kerr refers to marshy you. Your enquiries serve two purposes, had it for one of two reasons either he put into English. They include McGlone, woodland also in Old Norse it was “kjarr.” one to answer your own interest but also was as hard as rock or dwelt near the that McGloin and McGloon. These names are Anyone interested in this family can find make for interesting reading for many particular type of rock. Lastly was the more prevalent in Tyrone and Donegal. them at clankerr.co.uk others. Enjoy your October. Did you know? - Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park • The Park is 1,865 sq km (720 sq miles) and • There are two Forest Parks - Queen Elizabeth • There are four distinctive areas of the • For hundreds of years, up until the 19th has a boundary length of 350 km (220 miles). in the Trossachs and Argyll in Cowal. National Park: Loch Lomond, Cowal, century, Scottish Gaelic was the language • 50% of Scotland’s population lives within • Ben Lomond National Memorial Park The Trossachs and Breadalbane. of most of the inhabitants of the Park area. an hour’s drive of the National Park. is Scotland’s national memorial to • There are 21 Munros (mountains those who have died in conflict. above 3,000ft) in the Park and the • The stunning Loch Lomond is highest is Ben More at 1,174m. home to 22 islands and 27 islets. • There are 20 Corbetts (mountains • The National Park has 39 miles between 2,500ft and 3,000ft). of coastline around Loch Long, • There are 22 larger lochs, with Loch Goil and the Holy Loch. numerous smaller lochs and lochans, • The Park was the first National Park in and about 50 rivers and large burns. Scotland followed by the Cairngorms. • Over 15,000 people live in the National Park. • Loch Lomond is the largest area of • The National Park contains one of the freshwater in Britain at 24 miles long. At its UK’s largest National Nature Reserves deepest, it measures 623 feet, the equivalent - The Great Trossachs Forest. of 45 double decker buses.

North American Edition • October 2017 • Page 7 THE SCOTTISH BANNER SCOT POURRI Send us your inquiries on life’s little planned. He was only unconscious and to our seats to watch the Tattoo. We had a Silver Chanter Competition Skye question marks. Ever wanted to know what was burned alive. Jean was to hang at rousing call for “FREEDOM” as we passed happened to your old pal from home, how the Grassmarket. As she was led toward a crowd of Jacobite’s who were taking part to make your favourite Scottish meal, or the gallows, she started to rave, tear her in the Tattoo. wondered about a certain bit of Scottish clothes and even managed to get her head Brian & Petra Lesslie history? Pose your questions on Scottish stuck in the steps leading up to the gallows. Perth, Scotland related topics to our knowledgeable She had managed to put on a fine show for Ed note: Thanks for sharing with us Brian readership who just may be able to help. Our the crowd before her death. Their bodies and Petra, if any other Clan’s took part letters page is a very popular and active one were buried at Shrub Hill and the grand and many readers have been assisted across in this years “Splash of Tartan” do let us house where they had once lived soon the world by fellow passionate Scots. Please know and send your photos. became a legend. No one wanted to stay keep letters under 200 words and we reserve The Silver Chanter took place in August at the right to edit content and length. Letters, there. It had an aura, a bone chilling sense Small Scottish world Dunvegan Castle. Participants included: photos and any other items posted to the of doom and darkness and unexplained I’m writing to you because of an uncanny (Standing left to right) Finlay Johnstone, Scottish Banner cannot be returned. We things happened in that house. For 200 situation that occurred on my recent trip Derek Midgely, Cameron Drummond, Iain prefer letters to be emailed to your nearest years folk tried to off load that house back to Scotland so here it is. On a recent K. MacDonald and Callum Beaumont. office or please visit our online Scotpourri because it was prime real estate, Finally trip back to Scotland, only my second in 61 Seated Roddy Macleod MBE. The Silver form at www.scottishbanner.com, they gave up and tore it down. years, my cousin took me to the Riverside Chanter piping event is sponsored by the alternatively you may post your letters to us. So why did Major Weir and his sister take Museum in Glasgow. Whilst there I got William Grant Foundation. Please ensure you include your full contact leave of their senses and their fine orderly talking to a lady who works in the museum details, when emailing it is best to include Derek Maxwell Photography life vanished as their rantings and reports shop. In conversation I mentioned that I your post address for those without internet Scotland of that devilish walking stick became the came from Adelaide in South Australia and access. This page belongs to our readers so talk of the town? Was it dementia? Or was please feel free to take part! Thanks to all our she said she had been there and thought it Major Thomas Weir a wizard? readers from around the world who have is a lovely city. In fact she said her brother is SENT TO OUR FACEBOOK Happy Halloween. made this such a special page. a warder at Yatala Labour Prison in Adelaide OR TWITTER PAGES Donna G. Portree and her sister-in-law is in the police force. (Send us your photos or Canada As a retired South Australia police letters via social media) You’re a Wizard Ed note: Thank you Donna for sharing officer myself I rang my wife, who was Twenty years ago J. K. Rowling put pen to this interesting, and rather spooky, piece back in Adelaide, that night and asked her, Flower of Scotland paper and Hagrid said to a young Harry of amazing history with us! out of curiosity, if she would ask her eldest Potter, “You’re a wizard Harry” it was a son, who is also a police officer in the SA wonderful adventure to delight so many Clan Leslie at the Royal Force , if he might know of Sue’s sister in young readers. But in 1670 folk accused Edinburgh Military Tattoo law. Imagine my surprise when my wife Major Thomas Weir of being a wizard, it rang me back the next day to say that her did not end well. Between 1497-1722 the son had only taught the sister in law his Church said that was a mortal sin and job in the CIB as he was moving on. Out of the Crown said it was a crime – witches, all the thousands in the force how is that warlocks and wizards were burned at the for coincidence? stake in Scotland. Whilst on this trip I was also able to Enter the angelic child Thomas Weir, visit a number of Scottish singers and O Flower of Scotland. When will we son of Thomas Weir, Laird of Kirktone companies who have been kind enough see your like again!!! I just saw some in and Lady Jean Sommerville; born into to send me CDs for my Scottish radio Connecticut next to the baseball field a family with ancient roots, power and program I present here in Goolwa, South that we play at. wealth would set young Thomas an a Australia, singers such as Fiona Kennedy, Margo Mattice privileged path and step out on that path Moira Kerr, Eddie Rose, Colin Campbell as Trumbull, Connecticut he did. He marched to the drum beat well as Scotdisc and Greentrax. USA of the Covenanter Army. As a civilian All in all it was a great six weeks holiday. he and his spinster sister lived in West Bruce Scotland Staffa, Inner Hebrides Bow, Edinburgh. A fine figure of a man, Goolwa, South Australia a devoted member of the Kirk who often robustly gave “preaching’s” to all and any King of Scots who would listen. He lived to a good age After research by the Canadian, American, (70) and on that fateful spring day in 1670 We were asked to go to Edinburgh Castle Scottish and Australian families from he was seen out marching along with his with other members of the clan to have Scotland. I was so proud to see that my unique walking stick as he often did. a walk down the castle esplanade. This ancestor was the only King of Scots to be But on this day those preaching’s took was called a “Splash of Tartan”, this was anointed by the Pope and elected King by on a very different tone; a raving rant of a prelude to the real Tattoo to allow the the seven ancient Earls of Alba. unspeakable evil and the once angelic Clan Chiefs to show off the different Although some information is unusual Thomas became the Wizard of West Bow. tartans from each clan. They paraded three and cannot be confirmed as all references Friends said that poor Thomas had taken different clans every night of the tattoo. were destroyed even some of the Church a turn and was not well. Others were not Our night was Leslie’s records. Our name can be traced back to Beautiful rock formations and loved the so kind and spoke in hushed tones of Moffatt’s and Urquhart’s. When we Finley Earl of Moray who married Princess puffins on Staffa too. seeing that walking stick had a life of its arrived at the castle we were shown to Donada whos son Macbeth become king Tina Miller own; marching before the dark and totally the great hall to wait instructions. We after the Vikings killed his cousin in or near Wrexham, Wales evil wizard. Edinburgh’s Lord Provost was had a talk from the Great Ones about Forres, when Macbeth was in his castle near Cawdor Castle called in to sort it out. Jean was called what we were to do. A bit of music from Braemar. When Duncan’s son took over the before the court to give an account of her the Royal Marine Band to make sure we family made a quick getaway to Ireland until th brother and what a tale she told! She also were awake. Back outside and the RSM the end of the 11 century before returning put on a dramatic show worthy of any (Regimental Sergeant Major) told us what to Scotland. One of the descendants was the actress on stage. Both of them were locked we were there for. standard bearer for Mary Queen of Scots up in the Tolbooth to wait their fate as Most of them had not a clue as to what at the battle of Pinkie, that’s were my line between the Kirk and Crown there could he was saying as we had a lot of people started to be recognised once again. be only one outcome – guilty. from the USA, Canada and others. May I take this opportunity to thank In April 1670 Thomas Weir was burned We were to march down the esplanade all those who did a wonderful job in the Fabulous visit to Cawdor Castle today, a at the stake at the Gallowlee along with and line each side of the Red Carpet. That genealogy for the world wide family of beautiful castle and stunning gardens. that offending walking stick. As an act done the three Clan Chiefs and the other Finley, irrespective of the spelling. Borders Journeys of mercy he was to have been strangled ones from up there had a quick nip from a Robert Findley Edinburgh, Scotland before the burning but that did not go as Quaich. After the handshaking we all went Australia

Page 8 • North American Edition • October 2017 THE SCOTTISH BANNER By: David McVey The End of an Era, Live on TV 2017 marks 50 years since QE2 was launched on the Clyde on 20 September 1967. For most of her almost 40 years in service QE2 was the most famous ship in the world and was built at John Brown’s shipyard in Glasgow. The launch of the ship 50 years ago was a cause for national celebration and everyone in the West of Scotland knew about it as David McVey explains. years. Shipbuilding was seen as a dying, decline of a great Scottish tradition. The smokestack industry that belonged firmly new Cunarders - Queen Elizabeth, Queen in the past. As a result, today, when the Mary 2 and Queen Victoria (built in Italy in booming cruise ship industry commissions 2007) - show that shipbuilding is alive and new vessels, they are never built on the well. What a pity the Scottish industry was Clyde. The QE2 herself underwent an permitted to decline. The three ships are extensive refit in 1986 - in Germany. 2003 all impressive, but they’re not ours. saw the launch of a massive new Cunard Queen, the Queen Mary 2. Only one UK yard, Harland and Wolff in Belfast, was invited to Did you know? tender for the construction, but the winning yard was French. The new Queen Elizabeth was launched in 2010 in Italy. Meanwhile, the QE2 paid occasional return visits to the Clyde. When she did so in 1990 and 1994, tens of thousands of people rushed to the Firth to catch even n July, Cunard’s luxury cruise ship scaffolding that stood out on the north a distant glimpse of the famous ship. She Queen Elizabeth docked at Greenock. bank. ‘That’s the Q4,’ he told us, ‘That’s was still ours. She was decommissioned My wife and I boarded for a guided where they’re building our latest ship.’ in 2008 and sold to Dubai. Plans for In 39½ years of service the QE2: tour. She’s an impressive vessel Our latest ship. People in Glasgow and conversion to a hotel and the like have - Completed 1,419 voyages. Idesigned with an eye for quality but it the West of Scotland are taught to be proud come and gone and she remains a sad - Sailed 5,875,493.22 million nautical was a melancholy experience that took of our Clyde shipbuilding heritage. The Q4 shell. If there was any justice, she’d be miles –more than any other ship ever. me back to nearly 50 years earlier, to the project had been big news. Even at the age returned to the Clyde as the ultimate - Carried almost 2.5 million passengers. first and only previous time I’d set foot on of six or seven, we had seen the TV coverage tourist attraction, but that’s billions and -Completed 812 Atlantic crossings. a Cunarder. However, we’ll start by going and the front-page stories. The ‘Summer of billions of dollars short of possible. - Called at New York 710 times. back just a wee bit further, to September Love’ was for a few moneyed young people It was fascinating, in 2017, to see round - Called at Southampton 726 times. 1967, exactly 50 years ago. in London and San Francisco; for ordinary the new Queen Elizabeth and pleasing to - Completed 25 full World Cruises. Scottish people the three big events of see the on-board memorabilia about the Important day for Scotland 1967 were Scotland beating England 3-2 at QE2 and other Clyde-built Cunarders. But - Completed ten ‘extended’ voyages During a normal lesson in Primary 3 class at Wembley, Celtic winning the European Cup I couldn’t help thinking back to my visit to - Was commanded by 25 Captains Hillhead Primary School in Kirkintilloch, our - and the launch of the Q4. the QE2 nearly 50 years before and to the teacher glanced at the clock and told us to We sat in the school hall, then, watching put away our pencils and jotters. Then she the ceremony and listening to the hushed led us out of the room towards the school commentary. Apart from major sporting hall. Something strange was happening. events, state funerals and coronations, live Queensferry Crossing officially opens There was a bustle in the corridors as every TV broadcasts were still rare, so there was a the recital of a specially commissioned pupil and every teacher made for the hall. thrill in watching events as they happened poem by Scotland’s Makar, Jackie Kay. Even the seemingly near-adult Primary 7s just 15 miles down the road. Showcasing a wide range of Scottish talent, had travelled from their distant hut by the The Queen announced, “I name this there were also performances by, among playing fields. We sat in lines on the hall ship, Queen Elizabeth the Second.” I others, KT Tunstall and King Creosote. The floor while teachers and the Primary 7s had wonder if she thought, “Ooh, they’ve Red Arrows performed two flypasts above proper seats up the back. named it after me!” I suppose she was the bridge - going from south to north and And then we just waited in the hall that in on the secret. QE2, not Q4, was now also east to west across all three bridges always smelt of sweat, floor polish and the abbreviation. The bottle crashed, while a flotilla comprising around ninety school dinners. The Assistant Headmistress champagne splashed, and the 963ft long irst Minister Nicola Sturgeon craft sailed below. went to the front of the hall, opened the giant lurched into motion, slipping down accompanied Her Majesty The shutters of the huge school TV (the only the slope, juddering into the river and Queen for the official opening of the The biggest infrastructure telly in the school) and switched it on. ‘This churning the murky Clyde into bright Queensferry Crossing on September project in Scotland is a very important day for Scotland,’ she silver spray. In the hall we “oooh-ed” as F4th. The event marked the culmination Speaking at the event, the First Minister said as it warmed up, ‘I hope you all watch she settled in the water. So did hundreds of six years work to build the structure, said: “This crossing is the tallest bridge this and remember.’ On the TV we saw of thousands of other Scots in Clydebank involving more than 15,000 people, at a cost in the UK. It has required 150,000 tonnes - in black-and-white, of course - a bleak itself or watching TV around the country. of £1.35 billion - £245 million under the of concrete, 23,000 miles of steel cabling industrial riverside scene with cranes and It was a joyful occasion that nothing could original budget. Following a ribbon cutting and 19 million hours of labour. But, far crowds and an unfinished-looking, funnel- spoil. We didn’t known that we’d just seen, ceremony on the south side of the bridge, more important than those statistics are less but still elegant great ship sitting at live on TV, the end of an era. undertaken by Her Majesty, The Queen was the benefits this bridge will bring. It will an awkward angle on a slipway. Of course! accompanied by His Royal Highness The improve journey times, and bring benefits Today was the day they launched the Q4! Clyde-built Cunarders Duke of Edinburgh to an event on the north to families and businesses – not just in Some weeks after the launch, we travelled side where she unveiled a plaque officially Fife and the Lothians, but across Scotland. Clyde shipbuilding heritage into Glasgow where we transferred from declaring the Queensferry Crossing open. It is already attracting global attention. Q4 was the advance name given to our blue Alexander’s Midland bus to This was followed a traditional folk Together, the three Forth bridges will bring Cunard’s latest ‘Queen’, which was an unfamiliar red one that took us to performance by singer Karine Polwart, and people from around the world to admire being built at John Brown’s shipyard in Clydebank. With thousands of others, we their ingenuity and their beauty. It is an Clydebank. It was to be the fourth ‘Queen’: queued for a brief look around the QE2. honour to have Her Majesty The Queen the near-legendary Queen Mary and I have only fleeting memories of that opening the new bridge for Scotland’s Queen Elizabeth, also built at John Brown’s, visit, images of grand rooms and elegant communities, just as she opened the Forth had been the first two. A third had been staircases, like a posh hotel you can’t afford Road Bridge, linking Fife and the Lothians.” mooted for building on the Tyne but that to stay in. Aged just seven, it was all a bit The new 1.7 miles (2.7km) publicly- project never materialised. Earlier in the over my head; I think I was more amazed funded crossing is the biggest infrastructure year we’d gone on a bus run to the Clyde by the bizarre notion of a red bus. project in Scotland in a generation and will Coast. As the bus rumbled along the south John Brown’s would soon be in foreign replace the Forth Road Bridge as the main shore of the river, a fellow-tripper pointed ownership and most other yards would road route between Edinburgh and Fife,

out a tangle of cranes and gantries and be withering and dying within twenty carrying 24 million vehicles a year. courtesy of The Scottish Government. Images

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Australian Jim Stoddart was born in a Glasgow Tenement and raised in a Glasgow Housing Scheme 1943-1965. Jim will be KINGS CASTLES AND taking readers on a trip down memory lane, of a time and place that will never be the same again, and hopes even if only a “DURTY” WEE RASCALS few people in the Scot’s Diaspora have a dormant folk memory awakened, then he shall be more than delighted.

famous football player, Celtic’s Bobby Collin’s older hamlets of Housilmuir and Turnberry Cranston’s tearooms for her tearooms lived just around the corner from us, on on the Househil Estate. In 1750 Robert were much more than a place to sip tea Cornaig Road, or at least Bobby’s mother and Dunlop, an antecedent of the pneumatic and eat cakes and tea bread. They were his younger sister did. tyre family, purchased the Househil estate more like clubs, providing special rooms When we played down on the little and Househil mansion, described in for smoking, playing chess, dominoes, grassy hill and spare ground just in front 1710 as a neat and handsome dwelling. billiards and for reading. Over the next of Bobby’s house there would be a sudden, He replaced this home after 1750 with a twenty years she opened more tearooms hushed and reverent silence from us comfortable and more ‘modern’ 22 room and Charles Rennie Mackintosh was when someone spotted the famous Bobby mansion, reputed at the time to be the commissioned to create the interiors going into his house for his tea and after largest private house on the Levern Water. and to design the furnishings and the someone had whispered excitedly, “There’s The estate then changed ownership a furniture for them. He began to establish Wee Bobby Collins”. His five feet and four number of times until it finally became in these a personal art nouveau style which inches didn’t stop him from scoring 116 the home of Miss Kate Cranston, owner of contributed to his later fame. goals for Celtic over his career with the Glasgow’s renowned tearooms and a personal Kate Cranston later married John club. I think, though, we must also have friend of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Miss Cochrane the owner of a successful held his wee sister in much awe, as well, Cranston was a pioneer of the ‘tea room’ engineering business in Barrhead and in for I don’t remember her ever being part which had not really existed up until then. 1904 she gave her friend Charles Rennie of our local gang. I was only to learn in The Cranstons had strong temperance Mackintosh a commission to completely later years that she was in fact a very good connections and while men were able to re-decorate and furnish their residence on school friend of my wife, Jean, at one time drink in coffee houses, clubs and taverns the Househil Estate. This Mackintosh work and that Jean knew the family well. these were not available to ‘respectable,’ was unfortunately completely destroyed middle class women who at that time were when the mansion house became The Parkie expected to stay at home and have their severely damaged by fire in June 1934. The Down at the park a wooden bridge led afternoon tea parties with visiting friends. remaining burnt out ruin was eventually from the pitches across to a public toilet sold to Glasgow Corporation and tragically, block and at the end of the park was a Charles Rennie Mackintosh but probably necessarily, demolished much older stone bridge which once led In 1884, Catherine Cranston was about sometime later. A children’s play area near to the old Housil Estate. This dressed to change all that. Recognising the one end of the old stone bridge, where we Househillwood Park stone bridge lay beneath a rookery with possibilities, she first rented a shop once played, marked the site of the old Jeanie Mac, Jeanie Mac, its constantly ‘cawing’ rooks. The small in Argyle Street where she opened a mansion, which if it had survived with Bonnie wee Jeanie Macgee, wooden bridge had parapets that allowed tearoom, and from this small beginning its Rennie Mackintosh decoration and us to walk precariously along the outside her business grew as a fashion conscious, furnishings would surely have put our Turn your back aboot to me; of the bridge towards the toilet block. rising middle class of women went looking 60 acre Househillwood Park firmly on to An gin ye fin’ any bawbee, The toilet block was our regular point for opportunities to show themselves in Glasgow’s modern tourist map, to join pick it up an gie’t to me. of contact with the ‘Parkie’ who was in public. Women were the main customers Pollok House and the Burrell Collection as Sung by optimistic wee girls walking up and down regular communication with us day by day but soon men too began to sit in Kate major local attractions. singing, with arms linked behind their backs. and week by week, usually in his high- pitched whining and sibilant voice. ome people might think of a housing “I saw you boys walking along the scheme as a sterile environment of outside of the bridge. You’ve not to do that”. patchy grass and struggling trees, Shetland Vikings “You boys were throwing set amongst a concrete and cultural stones at the chestnuts. That’s not Swilderness. Our world in Pollok was not like allowed. You’ve not to do that”. that, at least not from my eyes as a child. “I saw you boys piling up the grass descend on Glasgow Cornalee Road was on the very outskirts after it was mown this morning. And of the Pollok housing scheme and was you were throwing it at each other and history, as well showcasing the country’s bordered by Househillwood Park and the burying people. You’ve not to do that.” modern, progressive and lively culture. remnants of the older Housil Estate. The “You boys have catapults and To celebrate Scotland’s Year of History, park had mature maple, horse chestnut, were firing stones at birds. I’ve Heritage and Archaeology, the Vikings beech and oak trees and some of these seen you before. You’re not ….” also met the locals to talk about Shetland’s were very old and tall enough to support “Hey hold on a minute, that wisnae Follow the Vikings festival, which took place massive rookeries. In autumn these trees us, mister,” we responded getting in September. Held over two weekends, provided us with thick carpets of leaves self-righteous and annoyed. “We visitors had the opportunity to experience Shetland Viking history meets to roll in and throw about. The chestnut were firing our slings at the big black Scotland’s rich Viking legacy on Unst, cosmopolitan Glasgow. trees supplied us with spiky nuts and the slugs along the fence on the Barrhead Britain’s most northerly island and one of Photo: VisitScotland. sycamores the twirling helicopter blades Road - that’s all we were doing.” the Vikings first landing places in the North that we liked to collect. “A slug gun, more like. Is that what Atlantic, and in Lerwick, Shetland’s capital. ye’ve got now? Ye’ve not to …” ibrant Glasgow got a taste The Unst Viking Festival featured Football “We didnae say that. We haven’t got of Scotland’s Norse history the local Viking squad joined by visiting The park had two football pitches where my an air gun. Ye’re always givin’ us a row recently as a squad of Shetland Vikings - Ardglass from Northern Ireland older brother, Charlie, played for the local for things we haven’t done, mister.” Vikings descended on the city (featured in the TV series Vikings) and Househillwood Youth Club team. He told Vfor an exciting and rambunctious visit. Walhalla from Poland. Visitors enjoyed “Aye that’s right, bawheid, me of how some of Glasgow’s well-known leave us alone and go and bile The ancient Scottish islanders were in re-enactments of Viking combat and a football players occasionally came along your heid”, said Alec Nichol. Scotland’s largest city for some pampering re-creation of Viking life around the replica to give a bit of coaching and even to see and relaxation (epic beard trim anyone?!) longhouse and longship at Haroldswick, some of the matches held at the ground. He Tearooms ahead of the Follow the Vikings events Unst. The Viking Activity Day also took mentioned players like Eddie Rutherford, the We started laughing and ran off towards which took place in September. place at Shetland Museum and Archives right winger, who was to take over from the Househillwood and the shops. We (SMAA), Lerwick on 9 September. It famous Willie Waddel on the Rangers bench. would now have to keep away from Britain’s most northerly island consisted of talks, workshops and re- He also recollects seeing Celtic’s Jacky Mallin Househillwood Park for a week or so, at In a short video, the Shetland heroes can enactments for all the family. The SMAA and Celtic’s Irish international, Charlie Tully, least until the Parkie had forgotten what we be seen enjoying a leisurely bike tour by will go totally “Viking” for the day, with famous for his dirty tricks, like stepping back looked like. But the environs of Pollok had the river Clyde, a visit to the spectacular particular emphasis on the Norse elements onto an opponent with his studs and for his plenty of other places to go for adventure. Riverside Museum, some hipster styling of the SMAA collections. A Viking themed rigorous charging. The reason for these ‘fitba’ The Househillwood housing scheme, at House Martin Barbers, and a few well- meal illustrated the best of contemporary celebrities having frequented such a modest which bordered where we lived, was begun earned cocktails and food at the beautiful cuisine with a Nordic twist, presided over and insignificant football field in Pollok may in 1935 and covered the sites of the old Spanish Butcher restaurant. The video by the Lerwick Up-Helly-Aa Guizer Jarl in have had to do with the fact that another Houshil coal and lime pits and the even highlights Scotland’s rich and varied his role as King Sweyn Forkbeard.

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By: Judy Vickers Tim Stead-Wood genius Wood sculptor, furniture maker and conservationist Tim Stead MBE lived and worked in the Scottish Borders and was one of Scotland’s great artists. Stead made furniture for galleries, castles, cathedrals and even for Pope John Paul II and now his estate is planning an exhibition and a sale of his works to raise funds to be able to create a museum and share his creative genius with future generations as Judy Vickers explains.

For Maggy, though, who has spent the Borders to give graduate designers the years keeping his legacy alive with a chance to work with Scottish hardwoods. furniture workshop at the house and For his woodlands work, he was numerous exhibitions touring Scotland of appointed an MBE by the Queen shortly his work, it’s time to move on. “When Tim before his death from cancer in 2000. died, half of me died. Everything in this house he made, I can’t have a peaceful Extraordinary influence time here, everything is so emotional. For Nichola Fletcher, the chair of the Tim There is not one bit of this house that Stead Trust, there are striking similarities Wooden sink at Tim in the workshop doesn’t remind me of him. He would not to another famous Scottish artist. “There the Steading. in 1982. want me to be tortured. When I decided to is a big parallel with Charles Rennie sell this house, I felt so much pain, it was Macintosh who was pretty much unknown sustaining after an initial £3 million has like a second burial of Tim. and forgotten after he died but then been raised. “We have worked out a plan to “Then all these people got together people began to say, ‘Where did these rose make the building sustainable in the future to keep it and that felt really, really good, designs come from?’ and I would putTim - so many of these small charities achieve that I could go and close a door, and all Stead in the same position now. He has their initial aim to buy or save whatever these people will come and be inspired had an incredible influence on other it is but then five years down the line they by it and it will be in safe hands. It’s like woodworkers, sculptors and furniture- can’t raise enough to keep it going. We giving a child you can no longer look after makers - you just have to look around at want to be able to say that’s not going to to a nice couple to adopt!” furniture and woodwork being produced happen here.” now to see his influence. Now it’s more And she said the board were all Iconic pieces than 17 years since he died and there is a dedicated to making the vision a reality in Stead, originally from Cheshire, came to whole generation who have grown up not order to preserve Stead’s legacy. “Tim Stead rowds gather at the foot of the Scotland in 1975 as a post-graduate at the knowing who he is and not realising how was the nearest person to a genius I have ten-foot clock as the time ticks School of Art in Glasgow. He met Maggy much this stems from this one man.” ever met. We want to be able to recognise towards the hour. A mini-Medieval four days before she was due to leave She said the trust’s plan, which has the extraordinary influence he had.” cathedral, The Millennium Scotland – they fell in love at first sight and just been announced after two years in For more information on the work of the CClock is one of the National Museum of were married a year later. He also fell in the planning, will make the charity self- Tim Stead Trust see www.timsteadtrust.org Scotland’s most popular exhibits and love with Scotland and stayed, eventually every day visitors stand enthralled as the settling at Blainslie in the Borders. timepiece bursts into life, as miniature Over the years, he created many iconic grotesque figures appear, cogs whirr and pieces for churches, cathedrals, museums the mirrored pendulum swings. and other public places across Scotland. The clock tower sculpture, made of The rood screen and furniture for the glass, metal and wood and representing the North Sea Oil Industries Memorial Chapel suffering of humans in the 20th century, in Aberdeen, were commissioned in 1989. was a collaboration between artists Eduard The initial letters of the woods used in Bersudkey, Maggy Lenert, Annica Sandstrorm, the chair backs spell out: “We remember Jurgen Tubbecke and the late Tim Stead, yew”. In 1981, he made a chair for Pope commissioned for the Millennium. John Paul II for his visit to Murrayfield It was one of the last pieces completed and in 1990, he recreated the pre-historic by Stead who died at the age of 48 in April stone house and furniture of Skara 2000 and it is a tribute to his talent that he Brae in Orkney for a “Scotland Creates” is seen as one of the foremost 20th century exhibition and many diners know his Scottish artists despite his early death work from Café Gandolfi in Glasgow’s robbing him of many years’ future work. Merchant City, where he created the now famous tables and chairs. The Tim Stead Trust He straddled the boundary between Now plans are under way to turn his artist and craftsman, creating beautiful former home in the Scottish Borders into a pieces of furniture which were hugely museum dedicated to his work and allow popular with the general public – and his legacy to be seen by the public. Among which gave him the funds to continue his other fundraising and awareness raising beloved sculpture. He worked with native plans, the Tim Stead Trust is organising wood, often burr elm, in a way which an exhibition at the Scottish Parliament now has many imitators – he and Maggy Building in November, a new piece of nicknamed them “Insteads” - and his music inspired by Stead’s work will be passion for woodlands extended beyond performed in Glasgow in May next year just his art work. In 1986, he made 365 and some of his sculptures and furniture wooden axeheads, one for each day of have been put on sale. the year. He sold them and the money The campaign has been ignited as which was raised was used to help buy Stead’s widow, Maggy, is looking to sell the 55 acres of forest which became the couple’s home the Steading, in Blainslie Wooplaw Community Woodland, the first near Lauder, and move to France – she community woodland in Britain – the was born in Luxemburg. Stead used pioneering idea caught on and there are the house to try out many of his ideas now more than 60 in Scotland alone. He in wood, from floors and staircases to also became involved with reseeding baths, beds and tables, and the house is a forests throughout the world and in 1997 memorial to his craft. founded a wood school near Jedburgh in

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By: Lady Fiona Lady MacGregor’s Scotland MacGregor Lady MacGregor of MacGregor – otherwise known as British broadcaster Fiona Armstrong. Fiona is currently news reading for the BBC. But she also leaves the studio from time to time to report on matters Scottish. She lives in Scotland with her husband, the MacGregor clan chief. Sir Malcolm is Convenor of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs, and Fiona is an active member of Clan Armstrong, so their lives are interwoven with all things tartan. The couple have moved from the borderlands to the lowlands, home is now a white tower house between Perth and Dundee, although filming and writing takes Fiona all over Scotland.

mix of red and green, blue and white, and green tartan kilts they joined the Collie Police biological father was actually a ‘King’ yellow tartan. Moving in line we followed and Citizens Youth Club Pipe Band. – which is one of the names outlawed our respective chiefs, processing down Michelle would go on to play with MacGregors once adopted to protect from the Great Hall, banners waving; the Western Australian Police Pipe Band themselves from persecution. Sir Malcolm MacGregor of heads held high, feet carefully negotiating (civilian) - and become Pipe Major of the For this lassie born in Glasgow and MacGregor and piper Michelle Lord. ancient cobblestones. Passing rows of City of Cockburn Pipe Band. Her ambition brought up in Oz, the Tattoo was a dream immaculately-dressed pipe bands and was to play at the Edinburgh Military come true – albeit a nerve-wracking one. Jacobite re-enactors in period costume we Tattoo, but with a TV career claiming much “I used to watch the tattoo as a teenager ell, what a busy month it’s reached the castle gates. of her time, that aim seemed a distant one. and think, one day I’d love to play there,” been: I’ve been filming, And there a great roar went up from Michelle worked in Perth as a picture she says. “As we crossed the drawbridge, I the MacGregor’s been the crowd. There was a nervous intake editor for Channel 9 before travelling was too busy concentrating on the notes photographing – but the of breath and there we were – stepping to the UK to take up jobs with media to be worried about the crowd. In fact, I Whighlight was the Royal Edinburgh Military boldly out in the arena. It was like being companies like CNN, Sky and ITV. The was more concerned about playing near Tattoo. This dazzling piping, drumming and gladiators in a Roman amphitheatre - a pipes increasingly took a back place. Yet the professional pipers. I am sure they dancing extravaganza has been taking place breathtaking mix of history, pageant and one Hogmannay, this red-haired ScOzzie were thinking, ‘who on earth let her in?! for 68 years – and it never fails to impress. film set. It was lights, camera, action, still managed to delight her very English It is another tick on the bucket list – and The Tattoo showcases military bands from with six thousand people cheering and neighbours by playing in the new year on it has re-ignited my passion for the pipes. all over the world. 100 million people watch waving us on. the rooftop of a London flat. Although my Glasgow neighbours may not the musical drama on TV in 30 different But Scotland was tugging at her heart be quite so happy about that!” countries. Over the three weeks it is staged Cannot take Scotland out of the girl and in 2014 Mish moved north to Glasgow. Mish - and our two other pipers, Ken 200,000 visitors from all four corners of the We were led in by three pipers: among them And this is where our paths met. Both of and Kevin, did us proud. For them, and the world pack into Edinburgh castle. And this one Michelle Lord. And herein lies a story… us working on a TV series called Border rest of us, among them Germans, French, time they were cheering on the clans. In the mid-1980s a family from Glasgow Life. Me reporting and presenting, Mish Barbadians and Americans, it was a night emigrated to Australia. Ann Harkiss was crafting fabulous films out of the jumble of to remember. Standing by the red carpet, A Splash of Tartan taking her children, nine-year-old Michelle pictures and interviews I come back with. the MacGregor, Hannay and Buchanan ‘A Splash of Tartan’ was this year’s theme and six-year-old Chris, to join their new chiefs offering the Gaelic Toast to the and each night a mix of Scottish names stepfather. Their destination was Collie, a Ceremonial and tartan magic Chief of Chiefs, her Majesty the Queen. would march onto the esplanade to small mining town in south-west Western So when the Chief needed pipers to lead It was ceremonial and tartan magic. Yet celebrate their past. The MacGregors were Australia. You can take the girl out of Scotland, the MacGregors in the Tattoo, it was plain we couldn’t help but reflect that the last paired with the Hannays and Buchanans: but you cannot take Scotland out of the girl who we should ask. You see, Mish has time Clan Gregor was at Edinburgh castle a formidable Highland, Lowland and - or boy. Deep Down Under both children MacGregor roots. She may have taken in such great numbers they were heavily Borderland combination and an eclectic learned to play the bagpipes. Clad in red and her stepfather’s name of ‘Lord’, but her armed and trying to capture the place… Scottish Halloween Traditions Robert Burns, Scotland’s greatest bard, again the hands of the children are tied, wrote extensively of how ancient beliefs and sometimes they are also blindfolded. had survived well into the Christian era, Participants are invited to bite a scone, as he twisted stories of witchcraft and the covered in treacle, hanging from a rope. devil with the traditions kept alive during Messy faces are usually then washed in the Halloween. What is remarkable is how so apple basin! much of the pagan past persists to this day. As part of the Tweed Valley Forest Bonfires, which once were lit to scare away Festival in November 2008, the town of the undead, still illuminate the October sky. Peebles set the world record for the most Lanterns, which in Scotland were always amount of people to dook for apples at one

Scotland.org carved out of turnips, are fashioned for the time. Amongst the 70-strong participants same purpose. Until recently trick or treat was a local MP and a councillor. The was unknown in Scotland. Instead children modern world has had an effect on some here dressed up in old clothes, or pretended of these customs. Pumpkins are now as Spooky Glamis Castle. Photo: VisitScotland. to be evil spirits and went guising. The common as turnips for lanterns. Children custom traces back to a time when it was turn up shouting trick or treat and expect Text courtesy of Text thought that by disguising children in this gifts without having to perform, and ike many ancient festivals, Samhain returned. Silence was marked as the way they would blend in with the spirits traditional songs and games are dying out continued with the coming of chimes of midnight rang out. that went abroad that night. Any such child in some areas. But there is still sufficient Christianity. November 1st was who approached a house would be given an spookiness in old Scotland to ensure that henceforth to be All Saints Day. The Supernatural offering to ward off evil. These days children the Halloween rituals will be as everlasting Lnight before was Eve of All Saints Day, or It’s not hard to understand why, in Scotland who knock on their neighbours doors have as the spirits that are said to return to earth the Eve of All Hallows. But while the name of all places, Halloween continued to be to sing for their supper. Or tell stories for a when dusk arrives on October 31st. might have changed, old habits persisted. important. Much of the nation’s history gift of sweets or money. Halloween was a time when witches and involves the supernatural. From the witches of warlocks might walk abroad, engaged in Macbeth as imagined by William Shakespeare Apple dookin wicked practices. In many parts of Scotland to the real burning of women, accused of Children’s parties are still an important it was customary to leave an empty chair working with the devil, in a rash of satanic trials element of Halloween. One of the most and a plate of food for invisible guests. during the seventeenth century. There is a popular games in Scotland is dookin’ People believed that it was the night when special atmosphere in many parts of Scotland for apples, where bairns (children) have the souls of the dead were set free to roam. even to this day where, as daylight fades, the their hands tied behind their backs and They might come into their houses and eat flames of Halloween bonfires show up ancient try and grab apples from a basin full of Scottish graves tell the history of at their tables. The hour before midnight ramparts of castles and buildings where water. Apple dookin usually follows on the dead. Photo: VisitScotland. was the witching hour when the departed devilish deeds once may have been done. from the game of treacle scones. Here

Page 12 • North American Edition • October 2017 THE SCOTTISH BANNER The Forth Bridges - Crossing into history that crosses Loch a’Chairn Bhain. The 8.5 mile circular walk which includes the previous ferry services had proved viaduct, as well as Melrose, Newstead, unpredictable, especially in bad weather, Gattonside, Earlston. and the award-winning bridge helped travellers to avoid a 100 mile route on Clyde Arc land. The bridge is located in the North West Highlands Geopark on the North Coast 500 driving route.

Tay Road Bridge, Dundee One of the longest road bridges in Europe, the Tay Road Bridge connects the city of Dundee with Fife and spans 1.4 miles.It was designed by Glasgow-based William A. Fairhurst and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was in the first car to Best known as the ‘Squinty Bridge’ due to cross the bridge on the day it officially its twisted arch, the Clyde Arc was designed opened in August 1966. Unusually, the by the Halcrow Group and built by Kilsyth- pedestrian pathway runs through the based civil engineering company, Edmund middle of the two lines of traffic and is Nuttall. Its construction was part of a

All images courtesy of VisitScotland. images courtesy of All raised above them. huge regeneration project on the Clyde Waterfront. The Clyde Arc is just one of 21 he Firth of Forth could rival San is currently trying to find the nation’s Glenfinnan Viaduct bridges that span the River Clyde, with the Francisco, London and Sydney by favourite Scottish bridge. The iconic Forth earliest bridges dating from the 1850s. They becoming a leading destination Bridge has emerged as an early favourite, are diverse in style and each plays a part in for bridge tourism, according closely followed by the Glenfinnan Viaduct, telling the story of how Glasgow formed to Tto VisitScotland. The national tourism whose starring role in the Harry Potterfilms be the city it is today. organisation believes the opening of the helped catapulted it to stardom. new Queensferry Crossing, which stands Malcolm Roughead, VisitScotland Clachan Bridge alongside the Forth Road Bridge and iconic Chief Executive, said: “Bridges, such as Built in 1792, Clachan Bridge crosses the Forth Bridge, could see the area emulate the Queensferry Crossing, are a lasting Clachan Sound, but is known by the much the success of San Francisco’s Golden Gate reminder of a nation’s engineering grander title of ‘The Bridge Over the Atlantic’ Bridge, Sydney’s Harbour Bridge and Tower expertise and never fail to attract global because the sound opens directly into the Bridge in London - all of which regularly interest. This impressive structure, which Atlantic Ocean. It was designed by John attract millions of visitors every year. Last rather fittingly opens during the Year of A favourite with Harry Potter fans having Stevenson, whose family founded Oban, month Scotland enters the history books History, Heritage and Archaeology 2017, starred in two of the blockbuster movies, and the plans were revised by Robert Mylne. as the only place in the world to boast marks Scotland’s place in history as the the impressive Glenfinnan Viaduct carries In the early summer, the rare Fairy Foxglove three bridges spanning three centuries in only destination in the world to boast such the railway 100ft above the River Finnan. covers the bridge in a gentle purple haze. one stunning location. a remarkable trilogy. This is undoubtedly When it was completed in 1901 it was the a golden opportunity for tourism and the longest mass concrete viaduct in Britain Carrbridge Packhorse Bridge Feat of modern engineering chance for Scotland to become a global and was built by rail and road engineer Sir Celebrating its 300 anniversary this year, the As the world’s longest three-tower cable destination for bridge tourism.” Robert McAlpine.The Jacobite Steam train, Carrbridge Packhorse Bridge is one of the most stayed bridge, the Queensferry Crossing From their beauty, grandeur or breath which doubled as the Hogwarts Express iconic visitor attractions in the Cairngorms. is a feat of modern engineering. It will taking engineering prowess, Scotland’s in the Harry Potter movies, runs from Fort Originally built to allow funeral processions to make it easier for local, national and bridges each have their own story to tell. William to Mallaig. Must-see attraction gain access to Duthil Church, the crossing is international visitors to travel across the Some of Scotland’s most recognisable in the area include the Glenfinnan often nicknamed ‘coffin bridge’. It was funded east of the country, to discover attractions structures include: Monument and Visitor Centre which by the Brigadier-General Alexander Grant of such as Dunfermline Abbey, Hopetoun commemorates the Jacobite clansmen Grant who paid mason John Niccelsone to House, Blackness Castle, Aberdour Castle, Forth Bridge who fought and gave their lives in support create what is the oldest known stone bridge in Deep Sea World and Inchcolm Abbey. The of Charles Edward Stuart, otherwise known the Highlands. All that remains of the bridge is crossing will opened to traffic on 30 August as Bonnie Prince Charlie. a single span, arching high into the air across and was officially opened by Her Majesty, the swiftly rushing river below. Queen Elizabeth II on 4 September. The Brig o’Doon Tourism Secretary Fiona Hyslop said: This 15th century cobbled bridge in Swilcan Bridge “The Queensferry Crossing will join its Alloway is famed for its appearance two neighbours in the ranks as one of the in poetry. The Brig o’Doon saved Tam world’s most iconic bridges, a national o’Shanter in Robert Burns’ poem of the ‘must see’ for visitors to Scotland. The same name. The witches from Alloway people of Scotland will take this new Auld Kirk were pursuing Tam when he bridge to their hearts and we invite the It now enjoys the same prestigious status crossed the bridge on horseback but world to join in celebrating its opening as as the Taj Mahal and the Great Wall of were unable to cross the water, and only a celebration of the magnificent feats of China, having earned its UNESCO World managed to rip off the poor horse’s tail. innovation, engineering and construction, Heritage Status in 2015. Designed by Sir Originally, the old bridge was supposed but also the history and heritage of the John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker, to be demolished but this decision was three bridges and surrounding areas. By the Forth Bridge remains an important overruled by Alloway’s increasing role as Also known as Golfer’s Bridge, this crossing successfully attracting people to the area, symbol of Britain’s transport heritage a gateway for literary tourists, attracted to might be small in size, but it’s an iconic part we are working with other bodies to ensure and Scotland’s engineering pedigree. Its the area by Robert Burns’ work. of golfing history and a mecca for golf fans. that local communities, businesses and distinctive style makes it one of the most This stone footbridge crosses over Swilcan st th attractions are able to capitalise on this recognisable structures in the world, Leaderfoot Viaduct Burn, which meanders across the 1 and 18 increased level of interest to their benefit.” inspiring artists, photographers and This elegant red sandstone viaduct fairways of the Old Course in St Andrews. filmmakers. Last year it was also chosen as opened in 1865 and was created by It has witnessed 29 Open Championships Impressive range of bridges Scotland’s greatest manmade wonder. Charles Jopp and Wylie & Peddie. Its in its time and been privy to some of the Scotland is home to an impressive range 19 red sandstone arches carried the finest moments in golfing history. of bridges, many of which were designed The Kylesku Bridge Berwickshire Railway over the River Tweed To cast your vote for your favourite by Scots or built by Scottish construction Replacing a long running boat service, and although there was flooding damage Scottish bridge visit: https://community. companies. A vote on the national Kylesku Bridge was completed in 1984 to the line in 1948, the Leaderfoot Viaduct visitscotland.com/discussion/1135/ tourism organisation’s community pages and is one continuous concrete curve was in use until 1965. You can take an your-favourite-scottish-bridges

North American Edition • October 2017 • Page 13 THE SCOTTISH BANNER The Scottish Banner speaks to Graham McTavish GM: One of the great joys of playing him was he was such a complex character, he isn’t purely a good guy and certainly isn’t purely a bad guy. Like a lot of people he is human, he has his faults and strengths. Dougal is loyal to a fault and he is very passionate and loving to the people he cares about and a fierce enemy to those he doesn’t and can be very quick to act. When you look at a character like him you need to look at him as a whole, at all the varied and interesting qualities he has. He was a privilege to play on screen, and is one of those interesting characters which I am sure everyone knows one. One minute you love being around them and he is the life of the party and everyone loves him and the next he says or does something terrible and you ask “Why did you say that?” Dougal is a lovable rogue and we all love those kinds of people. There is a mythic quality about him, certainly in terms of storytelling, and he makes for a rich character to play as an actor.

SC: Has playing such a political character from a pivotal period in Scotland’s story awoken your own interest in Scottish history?

GM: To be honest I was always very interested in Scottish history and knew quite a bit about that period, but being in the show has awoken my interest in my own family history which I have looked into a lot more. The fact that the first season coincided with the Scottish independence referendum certainly made you think when you were making it and remembering what some people have fought for. That spirit of rebellion in Scots has characterised Scottish history. Rebellion towards authority, amongst themselves, amongst Clans, between Highlander and Lowlanders for example. Scotland is rich in history and Scots are people who will not back down and that Outlander’s Dougal MacKenzie, played Graham McTavish. Photo: Courtesy of Foxtel. is something the British as a whole took great advantage of when creating their The phenomena of Outlander has taken the world by storm with millions of people reading own armies and spreading their empire around the globe and found out that Scots the books by Diana Gabaldon and now watching the show which is currently airing. are useful people to have around in a fight Celebrated Scottish actor Graham McTavish starred as Dougal MacKenzie, the War Chieftain post Culloden. of Clan Mackenzie during the Jacobite Rising of 1745, in the time travel drama and spoke to SC: The incorporation of Gaelic into the the Scottish Banner’s Sean Cairney on what it is like to play such a complicated character, Outlander production has added another element of reality to the production and the show’s use of the ancient Gaelic language and his own love for Scotland. been a great revival for the language. How has it been for you to speak the ancient SC: Graham thank you so much for taking a lot of people from my theatre days come SC: Scots are known as tough people language and what impact do you feel it the time to speak to the Scottish Banner. As also through the show as cast members has and Dougal was without a doubt a fierce, has brought to the show? a Scot how enriching has it been for you been incredibly rewarding. I never imagined headstrong, complicated and hard to be involved with a production that is for a moment when I was doing countless warrior who walked the line between GM: I loved the fact there was so much teaching millions of people so much about theatrical productions all over Scotland that good and bad. What are your views on Gaelic used, especially in the first season. the story of Scotland? I would come back dressed in a kilt with the character of Dougal MacKenzie, if We sat down and discussed using Gaelic a broadsword and dirk charging through you could, are there any aspect of the before we shot any of the Highlanders GM: Scotland is a character in the story and the heather, but I was so glad to do it. To character you would have changed or scenes, and discussed that we should only for me to be able to go back to where I grew be a part of both the creative and physical would he be someone you would relate speak Gaelic when the viewer first meets up and where I did all my theatre and to see landscape of Outlander was fantastic. to if he were to really exist? them. I argued that we should only use

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Gaelic until the moment that I come up to up to the men as Claire does in the books Claire and ask “What’s your name?” There were she from that period. Personally I feel is a sense of foreignness for her being 18th century Scottish women could have dropped in an alien world and it is very and Diana clearly had not spent that much powerful and also helps identify them as a time in Scotland! separate culture as well. Introducing a time traveller element It was so interesting to learn Gaelic for really intrigued me. We would all love to the show as a non-speaker. I would have be able to go to a place where you can go to go back to my great great Grandfather to another time, maybe not be stuck there, to find a Gaelic speaker in my family and I but the idea to be able to move backwards so enjoyed using the language and it is so in time and visit would be something all of great to see a revival of the language taking us would love to do. place around the world and there is much more notice being taken of the language SC: Speaking of the fans they are today. It is a beautiful language but a very incredibly enthusiastic and passionate hard language to learn if you are a native about the show. Have you been surprised English speaker as there are sounds which by the reaction to the show and is there are quite tricky, though it may be easier if anywhere you have been that that reaction you already speak Dutch, then you are well is the most intense? on your way to speaking Gaelic! GM: Yes we all have been surprised. I had just done The Hobbit when I started and the fans of The Hobbit were pretty intense, The Tartan Day Parade on Saturday, April, 11, 2015 in New York. The Presiding I never imaged for a moment but the Outlander fans are more so and Officer Rt Hon Tricia Marwick MSP leads the parade with Grand Marshal and star that is saying something. As an actor in of Outlander Graham McTavish. Photo courtesy of The Scottish Government. when I was doing countless the show you feel a responsibility to bring theatrical productions all over a character to life. It is always the greatest compliment that I can receive is when Scotland that I would come people tell me that Dougal is an even more complex character on screen than he was back dressed in a kilt with a already in the book and I am very proud of that. Over two and half years being broadsword and dirk in Outlander was some of the happiest charging through the heather, experiences I have had as an actor. but I was so glad to do it. SC: In 2015 you were the Grand Marshal at New York’s Tartan Day Parade. Just what was that like for you to see not only so many Outlander fans but thousands of SC: The “Outlander effect” has been an people celebrating their love for Scotland incredible boost to Scotland’s tourism and in central Manhattan? film industries. How proud does that make you feel to be a part of this gift to Scotland? GM: It was amazing, talk about things you would never imagine yourself doing. My GM: Immensely proud and we had no only regret was my father was not alive to idea it would be as successful as it has see it as he would have loved it. I was very become. I was recently at a Highland very proud to lead that parade and to be Games in Northern California and the associated with celebrations of Scotland is impact of the show is huge and I was so fantastic and I will never forget it. 40,000 overwhelmed and humbled by it all. people lined up in in 6th Avenue in New Everywhere I go I meet people who York with the pipe bands playing behind love the show and it is not just the English you is not something you forget about. speaking nations taken by the show but also Italians, Germans, Scandinavians and SC: And finally Graham you are a true Argentinians. The people who run Doune “Global Scot” having lived in Scotland, Castle can’t believe it the impact, with Canada, England and now New Zealand. visitor numbers up by over 40-50% alone. Has being in Outlander helped bring you The show and has introduced people to “home” and connect you back to Scotland? Scotland and an interest to learn more and visit and also engaged Scots at home to GM: I was born in Glasgow but my father look at our own story. was a pilot and we moved around a lot and lived in Scotland, Canada and England SC: The recipe for Outlander is a unique and I now live in New Zealand. Outlander mix of fantasy, history, romance, brutality has helped hugely and means I have an and even time travel. The show is a ongoing association with Scotland in a way refreshing form of entertainment compared I did not have before. to so much of what is seen on the current After I finished shooting the filmRambo television landscape. What elements of the in the northern Thailand jungle, I was show do you think fans love the most and asked by the crew where I would go after do you yourself have a favourite aspect of shooting wrapped up and they expected the complex Outlander story? me to say Los Angles or London. I told them I was off to the Highlands of Scotland GM: For me the brilliance of Diana’s as I felt a really strong need to connect with (Gabaldon) idea was introducing a time the land. I just walked around for about traveller element to it, it just takes it into a a week and found it very grounding. In completely different world. If it was just a Outlander the physical experience of being straight forward period romance it would in Scotland was important to me, when just be lacking that certain something and I am in Glasgow being with the people is Diana was originally going to write Claire grounding and the humour and view of life as a 18th century Scottish woman but felt is so refreshing. So now when I go places I Claire would not have the voice to speak carry that with me and it’s a lovely feeling.

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IN SCOTLAND TODAY

and early 20th century for their intricate inspired by wood’s unrivalled ability Celtic designs. Their work became known to absorb shock and resist fatigue to as the Glasgow style and now the race is begin designing unique, hollow-framed on to find relatives of the lesser known wooden bicycles that displayed all the Glasgow Girls as their relatives may durability and beauty of an heirloom. still own the copyright. In the UK and Ken, who has a background in aeroplane parts of Europe, artists or their heirs are engineering, was delighted by the entitled to a royalty when their copyright prospect of working with Glenmorangie’s protected work resells on the art market. casks. “The American oak from which Known as the Artist’s Resale Right(ARR), Glenmorangie makes its casks is a DACS(a not-for-profit visual artists’ great wood,” he says. “Its engineering rights management organisation) has properties are ideal for bikes, as hard thousands of pounds in royalties to pay woods have a high stiffness. For us, the to their eligible heirs and beneficiaries. only aspect that was different was the The artists are Katherine Cameron (1874- shape of the staves, which have a curve to 1965), Jessie Marion King (1875-1949) them, and the fact that they were a little and Elizabeth Mary Watt (1885-1954). damp, after spending years with whisky Susannah Waters, archives and inside them… which, by the way, made Take-off for Scotland’s Airline collections manager at the school said; them smell pretty good. Although, we oganair, the only airline based in this major landmark an exciting year- “Some of the Glasgow Girls became very have to admit to whisky fans, the scent Scotland, has celebrated a historic long programme of exhibitions and famous and we’re very lucky to still be has now diminished!” occasion as it took to the skies under events have begun, highlighting the in touch with their families. However, Last year Glenmorangie also began its own colours for the first time in important role it has played past and there are many other pieces we still an innovative collaboration with British L25 years. Loganair had been operating as a present as a major cultural attraction. have from others who perhaps aren’t as eyewear brand Finlay & Co. to create the franchise partner – firstly for British Airways The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery well known, and we don’t know much world’s first Scotch whisky sunglasses from and latterly since 2008 for Flybe - with its & Museum, is an award-winning about them. We’d like to see if we can The Original’s casks. aircraft wearing the livery of these two Victorian, Gothic building, and is find family for them to learn more about companies. Now the creation of a national home to Dundee’s main art collection their lives before and after art school and First rum distillery in Orkney airline for Scotland, headquartered at Glasgow spanning 400 million years and has more about their works.” Last year, DACS Airport - the result of a £4m investment that been at the heart of art and culture successfully located the heirs of over 120 has secured 600 jobs throughout Scotland, in the City since 1867. Eight beautiful artists due almost £30,000 in royalties including 160 at Loganair’s bases in the open gallery spaces house fascinating – sometimes crossing continents and Highlands and Islands, and created 15 new exhibitions of art, history and the reuniting families in the process. posts. The airline contributes over £300m environment, giving a fascinating per annum to the Scottish economy. The insight into Dundee. Bob Duncan, Scotch whisky casks hit the road official inaugural flight carrying Loganair’s Chair of Leisure & Culture Dundee bold new tartan livery flew into Glasgow from said “With 150 years of history, The Islay with new routes also being launched to McManus has brought so much to Manchester and the Fair Isle. the city over the years and we are very The tartan-tailed Spirit of Harris, a Saab lucky to have it on our doorstep. It is 340, was welcomed by a spectacular water right then that 2017 is going to be a real cannon salute, normally reserved to mark the celebration of the building, the city’s launch of a new route - performed by Glasgow collections and the people who have Airport’s Fire Department. The pipe band Sgoil shaped it. This of course includes the Lionacleit, from the Benbecula comprehensive thousands of visitors who visit every school of the same name, played as the aircraft year. I am looking forward to spotting J. Gow Distillery has laid down its first landed. The band recently finished first in the this bus around the city and enjoying barrels on the uninhabited Orkney free style category of the 2017 Scottish School what will be an exciting McManus 150 island of Lamb Holm, now one of the Pipe Band Championships. programme of exhibitions and events.” smallest rum-producing islands in the Jonathan Hinkles said: “Today is a The team at the gothic revival style world. Named after notorious Orkney major milestone in the 54-year history building will be focusing throughout pirate John Gow who was hanged for of Loganair. Although we have flown as a the year on the important role treason, the distillery laid down its first franchise carrier for larger airlines over the Dundee’s best loved building has US bike maker Renovo has collaborated barrels – thought to be the first ever laid last 25 years, there is still a huge level of played, past and present as a major with Glenmorangie, creators of Highland on Orkney – in August. recognition and affinity for the Loganair cultural attraction. The building was Single Malt Scotch Whiskies, to create the As it prepares to launch its inaugural name throughout Scotland and beyond.” originally called the Albert Institute world’s first bicycle made from whisky product, a spiced rum, to date J. Gow has The airline’s new, distinctly Scottish for Literature, Science and Art when it casks. For the Glenmorangie Original produced 38,000 litres of wash from six identity continues in the cabins of its was established in 1867 as the first civic bicycle, Renovo designers took inspiration tonnes of molasses and distilled 20 runs aircraft where colourful Harris Tweed museum and art gallery in Dundee. from the shape of Glenmorangie whisky on the still. The resulting liquid has been headrest covers now appear on all aircraft, cask staves. Since 1843, Glenmorangie decanted into Italian chestnut barrels, and Tunnock’s caramel wafers are part of Glasgow Girls descendants sought has been revered for its masterful whisky chosen for their compatibility with the the range of complimentary refreshments creation, challenging the bounds of cool Orkney climate. Former whisky offered to all customers, with Tunnock’s single malt in pursuit of excellence. The casks are currently being reconditioned sponsoring the in-flight catering carts. Distillery’s dedication to its craft is never and will be filled in the coming weeks more apparent than in The Original. and months. J. Gow Spiced Rum is “made Dundee’s MacManus Created from spirit distilled in Scotland’s with a blend of spices from around the celebrates 150 years tallest stills, it is matured for ten years world including two secret ingredients in the finest hand-selected ex-bourbon grown in Orkney”, and will offer citrus casks. Once the design was finalised, it and cinnamon notes with a hint of vanilla took more than 20 hours – and 15 staves and a “warming spice finish”. – to create each bicycle. At Renovo’s A release date has not yet been workshop, in Portland, Oregon, the wood announced. J. Gow Rum hopes to be was carefully cut into the shape required able to produce between 12,000 and and any remaining charcoal (bourbon 15,000 bottles a year. The first are due to Glasgow School of Art is searching for barrels are traditionally charred on the go on sale in the autumn. Lamb Holm the descendants of a group of artists inside) was smoothed away. Lamb island also features the distinctive The McManus in Dundee is celebrating known as the Glasgow Girls. The women Renovo was founded in 2007 by Ken Italian Chapel, built by prisoners of war its 150th anniversary, and to celebrate became household names in the late 19th Wheeler, a keen touring cyclist. He was during WWII.

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By: David C Weinczok The Real History Behind the Outlander Effect in fact someone’s actual front door! I wonder in season two. It served as the how many knocks they get each day from Duke of Sandringham’s kitchen, and with those hoping for a little bewitching. tensions well past boiling point, the Duke – One of the most memorable if cringe- spoiler alert – is murdered in a brutal act of inducing, scenes from season one retribution. Catriona Balfe, who plays Claire, occurred here when a young boy had his said in an interview with The Hollywood ear nailed to the pillory. It’s possible that Reporter that she especially enjoyed filming this particular punishment is the source at Callendar because “The effects were just so of our expression ‘earmarked’, and the authentic”. filming of it took place at Culross’ mercat cross. With its multicoloured buildings, Doune Castle well-worn cobbles and narrow wynds, the mercat square and village centre is one of the best places in Scotland to experience the early modern era.

From castles to country

parks, following the trail Doune Castle courtyard. of Outlander locations This brief list couldn’t end without in fact gives you a pretty mentioning at least one castle, and Doune comprehensive cross-section Castle – which stars as Castle Leoch itself – is a doozy. It’s been something of of Scottish history. a pilgrimage site for pop culture fanatics for decades already, having been used extensively for filmingMonty Python and Culross is quiet now, but was once a the Holy Grail (in fact, ask at the desk and bustling port with over 150 vessels docking they have coconut shells that you can at any one time. The burgh’s fortunes were borrow). Lately, however, it’s Outlander built on salt and coal mines, the former fans who are storming the gates in record of which actually extended underneath numbers. The much-lauded ‘Outlander the waters of the Firth of Forth and was Effect’ discussed in last month’s issue is Doune Castle with Jamie cutout. possibly the first of its kind. Culross also perhaps felt most heavily here. has connections to St Mungo, patron Doune stands at the confluence of two saint of Glasgow, who was raised by the roads into the Highlands a few miles north of here’s something in Outlander The Highland city has gone through a Cistercian monks at the hilltop abbey. Stirling, which has been dubbed the ‘brooch for everyone, so while I’m not few changes since the 1940s, however, so There’s therefore plenty to fuel the history clasping the Highlands and Lowlands particularly concerned with finding an atmospheric look-alike was found in hunter or sightseer regardless of their together’. Any force wishing to invade the a bonnie Highlander to sweep me the form of Falkland. Nestled in the rolling affinity forOutlander , though being a fan Highlands or Lowlands was made to pass Toff my feet I am fascinated by the real places hills of central Fife, Falkland charms on surely adds another layer to the journey. through these lands, making them extremely and history that provide the backdrop for its first impression. Of course, few visitors strategically important. The man who built the world’s most popular romance. can resist the temptation to re-create that Callendar House the castle was Robert Stewart, Duke of I recently joined forces with now-iconic scene by posing by the Bruce Albany and king in all but name during the th th VisitScotland, Scotland’s national tourism Fountain, as Jaime did, myself included. late 14 to early 15 centuries. organisation, and fellow travel bloggers Aside from buildings such as The The castle was seized in 1745 in the The Scotlanders to explore the real history Covenanter Hotel, which was Ms Baird’s name of ‘Bonnie’ Prince Charlie, and after behind the filming locations for seasons Guesthouse in the show, the centrepiece of the Jacobite victory at the Battle of Falkirk one and two. Season three locations were the village is Falkland Palace. A Renaissance in 1746 Doune was used as a prison for top-secret, however, which just means masterpiece credited to James IV and James captured royalists. It fell into ruin after that another adventure lay ahead. From V, Falkland Palace represents a time when Culloden, but picked up steam again in the Callendar House. castles to country parks, following the trail Scotland’s kings sought to shed the country’s 19th century as a tourist destination. Old of Outlander locations in fact gives you rough-and-tumble image for a more refined, habits die hard, indeed. a pretty comprehensive cross-section of cosmopolitan future. Palaces such as Falkland, Looking much more like a French chateau Scottish history. Here are a few that stood Linlithgow and Edinburgh’s Holyrood all fit this than anything you’d expect to find in Kilt-wearing phenomenon out along the way. trend, and each are absolutely worth exploring. Falkirk, Callendar House is full of surprises. These are but a handful of almost 30 A tower stood here since at least the 14th filming sites across Scotland that you Falkland Royal Burgh of Culross century, but that barely scrapes the site’s can investigate using VisitScotland’s site historical surface – a significant section map, downloadable on their website. For of the Antonine Wall, Rome’s final frontier anyone using social media, you can also in Britain, is on the grounds. Reduced to search the hashtag ‘#Scotlanders’ to follow earthen banks that hardly seem apt to in the footsteps of my adventure to many defend an empire, the boundary marked of these places earlier this year. what was, to Romans, the edge of the Despite not being a member of the known and civilized world. Beyond be fandom per se, I found visiting these places dragons, or worse, painted Picts stalking in to be an incredibly rewarding experience, Falkland with VisitScotland site map. Culross. the dark depths of the Caledonian Forest. and I am firmly of the belief that history It all gets very civilised once inside. really resonates with people when it’s tied For many viewers the love affair What a gem Culross is. Pronounces ‘coo- Callendar House is a fantastic example of to their experiences in the here and now. If with Outlander began in Inverness, russ’, much of the burgh has been frozen in French Renaissance-style architecture, and more people can learn to love Scotland and where Claire and Frank go on their time since the 16th and 17th centuries. Aside there are comforts to match the exquisite its history thanks to the time-travelling, kilt- second honeymoon. While Frank is from a few coats of paint and hiding away exteriors including a Georgian kitchen – wearing phenomenon that is Outlander, engrossed in family history Claire gets the modern street signs, very little had to be complete with recipes for porridge, kippers then count me in as a fan after all. a mysterious visitor in the form of a done to transform Culross into Cranesmuir, and pound cake in the event your taste buds David C Weinczok is a heritage professional, mysterious Highlander gazing into the the village near Castle Leoch that Geillis feel like travelling back in time, too. The presenter and adoptive Scot based in window of their hotel. Duncan calls home. Her house in the show is kitchen was the scene of a shocking moment Edinburgh. Twitter: @TheCastleHunter

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cotland is officially the most beautiful country in the world, according to travel guides Rough Guides. With many spots of Snatural beauty, from beaches to lochs to stunning isles and coastline, visitors are clearly spoilt for choice when it comes to memorable views and experiences. Scotland beat Canada, New Zealand and England in a poll of readers of Rough Guide, based on their favourite places that spark the imagination. A writer for Rough Guides commented, “Who can deny that these wild beaches, deep lochs and craggy castles are some of the most wonderful and beautiful sights in the world?”

Awe-inspiring landscapes Malcolm Roughead, Chief Executive of Stunning castles are just part of the reason Scotland is the most beautiful country in the world. Photo: VisitScotland. VisitScotland said; “We are delighted that Scotland has received this wonderful accolade, but of course it will not have Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye; to of Vangelis in Chariots of Fire; and Rosslyn what about a walk to the top of the city’s been a surprise to anyone who has the drive up to Glamis Castle in Angus; or Chapel in Midlothian famous for its usage in Arthur’s Seat, with panoramic views out encountered our wonderful country. Culzean Castle in Ayrshire and Dryburgh the film version ofThe Da Vinci Code. to the Firth of Forth, including the new From our awe-inspiring landscapes to Abbey in the Scottish Borders, visitors to Queensferry Crossing bridge? our remarkable historic attractions, to Scotland can spot historic and magical Wonderful walks our bustling but beautiful urban centres, gems around every corner, many of them The rugged coastline from Portpatrick to Scotland’s ‘Route 66’ Scotland takes people’s breaths away. Our linked to Scotland’s myths and legends and Killantringan in Dumfries and Galloway Scotland’s North Coast 500 route boasts latest campaign, the Spirit of Scotland was mysterious stories. is a popular one for dogwalkers and epic scenery, stunning coastal views and based on feedback from visitors that they ramblers alike; not forgetting the West beautiful beaches, including Achmelvich get a special feeling while in the country Cinema Paradiso Highland Way, which starts at Milngavie in Sutherland. It regularly makes the list of - whether it’s in the wilds of Glen Coe on Scotland has been voted the world’s Best on the edge of Glasgow and stretches to the world’s best driving routes and should a stormy day or taking part in a ceilidh on Cinematic Destination and it’s not difficult Fort William at the foot of Ben Nevis. A be on everyone’s list of must-dos. Burns’ Night - there is something different to see why: with the striking views of the less strenuous walk be a stroll around the For more information on Scotland, about Scotland that they can’t experience Glenfinnan Viaduct associated with theHarry Kelpies in the Helix parkland in Falkirk or including more suggestions of stunning anywhere else in the world. We look Potter films; West Sands Beach in St Andrew’s along the Water of Leith in Edinburgh, to landscapes and beautiful views, go to forward to welcoming more people who famous for the beach run and the music include a glimpse of the Dean Village. Or www.visitscotland.com want to encounter this beauty and spirit in the flesh for many years to come.” If any other reason was needed to book a trip, check out a selection below of just some of Six Stunning Sites Unearthed in the top places of beauty to behold in Scotland.

Best beaches Luskentyre on the Isle of Harris regularly Search for Scotland’s Hidden Gems makes the lists of top beaches in Revolution. Campbeltown Picture House, the world, and is often mistaken (at one of the earliest surviving purpose-built first glance at a photograph) for the cinemas in the UK, came in fifth place with Caribbean; but not forgetting the beach over 800 votes. The final spot was claimed at Barra, often referred to as having the by Lincluden Collegiate Church, where most scenic plane landing; Tombolo on St visitors can still find angels and cherubs Ninian’s Isle and Banna Min beach, both carved in the stone. in Shetland; as well as Dornoch beach in As part of the 2017 Year of History, Heritage Sutherland; Calgary beach on the Isle of and Archaeology, Scotland’s six World Mull; Balmedie beach in Aberdeenshire; Heritage Sites were celebrated with six events and Yellowcraig beach in East Lothian, in April. The organisers then set out to find with views to the 1885 lighthouse on Fidra six “lesser-known” sites to bring them into Island, the inspiration for Robert Louis the spotlight as well. The ‘Scotland in Six – Stevenson’s famous tale Treasure Island. Hidden Gems’ campaign began in June after 28 sites were nominated by local groups and Dark Skies and Northern Lights The Govan Stones, a collection of 31 medieval stones carved in the Viking era, organisations. Voting took place on Facebook, Scotland has some of the darkest skies in received the most votes in Dig It! 2017’s search for ‘Scotland in Six – Hidden Gems’. where one “like” equalled one vote. Image: The Govan Stones Project. Europe, making it a perfect place to view The six winning Hidden Gems sites are the night skies; Galloway Forest Park is one now preparing to mark their victory with of the darkest places in Scotland, which is ig It! 2017, the year-long With over 2,000 votes, the Govan Stones six events during Scottish Archaeology why it’s the UK’s first Dark Sky Park. Moffat celebration of archaeology, has was the most popular site. The collection Month in September. Dr Jeff Sanders, in Dumfries and Galloway was also given been coordinating the Scotland- consists of 31 medieval stones carved in Dig It! 2017 Project Manager, said: the title of Europe’s very first Dark Sky wide search. Over 12,000 votes the Viking era, including carved crosses “We’ve been thrilled by the reaction to Town, having adopted special street lighting Dhave been cast over the last two months and five Viking hogback stones. Ardrossan the Hidden Gems campaign. The people to keep light pollution to a minimum. In and with the polls now closed, the winners Castle, a medieval ruin which once played who nominated the sites have put an addition, places in Scotland, including have been revealed: host to some of Scotland’s most powerful enormous amount of time and effort Shetland, Orkney and Aberdeenshire and the • Govan Stones, Glasgow people including William Wallace, came in into the promotion and it’s been great Moray coast are great spots from which to • Ardrossan Castle, North Ayrshire second place. The Howff, a 453-year-old to see members of the public respond see the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights. • The Howff, Dundee graveyard, landed in third place with over with equal enthusiasm - whether • James Watt Cottage, Bo’ness (Falkirk) 1,000 votes. Fourth place was claimed by they’re sharing childhood memories or Historic views • Campbeltown Picture House, Argyll & Bute James Watt Cottage - the former workshop discovering a site for the first time.” From Old Man of Hoy on Orkney; to • Lincluden Collegiate Church, of the inventor James Watt, whose steam To learn more about the sites, visit Dunnotar Castle in Aberdeenshire; to Dumfries & Galloway engine played a key role in the Industrial www.DigIt2017.com

Page 18 • North American Edition • October 2017 THE SCOTTISH BANNER Scotland named as ‘Most beautiful country’ in the world THIS MONTH IN SCOTTISH HISTORY Names & Places In The News From Today And The Past 1 - Battle of Largs - Scots 10 -Jock Stein, Scottish football manager, 17 - James “Paraffin” Young obtained 24 - Artist David Roberts born in Edinburgh. defeated the Vikings who were collapsed and died. He suffered a massive a patent for the extraction of paraffin He died on 25 November 1864 whilst working attempting to invade. 1263 heart attack after watching Scotland draw from shale, starting the chemical on a painting at St Pauls Cathedral. 1796 1-1 with Wales in a World cup qualifying industry in West Lothian. 1850 1 - Contract to construct the North 25 - Elvis Presley touched down at match in Cardiff. As well as managing Bridge, Edinburgh, signed. 1763 Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire, his only visit the national team, from 1965-78 he was to Scotland. This was also the only time 2 - Birth of Sir William Ramsay, Scottish Celtic’s most famous manager, seeing them “The King” set foot on British soil. 1960 chemist who discovered helium, xenon, win the European Cup in 1967. 1985 neon, argon, radon and krypton. 1852 26 - George III crowned, beginning 11 - Letter from Wallace and Moray to the a 60 year reign, one of the longest 2 - Death of Sir Thomas Lipton, mayors of Lubeck and Hamburg saying in British history. 1760 grocer, tea merchant and contestant that “The Kingdom of Scotland has, by for the Americas Cup. 1931 God’s Grace, recovered by battle from the 26 - Lady Caroline Nairne, songwriter and power of the English”. The Lubeck Letter poet, died at Gask, Perthshire. 1845 was thought to have been destroyed during 26 - Poet Sorley MacLean born on World War Two, but was found in a Lubeck 17 - Bridge to the Isle of Skye opened. 1995 the island of Raasay. 1911 Museum and is now on permanent loan to the Museum of Scotland. 1297 18 -Aberdeen-born Denis Law became the 27 - James Cook, circum-navigator youngest footballer to play for Scotland. of the globe, born to Scottish 11 - Ship Great Michael launched At the time playing for Huddersfield parents in Yorkshire. 1728 for King James IV. 1511 Town, he was 18 years and 7 months old 11 - The British fleet, under the command when he played against Wales at Cardiff. of Admiral Adam Duncan (born in Forfar Scotland won 3-0. He has recently been 2 - The new paddle steamer Waverley in 1731), defeated the Dutch off the nominated Scotland’s best player of was launched from A. & J. Inglis’s yard village of Camperdown, Holland .1797 the last 50 years by the SFA. 1958 on the Clyde. After providing services on the Firth of Clyde she has been 11 - Scotland’s first First Minister Donald 18 - The death of Margaret Tudor, English preserved and still takes passengers Dewar died suddenly at 63 after a fall on the princess, sister of Henry VIII, wife of James “doon the watter” as the oldest sea-going steps of his official residence in Edinburgh. IV, and mother of James V. It was through paddle steamer in the world. 1947 He was the first person to hold the position Margaret, a paternal great-grandmother of First Minister following the establishment (through Henry, Lord Darnley), and a 3 - Treaty of Berwick, freeing David II from of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. 2000 maternal great-grandmother (through Mary, 27 - William Smith, founder of the imprisonment by the English. 1357 Queen of Scots), that James VI based his 12 - Ramsay MacDonald, first Labour Prime Boys’ Brigade, born. 1854 claim to the throne of England following 3 - Last Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh Minister of UK, born in Lossiemouth. 1866 before the Union with Westminster. 1706 the death of Queen Elizabeth I. 1541 28 - Birth of Robert Liston in Linlithgow 12 -The birth of Magnus Magnusson, who was to carry out the first operation in 19 - The first public-hire sedan chairs 4 - Boys’ Brigade founded in Glasgow writer and broadcaster. Born in Iceland, Britain with the aid of an anaesthetic. 1794 became available in Edinburgh. A sedan by Sir William Alexander Smith. The first Magnus moved to Scotland when only was an enclosed chair for one person, 28 - Dr Henry Faulds, a Scots medical uniformed youth organisation in the world, a baby. He made a career in journalism, carried on poles by two men. They reached missionary working in Japan, published from one small company of 35 boys it has finally achieving the post of Assistant the height of their popularity in the 18th a letter in “Nature” which gave the grown into a worldwide organisation with Editor with The Scotsman. Magnusson century, when there were as many as 180 first evidence that fingerprints companies in over 60 countries. 1883 died on January 7th 2007. 1929 sedans for public hire in Edinburgh. 1687 could be used as proof of guilt or 13 - Battle of Aberdeen, James innocence in legal cases. 1880 20 - Explosion at Clarkston Toll Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, shopping centre, killing 12. 1971 28 - Journalist and novelist Cliff sacked the city. 1644 Hanley (Dancing in the Streets) 21 - Last tram car ran in Dundee. 1956 13 - Birth of Allan Ramsay, painter and born in Glasgow. 1922 son of Allan Ramsay the poet. 1713 29 - James Boswell, biographer of 14 - Second marriage of King Alexander Dr Johnston, born at Blair’s Land, III (to Yolanda de Dreux). 1285 Parliament Square, Edinburgh. 1740 14 - Edward Bruce, brother of 30 - Caledonian Canal opened. The Robert the Bruce, killed in a battle Caledonian Canal links the west of 5 - Balloon flight by Italian aeronaut near Dundalk, Ireland. 1318 Scotland to the East, and makes it possible Vincenzo Lunardi from Heriot’s School, to navigate a canal boat journey coast to 14 - Birth at St James’ Palace, London of coast right through Scotland’s Great Glen, Edinburgh to Ceres in Fife. 1785 King James VII, second son of King Charles between Fort William and Inverness. It is I and brother of King Charles II. 1633 - The Queen officially opened the 5 - The birth of Jock Stein, famous Scottish 21 scenically spectacular along its whole length, Burrell Collection in Glasgow’s Pollok football manager. Stein was manager of 14 - The 50 pence decimal coin was first surrounded as it is by Scotland’s highest Celtic between 1965 and 1978, during which issued, replacing the ten shilling note. 1969 Country Park. The museum’s collection mountains and most beautiful scenery. 1822 time it was one of the most successful clubs had been donated to the city nearly 40 in Europe, and in 1967 became the first 15 - Birth of poet Allan Ramsay, father years earlier by the shipping magnate Sir 30 - First moving image on a television British club to win the European Cup. 1922 of Allan Ramsay the painter. 1686 William Burrell. The Burrell Collection screen when John Logie Baird transmitted is now closed for refurbishment and will the image of a 15-year-old office boy 6 - Scot Ebenezer Henderson formed the reopen in 2020 after a multi-million pound in his London workshop. 1925 first Congregational church in Sweden. He redevelopment is complete. 1983 - Pneumatic bicycle tyres were spent many years travelling throughout 31 patented by inventor John Boyd Scandinavia and Russia, giving out bibles 22 - Foundation stones of main Post Dunlop from Ayrshire. 1888 translated into local languages. 1811 Office and National Museum of Scotland laid by Prince Albert in his last public 7 - Birth of Charles McLaren, one of the engagement before his death. 1861 founders of the Scotsman newspaper. 1782 23 - Treaty between King John Balliol of 8 - Rev Henry Duncan, founder of Scotland and King Philippe IV of France the first savings bank, born in the which promised mutual help against the Manse at Lochrutton. 1774 English - the start of the “Auld Alliance”. - King James IV ratified the The Alliance, which was described in 9 - Edinburgh’s Balmoral Hotel opened 15 1942 by Charles de Gaulle as ‘the oldest Charter incorporating the its doors for the first time.1902 Surgeons and Barbers. 1506 alliance in the world’ promised mutual - Poet William Souter died in Perth. help against the English, asserting that 15 1943 31 - Hampden Park Stadium opened 9 - Death of Lord Home of the Hirsel, should either Scotland or France be also known as Sir Alec Douglas- 16 - King James II born. 1430 in Glasgow as the home of Queen’s Park invaded by England, the other country Football Club. The national stadium Home, formerly Foreign Secretary 16 - Poet Robert Fergusson died. 1774 would invade English territory. 1295 and UK Prime Minister. 1995 of Scotland bears the name of an 17 - Battle of Neville’s Cross 23 - Death of John Boyd Dunlop who English politician John Hampden and 10 - Writer and geologist Hugh Miller during which King David II was re-invented the pneumatic tyre from the is actually the third venue to be called born on the Black Isle, Cromarty. 1802 captured by the English. 1346 design of Robert W Thomson. 1921 Hampden Park in Glasgow. 1903

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CLAN DONALD CALLING THE CLANS in VICTORIA Proudly affiliated with Clan Donald Australia, Victorian Scottish Welcome to the Scottish Banner’s Calling the Clans section. Our “Clansified” listing of Union and Scots of Victoria Coordinating Group. Represented at all major Highland gatherings in Victoria. Scottish Clans, Societies and Clubs. If you would like to add your Clan to these pages CLAN DONALD VICTORIA please contact your nearest Scottish Banner office for full details. Our address and phone President: Mr Norman A. Macdonald numbers are located on page 2. If you are contacting your Clan be sure to tell them you Contact: Secretary [email protected] saw them in the Scottish Banner and please support these great community organisations. Formed in 1934, with membership from many MacDonald, McDonald and Macdonald families living in Victoria. Membership available, with dance classes for Scottish Clan Chief: Captain A.A.C.Farquharson, MC of Clan Baird Society Worldwide Country Dance most Friday evenings in Gardenvale. Invercauld Membership is open to those descended THE CLAN from Baird, Barde, Bard, Beard, Beaird, Brd, CAMPBELL SOCIETY CLAN MACDONALD YARRAVILLE Bayard, Bardt, Barth and Biard or varied OF AUSTRALIA Hon Chief: Mrs Christina Milne Wilson spellings of the name of Scottish origin. Contact: Secretary In addition to the Society newsletter and the opportunity [email protected] The Secretary to associate with fellow clansman members may The Society exists for the benefit of all Clan Farquharson Association Australia A hereditary clan society formed by the children of PO Box 585 query the Society geneologist. For information write: its members. Norman Hume Macdonald and Johan McKenzie SPRINGWOOD, NSW 2777 All Campbells or descendants of Dr. Debra J. Baird, President Macdonald (nee Munro) who departed Scotland in 1854. or by Email to: [email protected] 3491 County Road 3459, Haleyville, AL 35565 Campbells and members of Clan Septs Email: [email protected] are most welcome to join the Society. Regional Directors for Australia Branches exist in NSW, Vic, Qld & SA. David and Patricia Benfell For information contact the CLAN FERGUSSON SOCIETY Email: [email protected] National Secretary Judy Campbell Clan Donnachaidh website: www.clanbairdsociety.com Ph: (08) 8260 3637 Society of New South Wales Inc., OF NORTH AMERICA One of the oldest Highland Clans, Email:[email protected] Australia stretches back in history to the www.clan-campbell.org.au Duncan Robertson Reid founder of Scotland’s monarchy, King Fergus 1. People who bear any of the above names or names of any of the Septs of the Clan (see advertisement from CA USA) are invited President: BJ Ferguson to join with us in our activities to promote Clan Donnachaidh, “The Children of Duncan” by participating in the various activities Please address inquiries to: Clan Campbell Society conducted by Scottish Societies. B. J. Ferguson, President, CFSNA For information & membership application, contact 192 Hawthorne Hill Rd, Jasper, GA USA 30143 (North America) Gordon Robertson A society for Campbells, members of 58/157 Marconi Rd. Bonnells Bay NSW 2264 recognized septs, their descendants, and their friends. Recognized septs include: Ballantine, Burnett, Burns, Caddell, Calder, Harris, Hastings, Loudon, MacArthur, MacConachie, MacDiamid, MacIver, McKellar, MacKelvie, MacKessock, MacNichol, MacTavish, CLAN DONNACHAIDH SOCIETY MacThomas, Moore, Muir, Orr, Pinkerton, Chief Gilbert Robertson of Struan

Thomas, Thompson. Membership invited to all who share the Sept names: Duncan, Robertson, Reid, Collier, Dobson, Hobson, MacConachie, MacIvor, MacJames, MacLagan, Stark, and all variations. Prospective members inquire to: The Clan Fraser Society of North America is one of the five Worldwide Clan Society Branches: authorized national societies operating worldwide under the Secretary ([email protected]) authority of the Rt Hon. Lady Saltotm, Chief of the Name of Clan Campbell Society, (NA) UK: London & Southern Counties * Rannoch & Highlands Canada: Ontario * Western Canada Fraser, and the Rt. Hon. Lord Lovat, Chief of Clan Fraser of 963 Plum Tree Lane Australia: New So. Wales * Victoria * Queensland * Western Australia Lovat. Members receive a newsletter, “The Nessie’ and support in Fenton, MI 48430 New Zealand: North Island of New Zealand USA: Arizona * Carolinas * Florida * Gulf Coast * Mid-Atlantic * doing genealogical research. All those bearing the name of Fraser, www.ccsna.org Mid-West * Northeast * Northern California * Pacific Northwest * Texas recognized Septs thereof and their descendants are cordially South * Rocky Mountains * Southern California * Upper Mid-West invited to contact the following for membership information: Learn more about Clan Donnachaidh * our History * Membership * our Clan Museum in Bruar, Scotland * the DNA Project * locate a Branch near you. Visit our website:

Charles Diman http://www.donnachaidh.com/ cfsna.com Membership Chairman Facebook: The Clan Donnachaidh Society 3413 Sunnybrook Dr. Email: [email protected] Charlotte, NC 28210 Email: [email protected]

Clan Davidson Society in Australia Inc. CHEIF: Grant Davidson of Davidston cordially invites to membership all who bear one of the Clan Names, and all who can trace their descent from an ancestor bearing one of these Names: Davidson; Davison; Dawson; Davis; Davie; Davey; Davy; Day; Dye;Dyson; Dawson; Dea; Dean; Deane; Deas; Deason; Dees; Dee; Dey; Daw; Dow; Dhai; Kay; Keay; Key; Keys; MacDade; MacDaid; MacDavid; MacDavett; MacDagnie; MacDagny; MacDhai; McKeddie. In addition we welcome into membership all who have a family association with the Clan Davidson. Applications may be made on our website www.clandavidson.org. au or contact the Hon. Secretary Mr Dennis Hill, J.P, P.O. Box 519 Membership inquiries Baulkham Hills NSW 1755 [email protected] 0431 527 662 welcomed from MacGregors Clan Dunbar of all spellings and Septs of The House of Gospatric the Earl Gregor Grier MacAdams MacNish Magruder Eligible blood or marriage, all descendants of The McGehee Gregory King Peter Fletcher CLAN DONALD Gospatric: Dunbar, Clugston, Corbett, Dundas, Gregg Lecky Black and many others Edgar, Grey, Heryng, Home, Knox, Nisbett, AUSTRALIA Jeanne P. Lehr “under the patronage of the High Peddie, Strickland, Washington, Wedderburn and 11 Ballas Crt. Council of the Chiefs of Clan Donald” all spelling variations of each name. Also all other St. Louis, MO 63131-3036 High Commissioner Mr Lachlan Macdonald families who were associated with The Gospatric. Phone: 314-432-28742, [email protected] State Commissioners Chieftain David C. Dunbar website: www.acgsus.org NSW Mr Lachlan Macdonald 16419 Carlton Vale Ct. Qld Mr A. Neil Macdonald Tomball, TX 77377-8488 SA Ms Therese McCutcheon Vic Mr Norman A Macdonald WA Ms Pamela McDonald Clan Gregor Society Australasia All MacGregors and Septs of our Clan are www.clandonaldaustralia.com invited to join one of the oldest Clan Societies There is no joy without Clan Donald in Scotland Est 1822. If you live in Australia or New Zealand, please contact our clan representative in Australia;

Frank McGregor Clan Gregor Society PO Box 14 NORTH HOBART TAS 7002 Email: [email protected] Web. www.clangregor.com “Royal is my Race”

Clan Cameron NSW Inc. Clan Donald, U.S.A., Inc. 2018 Australian Gathering Membership is open only to persons of Details on website http://www.clan-cameron.org.au the blood of Macdonald, however spelled or of the blood of a recognized associate President: James Lachlan Cameron family or is related by marriage or legal adoption to either of these write for more [email protected] info and a complete Sept list. Diane Carey-Schmitz Secretary: Lynnette Cameron 1685 Casitas Avenue [email protected] Pasadena, CA 91103, [email protected]

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� Clan MacDougall Society of North America, Inc. � � CLAN DONALD �a���� �a��al��������� � Clan MacLellan ���M���������� MacDougall MacDowall John B. McClellan, Jr. CALLING THE CLANS in VICTORIA ������a������������������ll�� ���������  Treasurer Proudly affiliated with Clan Donald Australia, Victorian Scottish ��a�l�� ���o��a��o��all�o��� � �������o����a���� www��a��o��all�o��� � Union and Scots of Victoria Coordinating Group. �a���oo��� �www��a���oo���o���la��a��o��all� 6409 Knollwood Drive Welcome to the Scottish Banner’s Calling the Clans section. Our “Clansified” listing of � McKinney, TX Represented at all major Highland gatherings in Victoria. EĂŵĞƐƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞĚǁŝƚŚůĂŶDĂĐŽƵŐĂůůŽĨƌŐLJůů Scottish Clans, Societies and Clubs. If you would like to add your Clan to these pages ĂŶĚůĂŶDĂĐŽǁĂůůŽĨ'ĂůůŽǁĂLJ  75070-6032 CLAN DONALD VICTORIA Email: [email protected] please contact your nearest Scottish Banner office for full details. Our address and phone President: Mr Norman A. Macdonald �o�l����� Ma��o�l� Ma�o�al� �o�a����� Ma��o�a����� � Invites all MacLellans and their descendants regardless numbers are located on page 2. If you are contacting your Clan be sure to tell them you Contact: Secretary �o�l������ Ma��o�l�� � [email protected] �ol������ Ma��ol������ Ma���ll����� of surname spelling to join in preserving our heritage. �o�al������ Ma��o�al��� M��o��al����� Various family names are MacLellan(d), McClellan(d), saw them in the Scottish Banner and please support these great community organisations. Formed in 1934, with membership from many MacDonald, �o��al����� Ma��o��all����� Ma��o��al���� �o��l�� M��o��l�� M��o��al�� McLellan(d) and Gilliland. McDonald and Macdonald families living in Victoria. ���al����� Ma����al����� Ma����l������ Clan Chief: Captain Visit our website: www.clanmaclellan.net Membership available, with dance classes for Scottish Sheri Lambert, Treasurer �owall������ Ma��owal����� Ma��owall����� Clan Macpherson Association A.A.C.Farquharson, MC of Ma��ow�ll��� Ma��ow�ll� M��ow�ll����� P.O. Box 5399 Clan Macpherson welcomes enquiries from Macphersons Clan Baird Society Worldwide Country Dance most Friday evenings in Gardenvale. Invercauld ��ll�������� M���ll�������� Ma���ll�������� Membership is open to those descended THE CLAN Vernon Hills, IL 60061 and members of our Associated families. For information Ma���llo������� M���llo������� Ma���lla��� contact your local representative, our web site from Baird, Barde, Bard, Beard, Beaird, Brd, CAMPBELL SOCIETY CLAN MACDONALD YARRAVILLE Ma��l���o������� Ma�����o��� M�����o������ www.clan-macpherson.org/branches, or the ‘Official Bayard, Bardt, Barth and Biard or varied Hon Chief: Mrs Christina Milne Wilson Ma��al������ M��o�l���� Ma�����l���� Clan Macpherson Association’ Facebook page OF AUSTRALIA Ma��ow�ll���� Ma��owa������ M��ow�� Clan MacLeod spellings of the name of Scottish origin. Contact: Secretary Ma�����a�� M’Gowall� Ma��a��ll� Australia. John L Macpherson Canada. John C Gillies The Secretary Ma����a�� Ma����a�� � Ma������ Societies of Australia [email protected] [email protected] In addition to the Society newsletter and the opportunity   phone +1 705 4460 280 [email protected] ^ƉĞůůŝŶŐsĂƌŝĂƚŝŽŶƐDĂLJsĂƌLJŽƌKŵŝƚƚŚĞDĂĐ͕DĐ phone +61 2 4871 1123 to associate with fellow clansman members may The Society exists for the benefit of all Clan Farquharson Association Australia Membership is open to MacLeods, A hereditary clan society formed by the children of PO Box 585 Scotland. Bill Macpherson query the Society geneologist. For information write: its members. Septs (of any spelling) and descendants. New Zealand. Tim McPherson SPRINGWOOD, NSW 2777 [email protected] [email protected] Norman Hume Macdonald and Johan McKenzie Askey MacAndie MacCorkill phone +44 1577 830 430 All Campbells or descendants of phone +64 3 234 5098 Dr. Debra J. Baird, President Macdonald (nee Munro) who departed Scotland in 1854. or by Email to: [email protected] Beaton MacAskill MacCrimmon 3491 County Road 3459, Haleyville, AL 35565 Campbells and members of Clan Septs USA. Ken Croker Clan Museum. Curator are most welcome to join the Society. Bethune MacAulay MacGillechallum [email protected] [email protected] Email: [email protected] phone +1 559 658 6189 phone +44 1540 673 332 Caskie MacCabe MacRaild Norie (1 April to 30 October) Regional Directors for Australia Branches exist in NSW, Vic, Qld & SA. Harold MacCaig MacWilliam Tolmie David and Patricia Benfell For information contact the CLAN FERGUSSON SOCIETY Lewis MacClure Norman Williamson Email: [email protected] National Secretary Judy Campbell Clan Donnachaidh NSW, ACT & Qld - Peter Macleod 02 4397 3161 website: www.clanbairdsociety.com Ph: (08) 8260 3637 Society of New South Wales Inc., OF NORTH AMERICA THE CLAN MACRAE SOCIETY OF One of the oldest Highland Clans, Victoria & Tas - David Dickie 03 9337 4384 AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Email:[email protected] Australia stretches back in history to the South Australia - Nicole Walters 0415 654 836 Western Australia - Ruth MacLeod 08 9364 6334 If your surname is MacRae, www.clan-campbell.org.au Duncan Robertson Reid founder of Scotland’s monarchy, or you are descended from a King Fergus 1. Email: [email protected] People who bear any of the above names or names of any of the person having the surname Septs of the Clan (see advertisement from CA USA) are invited President: BJ Ferguson MacRae (any spelling) or that of to join with us in our activities to promote Clan Donnachaidh, Please address inquiries to: Clan Hope of Craighall Society a Sept of the Clan then you are “The Children of Duncan” by participating in the various activities For all of the name and lineage of Hope eligible to join our Society. Clan Campbell Society conducted by Scottish Societies. B. J. Ferguson, President, CFSNA INTERNATIONAL & USA AUSTRALIA For information & membership application, contact 192 Hawthorne Hill Rd, Jasper, GA USA 30143 Australian Contact: (North America) Gordon Robertson President: Convenor: Roslyn MacRae 0412 291 054 email: [email protected] A society for Campbells, members of 58/157 Marconi Rd. Bonnells Bay NSW 2264 Richard Rex Hope Stephen Hope [email protected] [email protected] recognized septs, their descendants, and their NZ Contact: Sue Tregoweth email: [email protected] friends. Recognized septs include: Ballantine, Burnett, Burns, Caddell, Calder, Harris, Membership Chair: Hastings, Loudon, MacArthur, MacConachie, Janet Hope Higton MacDiamid, MacIver, McKellar, MacKelvie, [email protected] MacKessock, MacNichol, MacTavish, CLAN DONNACHAIDH SOCIETY MacThomas, Moore, Muir, Orr, Pinkerton, Chief Gilbert Robertson of Struan www.clanhope.org www.clanhopeaustralia.org Thomas, Thompson. Membership invited to all who share the Sept names: Duncan, Robertson, Reid, Collier, Dobson, Hobson, MacConachie, MacIvor, MacJames, MacLagan, Stark, and all variations. Clan MacInnes Prospective members inquire to: The Clan Fraser Society of North America is one of the five Worldwide Clan Society Branches: authorized national societies operating worldwide under the International Association of Clan Secretary ([email protected]) authority of the Rt Hon. Lady Saltotm, Chief of the Name of Clan Campbell Society, (NA) UK: London & Southern Counties * Rannoch & Highlands Canada: Ontario * Western Canada Fraser, and the Rt. Hon. Lord Lovat, Chief of Clan Fraser of MacInnes (Aonghais) 963 Plum Tree Lane Australia: New So. Wales * Victoria * Queensland * Western Australia Lovat. Members receive a newsletter, “The Nessie’ and support in  New Zealand: North Island of New Zealand All spelling variants of MacInnes are welcome Fenton, MI 48430 doing genealogical research. All those bearing the name of Fraser, www.ccsna.org USA: Arizona * Carolinas * Florida * Gulf Coast * Mid-Atlantic *    worldwide: (Mc)Angus, (Mc)Kinnis, (Mc)Innis, Mid-West * Northeast * Northern California * Pacific Northwest * Texas recognized Septs thereof and their descendants are cordially (Mc)Ginnis, (Mc)Ninch, (Mc)Neish, (Mc)Canse, South * Rocky Mountains * Southern California * Upper Mid-West invited to contact the following for membership information:  (Mc)Masters, (Mc)Innes, (Mac)Masters Learn more about Clan Donnachaidh * our History * Membership * our Clan Museum in Bruar, Scotland * the DNA Project * locate a Branch near you. Visit our website: www.clanmacinnes.org  Charles Diman http://www.donnachaidh.com/ cfsna.com    Eric Perry, Director-Member Services 14 Jakes Lane, Membership Chairman Facebook: The Clan Donnachaidh Society  Dexter, ME 04930; [email protected] 3413 Sunnybrook Dr. Email: [email protected]  Charlotte, NC 28210  Clan MacTavish,U.S.A. Email: [email protected]  Under the patronage of Chief Steven  MacTavish of Dunardry invites you to join us  in celebrating our history. Cash, Holmes, MacTavish, Stephenson, Stevens, Thompson, Clan Macnachtan Thomson, Todd & other variants. Association Worldwide www.clanmactavish.org Sir Malcolm F. Macnaghten of Membership Info: [email protected] or Macnaghten, Bart - Chief of Clan PO Box 686, Milford, OH 45150-0686 Chairman - Peter McNaughton - 360-686-8451 We welcome membership from all Scots named MacNaughton Clan Davidson Society in Australia Inc. or any of the Septs on our Website: Contact the Membership CHEIF: Grant Davidson of Davidston cordially invites to membership all who bear one of the Clan Secretary, Vice-Chairman or Regional Commissioners in: Names, and all who can trace their descent from an Australia - Regional Commissioner - Bruce McNaught ancestor bearing one of these Names: Davidson; +61 7 3266 2047 [email protected] Davison; Dawson; Davis; Davie; Davey; Davy; Day; Dye;Dyson; Dawson; Dea; Dean; Deane; Deas; W. Canada - Regional Commissioner - Miles MacNaughton Deason; Dees; Dee; Dey; Daw; Dow; Dhai; Kay; 250-999-9636 [email protected] Keay; Key; Keys; MacDade; MacDaid; MacDavid; MacDavett; MacDagnie; MacDagny; MacDhai; McKeddie. New Zealand - Regional Commissioner - John Macnaughtan In addition we welcome into membership all who have a family +64 9 441 4984 [email protected] association with the Clan Davidson. USA - Membership Secretary - Mary Nivison Burton Applications may be made on our website www.clandavidson.org. 541-401-2613 [email protected] au or contact the Hon. Secretary Mr Dennis Hill, J.P, P.O. Box 519 Membership inquiries WWW.CLANMACNAUGHTON.NET Baulkham Hills NSW 1755 [email protected] 0431 527 662 welcomed from MacGregors Clan Dunbar of all spellings and Septs of The House of Gospatric the Earl Gregor Grier MacAdams MacNish Magruder Eligible blood or marriage, all descendants of The McGehee Gregory King Peter Fletcher CLAN DONALD Gospatric: Dunbar, Clugston, Corbett, Dundas, Gregg Lecky Black and many others Edgar, Grey, Heryng, Home, Knox, Nisbett, AUSTRALIA Jeanne P. Lehr “under the patronage of the High Peddie, Strickland, Washington, Wedderburn and 11 Ballas Crt. Council of the Chiefs of Clan Donald” all spelling variations of each name. Also all other St. Louis, MO 63131-3036 High Commissioner Mr Lachlan Macdonald families who were associated with The Gospatric. Phone: 314-432-28742, [email protected] State Commissioners Chieftain David C. Dunbar website: www.acgsus.org NSW Mr Lachlan Macdonald 16419 Carlton Vale Ct. Qld Mr A. Neil Macdonald Tomball, TX 77377-8488 SA Ms Therese McCutcheon Vic Mr Norman A Macdonald Clan Gregor Society Australasia WA Ms Pamela McDonald CLAN MATHESON All MacGregors and Septs of our Clan are CLAN MACNICOL SOCIETY, INC. www.clandonaldaustralia.com invited to join one of the oldest Clan Societies Member of The Highland Clan MacNeacail Federation SOCIETY There is no joy without Clan Donald in Scotland Est 1822. If you live in Australia or New Zealand, please contact our clan Welcomes persons of the names Chief of the Clan representative in Australia; Nicolson, Nicol, MacNicol in all spellings Major Sir Fergus Matheson of

Matheson Frank McGregor For membership inquiries, contact: Clan Gregor Society 7th Baronet of Lochalsh Invites all Mathesons/Mathiesons or Kin PO Box 14 Clan Mackintosh USA CANADA NORTH HOBART TAS 7002 CLAN LESLIE Membership in Clan Mackintosh of North Jeremy Nicholson to join our Clan Society. Jacques McNicoll Contact the Chief's Lieutenants in USA Email: [email protected] America is available to all persons bearing the P.O. Box 501166 202 Berlioz Apt 203 Web. www.clangregor.com name of any of the clans or septs of Clan Atlanta, GA 31150-1166 Verdun, QC H3E 1B8 Canada U.S.A. SOCIETY Malcolm Matheson, III Mackintosh. Associate memberships are also [email protected] Email:[email protected] www.clanmacnicol.org P.O.Box 307, The Plains, VA 20198 “Royal is my Race” of Australia available to those interested in the clan. www.clanmacnicolcanada.com Tel: (540) 687-6836, Fax: (540) 687-5569 Canada U.S.A. [email protected] and New Zealand Mr. David J. Elder Margaret McIntosh, Secretary www.clanmatheson.org 46 Dunvegan Dr. 301 Smugglers View Clan Chief: Hon Alexander John Leslie Chatham, Ont. N7M 4Z8 Jeffersonville, VT 05464 Clan Cameron NSW Inc. Enquiries invited from Leslies around the world, Clan MacNeil Association as well as the Septs of Clan Leslie: OF AUSTRALIA Clan Moffat Society 2018 Australian Gathering Clan Donald, U.S.A., Inc. Abernethy, Bartholomew, Cairney, Lang, Membership is open only to persons of For all enquiries about the clan and Details on website http://www.clan-cameron.org.au the blood of Macdonald, however spelled Moore etc in all their spellings. Madam Jean Moffat, Chief of the or of the blood of a recognized associate membership contact. Name and Arms of the Family of President: James Lachlan Cameron family or is related by marriage or legal Contact:Conta Malcolmct: J Barrie W. Leslie Leslie D.Ua. Moffat, welcomes Moffats of all adoption to either of these write for more 43 Rosedale Rd. John McNeil spellings. Spouses and those legally [email protected] info and a complete Sept list. 117/303 Spring Street. Gordon, NSW, 2072, Australia. 21 Laurel Avenue, Linden Park, adopted by Moffats are also eligible Secretary: Lynnette Cameron Diane Carey-Schmitz Kearney’s Spring, Qld, 4350, Australia. for membership. 1685 Casitas Avenue Phone:Phone: +61 +61 2 7 46359418 83582262 SA 5065 [email protected] Pasadena, CA 91103, [email protected] • www.clanleslie.org Email [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.clanleslie.org Website: http://www.ClanMoffat.org/

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Leonard Montgomery President [email protected] www.clanmontgomery.org

        Scottish Heritage USA, Inc. P.O. Box 457    Pinehurst, NC 28370   Welcomes membership of anyone interested in the exchange of  people and ideas between Scotland and the United States.           Write or phone for our free brochure. www.scottishheritageusa.org email: [email protected] (910) 295-4448 Clan Scott Australia Group Scottish Associations Clan Chief: The Duke of Buccleuch K.B.E Commissioner: Heather de Sylva and Societies Membership welcome from Scotts and Septs: Balwearie, Harden, Laidlaw, Geddes & Langlands. Info: Secretary, PO Box 320, Maclean, NSW, 2463 Australian Scottish Communtiy (Qld) Inc. E: [email protected] Promoter of International Tartan Day, W: clanscottaustraliagroup.moonfruit.com Brisbane, Queensland PO Box 3188, South Brisbane 4101 Bi-Monthly Newsletter, All things Murray Clan Society Scottish Email: [email protected]
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Victorian Scottish Union Established 1905 Clan Sutherland Society Umbrella group representing the interest of North America, Inc. of Scottish Clans and Societies in Victoria. The Society cordially invites membership of Affiliated Clans & Societies for 2013-2014: all Sutherlands (however the name is spelled) and of the associated families: Cheyne, Duffus, Gray, Frederith, Mowat and Oliphant. Ballarat Highland Dancing Geelong Highland Gathering Association Balmoral Highland Dancing Society Geelong Scottish Dance Richard Langford Begonia City Highland Dancing Society Glenbrae Celtic Dancers 1106 Horshoe Lane Brunswick Scottish Society Horsham & District Highland Dancing Club Blacksburg, VA 24060 Clan Cameron Kilmore Celtic Festival e-mail: [email protected] Clan Donald Victoria Maryborough Highland Society Illinois Saint Andrew Society Clan Grant Mornington Peninsula Caledonian Society Illinois’ oldest, largest Scottish Clan Lamont Australia Scottish Country Dance Victoria Society Clan Macdonald Yarraville Inc St Andrews First Aid organization and owner of The Scottish Clan Mackenzie of Australia The Robert Burns Club of Melbourne Clan Sutherland Society Home. A unique “assisted living” Clan Maclean Australia The Royal Caledonian Society of Australia Clan Sinclair Association Warrnambool & District Caledonian Society The Society welcomes membership of all facility located in a beautiful wooded Glenmaggie Scottish Folk Festival Warrnambool Caledonian Highland Dancing Society bearers of the Sutherland name and any of setting. their septs- (Cheyne, Duffus, Frederith, Mowat (or any variation of the spelling). For more information on Society membership and Marie Hodgkinson Jan Macdonald: Secretary 212 MacKenzie Street programs or The Scottish Home, contact Victorian Scottish Union Toowoomba, 4350 T: 03 9360 9829 M: 0438 584 930 Queensland, Australia Gus Noble, President E: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] www.victorianscottishunion.com http://goldenvale.wix.com/clansutherlandaus 708-447-5092 or www.chicago-scots.org

Page 22 • North American Edition • October 2017 THE SCOTTISH BANNER SCOTTISH BANNER EVENTS Having a Clan event? Know of a highland games? Know where the pipes will be playing? Let Scottish Banner readers know of Scottish events both near and far with the Scottish Banner events page. Leonard Montgomery President Send us your community event, concert, meeting or anything with a Scottish twist! Please submit events either online at www.scottishbanner.com/events or email [email protected]. [email protected] Please ensure you submit your event in the exact format we use below, events not submitted in this way cannot be guaranteed to be printed. Events will run both in print and online and is a free service. www.clanmontgomery.org 18 Vancouver, BC - St Andrew’s Ball 21 Denton, TX - 2017 Celtober Highland Games 18 Dunedin, FL - Dunedin Celtic CANADA Join the British Columbia Pipers’ Association at Presented by the Texas Celtic Athletic Association at South Music & Craft Beer Festival the Coast Hotel, Denman Street for a formal, four Lakes Park, 556 Hobson Ln. Info: www.txceltics.org Traditional and contemporary Celtic music and OCTOBER 2017 course dinner, music by the Vancouver Fiddle  21 Salem, OR - Samhain Celtic Year both local and national craft beer at Highlander     5 - 8 Vancouver, BC - Scottish Dance Teachers Alliance Orchestra, entertainment by Shot of Scotch and Festival & Concert 2017 Park. Info: www.dunedincelticmusicfestival.com North American Conference and Scholarships dancing all night long. Info: www.bcpipers.org Celebrate Celtic culture through a day of hands-on 25 Las Vegas, NV - Celtic Thanksgiving  A weekend of learning with the SDTA - great instructors,  18 Orléans, ON - Scotland Tonight experience at the Ceili of the Valley’s 2nd annual Samhain Las Vegas Pipe Band’s annual Celtic Thanksgiving Scottish Heritage USA, Inc. fun classes, and events at the Pinnacle Harbourfront  An afternoon of Celtic excellence featuring the Celtic New Year Festival at Grant Community School, concert showcases the best of Southern Nevada’s P.O. Box 457 Hotel. Info: www.facebook.com/SDTA2017 pipes, drums, song and dance in a showcase of local   725 Market St. NE. Info: www.celticfestival.info diverse Celtic performing arts community on one stage: Pinehurst, NC 28370 Celtic talent. With something for everyone, Scotland  6 - 8 Dartmouth, NS - RSCDS Nova Scotia 21 Merrionette Park, IL - CFD Pipes and Scottish & Irish dancers, Celtic singers, bagpiping &  Tonight is a wonderful way to enjoy the Celtic arts Welcomes membership of anyone interested in the exchange of Branch 35th Anniversary Fall Workshop Drums 10th Anniversary Benefit Party Scottish drumming at Clark County Library 1401 East  Scottish country dance classes, ceilidh and in a grand variety show at Shenkman Arts Centre,  people and ideas between Scotland and the United States. Join the Chicago Fire Department Pipes and Drums Flamingo Rd. Info: www.lasvegaspipeband.org  more at Christ Church Parish Hall, 61 Dundas 245 Centrum Blvd. Info: www.shenkmanarts.ca in celebrating 10 years of service on October 21, 25 Parker, TX - Celtic Festival at the Farm  St. Info: www.rscdsnovascotia.ca.         Write or phone for our free brochure. 24 - 26 St. Anns, NS - Gaelic Weekend 2017, 4pm-8pm at 115 Bourbon St. Info: 773- Spend a beautiful fall day with us on a working farm, www.scottishheritageusa.org 6 - 9 Canmore, AB - Scots Gathering Take some time to develop your Gaelic skills Spend 800-1742 or www.chicagofirepipers.com where Celts and Celts-at-heart will gather to enjoy live the weekend at The Gaelic College while learning the email: [email protected] in the Canadian Rockies 28 Hollywood, FL - Scottish American bagpipe music, Scottish food, gift vendors, kids games and Unleash Your Inner Scot! Explore the arts with Gaelic language in an exciting, useful, and enthralling crafts, historic costumes, silent auctions, Outlander fan (910) 295-4448 way. Info: 902 295 3411 or www.gaeliccollege.edu Society Of South Florida Fall Ceilidh dancing, music and needlework workshops. Learn With a Hallowe’en flavour at Little Flower Catholic meet-up, and more at Jacob’s Reward Farm 4308 Church new things with whisky tasting and cultural lectures. 25 Toronto, ON - RSCDS Toronto’s Church, 1805 Pierce St. Info: www.SASSF.org Lane. Info: www.facebook.com/metroplex.united Hosted by St. Andrew-Caledonian Society of Calgary 60th Anniversary Dance 29 New York, NY - Eve of St Andrew’s Day Dinner Clan Scott Australia Group and the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society 28 - 29 Fayetteville, NC - Carolina Caledonian Fest Scottish Associations Celebrate Scotland’s patron saint with the Scottish- Calgary Branch. Info: www.calgaryscots.org Toronto celebrates their Diamond Anniversary A festival honoring the Argyll Colony, America’s most Clan Chief: The Duke of Buccleuch K.B.E year with a gala dance at the Sala Caboto significant Highlander settlement at Campbellton American Foundation with Scottish food, drink and 7 - 15 Cape Breton Island, NS - Celtic Colours Ball room. Info: www.dancescottish.ca Landing. Info: www.caledonianfest.com cheer at Maggie Place, 21 East 47th St. Info: 212 605 Commissioner: Heather de Sylva and Societies Nine days of Celtic music, energy and excitement. 0338 or www.americanscottishfoundation.org Info: 888 355-7744 or www.celtic-colours.com. 30 Nationwide - Happy St Andrew’s Day 28 - 29 Richmond, VA - Central Virginia Membership welcome from Scotts and Septs: Wishing all our readers and friends a happy St Andrew’s Celtic Festival & Highland Games 30 Nationwide - Happy St Andrew’s Day 13 - 15 Halifax, NS - The Great Balwearie, Harden, Laidlaw, Geddes & Langlands. Day! Celebrate St Andrew’s Day, Scotland’s national day. A weekend of Celtic fun at Richmond Raceway Wishing all our readers and friends a happy St Andrew’s Canadian Genealogy Summit Info: Secretary, PO Box 320, Maclean, NSW, 2463 Complex, 600 E Laburnum Ave Info: 804- Day! Celebrate St Andrew’s Day, Scotland’s national day. Australian Scottish Communtiy (Qld) Inc. The National Genealogy Conference featuring all 356-1093 or www.vacelticfestival.com E: [email protected] Promoter of International Tartan Day, Canadian speakers, includes Scottish ancestry at the USA Lord Nelson Hotel. Info: www.cangensummit.ca 28 Zachary, LA - Louisiana Highland SCOTLAND W: clanscottaustraliagroup.moonfruit.com Brisbane, Queensland Games and Celtic Festival 13 Toronto, ON - Celtic Night at The Tranzac Club OCTOBER 2017 PO Box 3188, South Brisbane 4101 5 Woodridge, IL - 16th Annual Kilted Featuring traditional Highland games, Scotch and Irish OCTOBER 2017 Ugly Horse and Old Man Flanagan’s Ghost are energetic country dancing, bagpiping, heritage events, foods and 3 - 6 Glasgow - The National Piping Centre Bi-Monthly Newsletter, All things and entertaining, and endearing to those familiar with Classic Golf Tournament Dressed in kilts of every color, golfers follow the skirl of a much more at Zachary Youth Park, 1650 E Mount Pleasant Adult Seasonal Piping Gathering Scottish Celtic music, live at The Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Murray Clan Society Email: [email protected] bagpiper around a course and play the game that many Rd. 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Info: www.furnacetown.org with Burns Society NY at Cafe Tallulah, 70th Street & A celebration of live storytelling, oral traditions and cultural 39 Stanhope Street, Malvern. celebrating new directions in music and dance. Think 7 - 8 Reno, NV - The 27th Annual Columbus Ave. Celebrate the “Halloween” of Robert diversity, with Scottish and international storytellers Sinclair Septs and Sinclair descendants Celtic-with attitude. Info: www.rejiggedfestival.com Burns with verse and music. A haunting fun evening Language Class: Wednesdays 7:00 to 8:30 pm Reno Celtic Celebration and musicians. Info: www.tracscotland.org/festivals Clan Pollock For further info contact 21 Salt Spring Island, BC - A Simply Scottish Presented as a community and family event for all. Info: www.americanscottishfoundation.org Among the most ancient families of Scotland. If during school terms at the Celtic Club, Cnr Queen 21 Ballindalloch, Moray - The Dramathon you are a descendant of Pollock, Pollok, Pook, Day of Dance on Salt Spring Island to celebrate Celtic culture at Bartley Ranch 3 - 5 Myrtle Beach, SC - The Association of Run from Glenfarclas to Glenfiddich, pick up Polk, Polke, Paulk, Poalke, Poulk, Poolke, Pogue President Secretary and Latrobe Streets, Melbourne. Scottish country dance event offering workshops during Regional Park. Info: www.renoceltic.org Scottish Games and Festivals Conference - you are cordially invited to contact: stamps along the way and get single malt samples WayneSinclair Liane Sinclair the day and a dinner and dance in the evening. Info: 7 Laurinburg, NC - Scotland County Highland Games A conference of resources and information to assist at the end. Love running and whisky? Time to cross A. D. Pollock, Jr. (004173) 9 814673 4717461 (03) 9348 2663 Contact Maurice Fowler 0408 223 277 www.saltspringscottishdancers.org/simply-scottish Celebrate Scotland at the North Carolina Rural Heritage in the production of Highland Games throughout the streams. Info: www.thedramathon.com PO Box 404 Email: [email protected] 22 London, ON - Kirkin’ O’ The Tartan Center, 13040 X-Way Rd. Info: www.schgnc.org the United States. Info: www.asgf.org/conference Greenville, KY 42345 27 Edinburgh - Ceilidh e-mail: [email protected] E: [email protected] St. George’s Presbyterian Church is hosting is 7 Henderson, NV - Pipes & Pours 2017 - LVPB’s 4 - 5 Austin, TX - Austin Celtic Festival The Annasach Ceilidh Band provide the live music annual Kirkin’ O’ the Tartans Service, 10:30 am at Annual Whisky Tasting Fundraiser Multi-stage and programming of all things Celtic at this ceilidh dance with a caller at Counting The Society of St. Andrew 1475 Dundas St. Everyone is welcome. Wear your Pipes & Pours whisky tasting fundraiser, benefiting out at the beautiful Pioneer Farms in North House,West Nicolson St. Info: www.annasach.co.uk tartan. Light Scottish fare will be served after the Las Vegas Pipe Band , a registered local non-profit, Austin. Info: www.austincelticfestival.com of Scotland service in the lower all. Handicapped Accessible. 27 Bowmore, Isle Of Islay - Theatre and the annual Celtic Thanksgiving Concert. This 4 Denver, CO - 2017 St. Andrew’s Gala of Drams Whisky Festival Caledonian Club Ample Parking. Info: Keith McKee 519-455-5760. event brings you the perfect traditional Scottish Clan Skene Association, Inc. (Queensland) Limited Presented by St. Andrew Society of Colorado at Morning lectures explain the linear process of Of pairing of whisky and bagpipe music at 1794 Invites membership from Skene and ABN 30 093 578 860 25 Surrey, BC - The Centre for Scottish Studies Denver Marriott Tech Center, 4900 S. Syracuse whisky making - Malting, Mashing, Distillation, septs Cariston, Carney/Carnie, Florida West (Sarasota, FL) at Simon Fraser University Lecture Amarone Way. Info: www.lasvegaspipeband.org Invites membership of all people of St. Info: www.coloradoscots.com Maturation, Libation/Marketing/Nosing and Tasting. Currehill, Dyas, Dyce, Dyer, Hall, Dr. Andrew MacKillop from the University of Halyard/Hallyard, MacGalliard, 14 - 15 Ventura, CA - Ventura Seaside Highland Games 4 Seattle, WA - 53rd Annual Heather Afternoons offer Peat Cutting, Gaelic and English Scottish descent or association. Glasgow will speak on Scots in India ca. 1690-1820 Rennie, and Skains. 2017 Spring Schedule: The premier Scottish Event on the Central California Tartan Ball & Silent Auction Distillery Tours, Whisky Tastings, Ceilidh Corner, Feb. 4: Scottish Games at SFU Surrey Campus. Info: www.scottish.sfu.ca AlDorna McGalliard Comp Jack Vaudin, Hon Secretary, P.O. Box 3233 Coast at Seaside Park, Ventura Co. Fairgrounds. Featuring pipe band performances, auction, Scottish Independent Bottlers, Independent Distillers and more Mar. 25: Thistle Ball The Secretary,South Brisbane,P.O. Box BC,3233, QLD, South 4101, Brisbane, Australia BC,. 28 Windsor, ON - RSCDS Windsor Ball Info: 818-886-4968 or www.seaside-games.com at Bowmore Hall. Info: www.theatreofdrams.scot PrePresidentsident Apr. 2: Kirkin’ O’ Tartans country dancing & music. Presented by the Seattle 273103 Amy Sumners Clegg Alle Drivey QLD, 4101, Australia. www.standrewsociety.com Annual ball with the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society May 6: Annual General Luncheon www.standrewsociety.com 14 Indianapolis, IN - Indianapolis Scottish Scottish Highland Games Association at Seattle Latvian 28 Perth - 68th Perth All Scotland Summerville,Gray, GA, SC 31032 29485 Summer Socials: TBA Windsor Branch at 7:30 p.m. in Mackenzie Hall, 3277 Highland Games & Festival Center 11710 3rd Ave NE. Info: www.sshga.org Accordion and Fiddle Festival Email:Email: [email protected] [email protected] Sandwich Street West. Info: www.rscdswindsor.org Presented by The Scottish Society of Indianapolis and The Kicking off with a ceilidh, the event takes in competitions FOUNDED 1974 6 Havana, FL - St. Andrew Society of Scottish Foundation of Indianapolis at German Park, 8600 and championships during the day before finishing with Contact: Robert Howard, President 941-376-5514 FOUNDED 1974 St. Andrewís Society Tallahassee Kirkin’ of the Tartans NOVEMBER 2017 S Meridian St. Info: www.indyscotgamesandfest.com Email: [email protected] St. Andrewís Society At Havana Presbyterian Church, 213 1st St NE, the Senior Scottish Championship and performances RossRoss Clan in Australia Clan in Australia The Stewart Society Web site: www.caledonianclub.org of Vermont 4 - 5 Duncan, BC - Duncan Highland Dance 14 South Amboy, NJ - New Jersey Celtic Fest Info: www.saintandrewtallahassee.org by some of Scotland’s top musicians at Salutation Hotel, TheThe clan is active again in Australia clan is active again in Australia Competition, Premiership & Workshop Show off your kilt and your brave heart and join us South St. Info: www.perthaccordionfestival.co.uk for information contact Welcomes Stewarts, however spelled, by name, ofP .VermontO. Box 484 17 - 19 Pacific Grove, CA - Asilomar Scottish Commander Des Ross(By appointment David Ross Bt Chief of Clan Ross and Balnagowan) Presented by The Cowichan Valley Highland at the New Jersey Celtic Fest in County Middlesex at for information contact Commander Des Ross birth, or descent, from all over the world. Annual Country Dance Weekend & Workshop 28 Oban - Scottish Rhododendron (By appointment David Ross Bt Chief of Clan Ross and Balnagowan) Essex Junction,P.O. Bo xVT 48 405453 Dance Association. Info: www.cvhda.com Raritan Bay Waterfront Park, John T. O’Leary Blvd. Gathering in historic, Stewart-related properties in Scottish country dance weekend & workshops Festival 2017: Achnacloich We would be pleased to hear from anyone with Ross Clan Essex Junction, VT 05453 7 Vancouver, BC - The Gaelic Society Info: 855-478-6888 or www.irunnewjersey.com Enjoy a succession of wonderful bulbs, flowering We wouldheritage and interest. be pleased to hear from anyone Scotland. Newsletter. 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Info: www.scotlandsgardens.org Tel/Fax 0131 220 4512 www.stewartsociety.org David Campbell - President (802) 878-8663 18 Toronto, ON - The St.Andrew’s Charity Ball Toronto Concert at Balmoral Classic at [email protected] Games presented in a uniquely southern style. Experience Scottish hospitality and revel in Scotland’s Scottish traditional music on Scots fiddle and cello at the 28 Alloway, Ayr - Alloween Info: 770 521-0228 or www.smhg.org. rich history and traditions, co-hosted by the St. Andrew’s Balmoral Classic. Pittsburgh’s Balmoral School of Piping Are you brave enough to visit Alloway on Halloween? Victorian Scottish Union Society of Toronto and the 48th Highlanders of Canada 21 Sarasota, FL - Sarasota Celtic Music Festival and Drumming presents Alasdair Fraser and Natalie at Spooky Guided Tour of the Bard’s birthplace and Established 1905 Celebrate Celtic culture at Nathan Benderson Clan Sutherland Society Umbrella group representing the interest at Fairmont Royal York Hotel, 100 Front Street West. Info: McGonigle Theatre, Central Catholic High School, 4720 Alloway’s Auld Haunted Kirk at Burns Cottage. Park. Info: www.celtoberfest.org of North America, Inc. of Scottish Clans and Societies in Victoria. [email protected] or www.standrews-society.ca. Fifth Ave. Info: 412 323- 2707 or www.bagpiping.org Info: 01292 443700 or [email protected] The Society cordially invites membership of Affiliated Clans & Societies for 2013-2014: all Sutherlands (however the name is spelled) and of the associated families: Cheyne, Duffus, Gray, Frederith, Mowat and Oliphant. 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Halloween, celebrated on 31 October, is widely assumed IN THE SCOTTISH KITCHEN to be an American festival but it’s actually an ancient Celtic pagan celebration. The term Halloween comes from All-hallow-even or All Hallows’ Eve - the evening before All Hallows’ Day, or All Saints’ Day. The festival originated as a pagan ritual among the Celts in Ireland and Britain, who regarded 31 October as the last day of summer, November being associated with the death and slaughter of animals that provided meat for winter. In the old Norse religion, sacrifices were made to the elves, and food was blessed and stored for winter. Irish and Scottish immigrants carried Halloween festivities in the 19th century.

salt and freshly ground black pepper 100g/3½oz. butter, cut into cubes grated parmesan (or similar 175g/6oz. light soft brown sugar vegetarian hard cheese), to serve 4 tbsp. golden syrup Method: 1 free-range egg, lightly beaten For the decoration: Preheat the oven 190C/375F/Gas 5. Peel and white icing (such as royal icing), de-seed the pumpkin. Dice into 2.5cm/1in for decorating the biscuits pinch grated nutmeg and place onto an ovenproof sheet. Lantern soup 125g/4½oz butter, softened 75ml vegetable stock Chop the rosemary and sprinkle over the (pumpkin and haricot bean soup) 250g/9oz. icing sugar 375g/13 oz. pack ready-rolled puff pastry pumpkin. Season and drizzle with olive oil. 2 tbsp. cocoa powder Ingredients: egg, beaten Place in the oven and cook for 45 minutes. 1 tbsp. milk 1 tbsp. olive oil 50g/1.7 oz. cheddar, grated Cook the pasta in plenty of salted boiling ½ pack Oreo cookies or bourbon biscuits 1 large onion, finely chopped 2 tbsp. roasted pumpkin seeds (from a packet) water as per instructions. Chop the garlic and shallot, gently pan-fry in the butter 1 pack chocolate sticks 2 cloves garlic, crushed Method: 675g/1½lb pumpkin flesh, cubed for about 1 minute. Add the mustard and Method: Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan, then 450g/1lb sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed wine, bring to the boil. Simmer for 2-3 Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease add the onion and cook for 5 minutes until 1 tsp mixed dried herbs minutes. Add the lemon juice, seasoning, and line a 20x30cm/8x12in rectangular cake softened and lightly golden. Stir in the 1 tsp chopped sage cream and finally the parsley. Drain off tin with baking parchment. Beat together pumpkin and tomato purée. Season with 1.5L/2½ pints vegetable stock the pasta and remove the pumpkin from the butter and sugar with a hand-held mixer nutmeg and salt and pepper to taste. Pour 400g/14oz canned haricot the oven. Fold into the pasta in a bowl. until the mixture is pale and fluffy. Add the in the stock and bring to the boil before beans, rinsed and drained Pour over the sauce and mix together. eggs a little at a time, beating well between turning down to a simmer for 8-10 minutes. salt and freshly ground black pepper Check seasoning. Serve in a bowl with each addition, adding the vanilla extract The pumpkin should be just tender and the parmesan cheese over the top. Method: almost all of the liquid evaporated. Spoon with the last of the egg. Sift together the flour Heat the oil in a large saucepan and fry into a bowl and set to one side to cool. Heat Roast pumpkin seeds and the cocoa powder into a bowl. Fold the onion and garlic for about 10 minutes oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Unroll the the flour mixture into the butter mixture until softened and starting to colour. pastry and roll it out slightly thinner with until fully incorporated. Spoon the cake Add the pumpkin, sweet potato and a rolling pin. Cut out 8 diamond shapes batter into the prepared tin and smooth the herbs and cook for a further 5 minutes. approximately 10cm wide x 15cm long. surface with the back of a spoon. Bake for 30 Add the vegetable stock and bring to the boil. Brush each pastry diamond with beaten minutes until firm to the touch (a wooden Cover the pan and simmer for 30 minutes, egg. Stir the grated cheese into the cooled skewer inserted in the centre should come until the vegetables are cooked and tender. pumpkin mixture, then divide between the out clean). Leave to cool for 10 minutes in Add the haricot beans and season to taste diamonds, placing the mix on the top half the tin before turning out onto a wire rack with salt and pepper. Cook for 5 minutes, of each piece of pastry. Fold the bottom of to cool completely. For the ginger biscuit then serve hot with crusty bread. the diamond over the filling, pressing the tombstones, place the flour, ginger and edges together firmly to make a well-sealed bicarbonate of soda into a mixing bowl. Rub the butter in with your fingertips until the Devilish red cabbage triangle. Brush all over with egg glaze and Ingredients: scatter over a few pumpkin seeds, in star mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add 100g/3½oz pumpkin seeds Ingredients: or moon shapes if you like. Chill for 30 the sugar, syrup and egg and mix together ¼ tsp celery salt 1 tbsp. sunflower oil minutes, or overnight, covered with cling until it forms a soft dough. Wrap in cling ¼ tsp salt 1 onion, chopped film, if you are making ahead. Bake for filmand chill in the fridge for 30 minutes. ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper 450g/1lb red cabbage, shredded 20-25 minutes until golden and puffed. Pre-heat the oven to 180C/350F/gas 4. Roll 225g/8oz cooking apples, ¼ tsp paprika out the dough on a lightly floured surface peeled, cored and diced 1 tsp vegetable oil Pumpkin pasta and cut out your shapes – you will only need 2.5cm/1in piece fresh root Method: a few for the cake so cut out some other ginger, peeled and grated with rosemary Brush a frying pan with a very small Halloween shapes for extra biscuits. Place pinch of ground cinnamon or allspice amount of oil and place over a medium the shapes on to greased baking sheets and 150ml/¼pt vegetable stock heat. Add the pumpkin seeds, stirring bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes. Remove salt and freshly ground black pepper frequently. They will expand and brown from the sheets with a palette knife and Method: fairly quickly, and when this is done, place onto a wire rack to cool completely Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the place them in a bowl and add the salt, before decorating with white icing. onion, red cabbage and apple and cook celery salt, freshly ground black pepper For the buttercream, beat the butter in a gently for 5 minutes. Add the ginger and and paprika. This is delicious if the large bowl with a hand held mixer until cinnamon or allspice and the vegetable stock. pumpkin seeds are reasonably fresh creamy then add the icing sugar a spoonful Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and at a time beating well between each simmer gently for 15-20 minutes until most of Halloween cake addition. Add the cocoa powder and milk the liquid has evaporated and the vegetables Ingredients: Ingredients: and beat again for a further five minutes are tender. Season to taste and serve. 340g/12oz. pasta such as large shells For the cake: until light and fluffy. Blend the Oreo or Wizard’s hat pasties 1 small pumpkin 250g/9oz. butter, softened, plus extra for greasing bourbon biscuits to fine crumbs in a food 2 sprigs rosemary 250g/9oz.caster sugar processor. Spread the buttercream over the Ingredients: 1 clove garlic 4 free-range eggs, lightly beaten cooled cake, covering the top and sides – 1 tbsp. olive oil 1 shallot 1 tsp vanilla extract don’t worry if it’s not smooth - a few lumps small onion, finely chopped 140ml/5fl oz. carton double cream 200g/7oz. self-raising flour and bumps will make it more mud-like. 250g/9 oz. pumpkin flesh (buy 1 tsp Dijon mustard 50g/2oz. cocoa powder Break the chocolate sticks in half unevenly, a large wedge and peel, or use 2 tsp chopped flat leaf parsley For the ginger biscuit tombstones: then stick around the sides of the cake to leftovers from lantern-making), cut 30-55g/1-2oz butter 350g plain flour form the fence. Sprinkle the biscuit soil over into small cubes of about 1cm 150ml/¼ pint white wine ½ tsp ground ginger the surface before sticking in the tombstones 2 tsp tomato purée ½ lemon, juice only 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda and decorating with spooky sweets.

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By: Kenny MacAskill The Law of the Innocents Tartan of the Month Kenny MacAskill was an SNP MSP and Justice Secretary from 2007-2014. He is now a Jute, Jam & Journalism Tartan columnist with the Herald and Scotsman, as well as contributing to other papers and magazines. He has written several books on the Scottish Diaspora along with former First Minister Henry McLeish, as well on his own on Scottish politics, the Lockerbie Bombing and a biography of the trade union leader Jimmy Reid, soon to be published.

clerics from across Ireland and both Gaelic and Pictish Scotland. It’s thought it was enacted in AD 697 at a Synod held in the midlands of Ireland, at Birr. The date was chosen as it was the centenary of Columba’s death. The site was also selected not just because of the prestigious monastery sited there, but also as it was the border between the Kings of Munster in the south and the Ui Neill dominated north of Ireland. War and The Scottish Banner is pleased to be offering the Iona Abbey is located on the Isle of Iona. The abbey was a focal troubles had flared there over many Tartan of the Month series highlighting a variety of point for the spread of Christianity throughout Scotland since years, as elsewhere in the Celtic lands. different, unique and colourful tartans from around Columba arrived there in AD 563. Photo: VisitScotland/Paul Tomkins. The Law of the Innocents was the world which are registered with the Scottish basically a set of rules to regulate Register of Tartans in Edinburgh. The Scottish here’s a perception held by Moreover, what’s less well known warfare and protect non-combatants. Register of Tartans was established by an act of the many that Scotland in ancient is the contribution made in trying It was, though a first systematic Scottish Parliament in November 2008 and promotes times was full of wode to bring peace to troubled lands and attempt to try and regulate combat and preserves information about historic and wearing savages who even the invoke rules to protect innocents in and protect innocents and civilians. contemporary tartans from Scotland and throughout TRomans couldn’t conquer. Terrifying times of war. This being done almost Then, sadly as now, war and conflict the world. Text and image use is courtesy of the their southern neighbours, that it was 1400 years before the United Nations can be savage and brutal. This was an Scottish Register of Tartans. only in later years that the barbarism or the Red Cross were established. attempt to protect women, children ended and civilization began. It St Adamnan, also spelt Adomnan and clerics. It applied throughout both arpweftweave studio was commissioned sometimes suits the image a few like invoked the Law of the Innocents. It’s Ireland and in Scotland. by Overgate Shopping Centre to design a to cultivate and as with most things also known as Cain Adomnan or the unique tartan as a commemorative tribute there’s an element of truth in parts. Canon Law of Adamnan. It has been Celtic civilisation to the once famous Dundee Juteopolis, as written about but for the reasons It was also reflective of the times Wpart of a yearlong marketing campaign. The Jute, Jam A common culture noted above and doubtless others it was written in that some of the & Journalism Tartan (Reference: 11905) is to be woven However, there was also a culture and it’s never had the publicity it merits. punishments for breaching it were entirely out of jute with various colours throughout a civilization in existence long before Gilbert Markus, a former priest, severe indeed. For example, slaying a to represent the three J’s of Dundee; Jute, Jam and the history of Scotland begins for penned a book entitled Adomnan’s woman resulted in a right hand and Journalism. Natural jute, the main colour of the design many. It’s something that Scots should Law of the Innocents almost a decade left foot being cut off before execution. represents the jute industry of Dundee and secondary take pride in and one story is apposite ago and it’s well worth a read for Far from benign and similar brutal colours of orange, red, black and grey represent today. As terror afflicts lands around those seeking further information. punishments were meted out for jam, marmalade and the newsprint of journalism the globe and as horror impacts on Adamnan became the 9th Abbot killing peasants or clerics; as well as respectively. This tartan was registered on 29 August, innocents many could do well to learn of Iona in 679 AD. He’s remembered for specific crimes like rape. It also 2017 by A Slater, Blairgowrie, Perthshire. from what was invoked in Scotland now as the biographer of St Columba declared punishments to be carried over a thirteen hundred years ago. who he succeeded as Abbot. In fact, out including death, mutilation Of course, it wasn’t just in Scotland he was also related to Colm Cille or and fines for other offences. Doing as in those days the Irish Sea was not Church Dove as it translates from nothing to protect the innocents an obstacle between two different the Irish, who is equally important could also be punished. lands but a highway that connected a across the Irish Sea. Columba being It’s considered the first Christian common culture. Ireland and parts of the patron Saint of Derry, and one attempt to regulate warfare and Scotland were one in terms of language of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. He protect those who were not active and religion. Monks traversed the sea was equally pivotal in Scotland, even participants. Much of it was based on bringing the Christian faith to Scotland, if he followed in the wake of others old Irish laws, that also applied in the and indeed spreading it beyond to the who had gone before him. Preaching parts of Scotland covered by it. How Clan Cameron Gathering Australia north of England. to and converting both the Gaels successful it was isn’t really known Much of that appears to have been of Dalriada which covered much of and it certainly didn’t spare Iona from Gold Coast, Queensland lost in the mists of time. Partly, through what became Strathclyde and parts of savagery at the hands of the Vikings, 20 – 22 April 2018 events that troubled it and the time that Northern Ireland; as well as the Picts, who refused to recognise them. has passed since it happened. Perhaps, elsewhere in the Scotland. However, it was still a remarkable Host: Clan Cameron New South Wales Inc. 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North American Edition • October 2017 • Page 25 THE SCOTTISH BANNER Spooky places to visit in Scotland from malnourishment but from the pain But if she is seen weeping, trouble lies of a broken heart. Her spirit roams the ahead. The castle is open daily, with castle awaiting the day their souls will restricted hours during the winter. be entwined once more. Others say she is Mary Witherspoon, a victim of Grave The Home of Walter Scott at Robbers who sold bodies to educated men Abbotsford House for dissection. While the robbers were Abbotsford House in the Scottish Borders, brought to justice her ghost still seeks was the home of novelist Sir Walter Scott. her mortal remains. People report a faint When you visit you can walk his library scent of rose-blossom in the air before she and even sit in his dining room. Be careful appears, her favourite flower. though. That is where the great man died after exhausting himself writing in an Scotland.org Fyvie Castle attempt to pay off huge debts. Might you Just north of Aberdeen, this castle catch a glimpse of his ghost? is haunted by the spectre of Lilias Drummond who died there in 1601. Culloden Moor Fyvie Castle, home to Lilias Drummond. Photo: VisitScotland/Damian Shields. Some believe she was starved to death by Text courtesy of Text her husband, others that she died from cotland is certainly a spooky place, a broken heart. Whatever the truth, it is not just on Halloween. Our long said that Lilias’s ghost carved her name bloody history set in remote forests, Is it just a draught seeping on the stone window sill of her husband’s castles and glens is the ideal fodder bedroom on the night that he took a new Sfor many gruesome tales of ghosts and through an ancient wall or bride. The writing can still be seen and the ghouls. Scotland is a nation of storytellers green-ghost of Lilias appears when time and throughout the centuries accounts something altogether more bodes ill for the owners of Fyvie. A dead persist of the spirits of real people who sinister. In Scotland you can drummer and a haunted trumpeter are died in tragic or horrific circumstances. Of also believed to haunt the Castle – with the apparitions that appear at certain times of never be too sure. trumpet sounding when death is near. the night, or on certain days of the year – perhaps when they were murdered. And of Cruden Bay It was here on a windswept patch of strange, eerie sounds that pierce the chilled On the Aberdeenshire coast and to the ground near Inverness that Bonnie Scottish air. Hauntings seem to have no been seen. Guided tours will take you to east of Fyvie, Cruden Bay is a pleasant Prince Charlie’s rebel army was crushed set boundaries. Ghosts have been reported the close, Greyfriars cemetery, where the looking fishing village. But in the 19th by government troops in 1746. The on bleak roads, in old theatres and ancient ghosts of covenanters who were tortured century it was the holiday haunt of Bram Prince’s army was made up of Scottish graveyards across the land. Is it just a and executed linger, and also to the place Stoker. The ruins of Slains Castle, which clans like the Stuarts, the Macdonalds draught seeping through an ancient wall where body snatchers Burke and Hare drape down from the headland inspired and the Frasers. Many were slaughtered or something altogether more sinister. In first dug up corpses to sell for use in his vision of Count Dracula’s Castle. The after the battle was over. Cairns, or rock Scotland you can never be too sure. medical experiments. Kilmarnock Arms Inn, where Stoker monuments, stand where these men died. stayed in 1895, is still there. Would you Visions of the battle and apparitions at Scotland’s spookiest street Roslyn Chapel risk a visit to the place where Count the memorial cairns are said to occur in Dracula was brought to life? this sorrowful place. A refurbished visitor centre is open all year round. Cawdor Castle Shakespeare’s Macbeth was given the title Edinburgh Castle of Thane of Cawdor in the classic story The castle has a long and bloody history or power and revenge. While the castle and is reputed to be haunted by many did not exist during the time of the real ghosts, including that of a headless Macbeth, could the stories of Cawdor drummer boy. His appearance is said to Castle, close to Nairn near inverness, be be a warning that the castle is about to stranger than Shakespeare’s fiction. One be besieged and was first seen in 1650 ghost is thought to be the daughter of before Oliver Cromwell and his English and earl of Cawdor. A wayward lass who army attacked. The castle is now a major A few miles to the south-east of insulted her father by flattering an enemy tourist venue and is home to the Scottish Edinburgh. Made famous by the novel and chieftain’s son. When the Earl discovered crown jewels and the Stone of Destiny an movie The Da Vinci Code, this working their tryst she fled to the highest tower ancient rock on which the Kings of Scots church was built for the Sinclair family of the castle as he followed in murderous were crowned. in the fifteenth century. Ghostly flames pursuit. She lowered herself from the apparently flicker in the burial vault when window to escape the threats of her father. Overton Bridge one of the Sinclair’s is about to die, and an He showed no mercy and chopped off her A modern day mystery, the Overton Bridge apparition of the apprentice who carved hands sending her to her death. Visitors in West Dunbartonshire has been the site the famous Apprentice Pillar and was then have reported seeing the ghost of this of many unexplained dog suicides. The murdered by his teacher, can sometimes handless girl still roaming the castle. dogs are reported to take the plunge from be seen or heard. exact same spot on the same side of the Dunstaffnage Castle bridge. Some of those lucky enough to Spooky Stirling On the west coast of Scotland, close to survive are said to return moments later Stirling Castle was the home to the Kings the town of Oban, the castle is more than to try again. It is alleged Overton Bridge and Queens of Scotland. Trouble, intrigue thirteen hundred years old. Besieged has taken the lives of 50 unfortunate and death were never far from their walls. and rebuilt many times it was visited canine companions. There have been Mary King’s Close, Edinburgh. The street Stirling is not short of a ghost story or two. by Robert the Bruce, King James IV and many attempts to explain the phenomena. leading from Edinburgh Castle to the Some of their origins are clear, others are Flora Macdonald – who was imprisoned Some think the problem lies with mink Palace of Holyroodhouse is known as “The shrouded in even more secrets. The Pink at Dunstaffnage after helping Bonnie trails leading over the side of the bridge. Royal Mile”, with dark and spooky lanes Lady falls into the latter category. Some Prince Charlie escape Scotland following However, in Celtic beliefs Overton Bridge leading off. One, Mary King’s Close, was say she was a pretty noblewoman engaged the Battle of Culloden. A lady dressed is called a “thin place” where the realms bricked up during an outbreak of plague to a brave knights who starved to death in green walks the ramparts when of the living and the dead cross. Others and only recently re-opened. Said to be inside Stirling Castle – while under an momentous events are about to unfold believe that dogs are super sensitive to the the most haunted place in the Scottish English siege in 1304 - during the Wars for the castle owners, Clan Campbell. spirits and spooked enough by the bridge capital, the spirit of a young girl has often of Independence. She in turn died, not When smiling the fortune will be good. to take their own lives.

Page 26 • North American Edition • October 2017 THE SCOTTISH BANNER The home of myths, Celebrate Halloween in Scotland legends and spooky stories! when he disappeared. The pipes are said a bitter battle between the MacDonalds to herald the announcement of a marriage, and the MacLeods some 300 years ago. and also to be heard on stormy nights. His Also, often seen is a driver-less 1934 Austin apparition is also said to have been seen in phantom car hurtling along roads at the grounds of the castle, both on Piper’s breakneck speed. Brae and near the ruinous collegiate Culloden Moor, Inverness-shire - This church. area is the site of the tragic end to the Glamis Castle, Forfar - Glamis Castle, Jacobite Rising of 1745. Bonnie Prince just outside the village of Glamis, is Charlie and 5000 Highlanders were reputed to be one of the most haunted defeated by The Duke of Cumberland and castles in Scotland. King Malcolm II was over 9000 Government troops just outside murdered here leaving a bloodstain on Inverness in the Highlands. Here, by the the floor, which defied all efforts to be memorial cairn, there has often been seen removed, and eventually the floor was the dim form of a battle-worn Highlander. boarded over. The castle is also said Some years ago, a woman who was visiting to contain secret rooms. One which is Culloden chanced to look into the Well of believed to house a monster which roamed the Dead and as she did so she saw the Jedburgh Castle where you may just hear the pipes. at night. This monster was believed to have reflection of a Highlander looking back Text courtesy of Scotland.org Text been the son of a Laird of Glamis who was at her. This is only one of many reported cotland has long been known as taking place in Scotland in the run up to, horribly deformed and was kept in one of sightings on the moor. the home of myths, legends and and including, 31 October. the secret rooms. A ghost named the ‘Grey tales of the supernatural. A visit to Read on if you dare.... Lady is also said to haunt the Chapel. any Scottish town or city, or even Sthe most remote part of the country, will Creepy Castles Tales of mystery, war and murder bring with it stories of ghosts, ghouls and Jedburgh Castle, Scottish Borders - The St Andrews, Fife - the historic seaside town mysterious events. site’s eventful past as a medieval castle, is steeped in legend, with stories of ghosts Halloween originates from the ancient site of the town gallows and as a prison of murdered archbishops, John Knox and Celts’ celebrations and is based on their ‘Feast throughout the 19th century, is well even the Devil himself wandering the of Samhain’. The eve became known as All known. Among the ‘ghosts’ rumoured to streets! The Cathedral ruins are said to be Saints’ Eve, All Hallows’ Eve, or Hallowe’en. All haunt the castle is the Prison jailor, along haunted by an unidentified lady in a long Saints’ Day, 1 November, is said to be the day with a number of male, female and child white dress with a veil, holding a book in when souls walked the Earth. prisoners. On dark nights the refrain of a her clasped hands. Visitors to Scotland this Halloween lone piper is said to be heard coming from The Isle of Skye - In the past, scores of will certainly be in for a treat with a visit behind the boundary wall. kilted soldiers have been reputedly sighted to one of its ‘frightfully’ good locations ... Culzean Castle, Ayrshire - Culzean has here. They are often seen near Harta Corrie The Clan MacGillivray or perhaps a good scare! There are also a ghostly piper, who is reputed to have which is celebrated in local history for headstone at Culloden Moor. a number of Halloween themed events been searching caves beneath the castle the Bloody Stone that marks the scene of

Full list of Scotland’s History in 25 Objects: Scotland’s rich and colourful history 1. Barbed Harpoon Point Gwen Raez, Senior Marketing Manager Scotland’s top 25 historical 2. The Orkney Venus at VisitScotland said: “After months of 3. Poltalloch Jet Necklace deliberation, we’re delighted to unveil 4. The Carpow Logboat the list of 25 objects that we think best objects announced 5. Mousa Broch represent Scotland’s rich and colourful 6. Roman Distance Slab history – but it is by no means an 7. Carved Footprint exhaustive collection and we know there 8. St. Martin’s Cross will be many more out there that people 9. The Lewis Chessmen want to add! We chose items that were 10. Stone Effigy at Sweetheart Abbey not only important to the history of the 11. Robert the Bruce Equestrian Statue country, but also had an interesting The Lewis Chessmen are part of Scotland’s History in 25 Objects. 12. Honours of Scotland narrative behind them and would inspire 13. Oldest Football people to find out more. Scotland’s history, 14. Castle of Mey Tapestry rom a Roman distance slab to a (originally found in the Macarthur Cave, heritage and archaealogy are among the 15. Penicuik Jewels top reasons for visiting Scotland. 2017 is medieval football, Antarctic goggles Oban) that dates back to the Middle Stone 16. Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Travelling Canteen the year to delve into the past and discover to a dancing fiddle- VisitScotland Age, and is one of the earliest instruments 17. The Gregg Violin Scotland’s fascinating stories through a has revealed the top 25 objects used to hunt and fish in Scotland. The most 18. Sir Walter Scott’s Desk Fthat have shaped Scotland’s history in a modern in the list is Dolly the Sheep - the wide-ranging, variety of new and existing 19. Mackintosh Trail Music Room activity to drive the nation’s tourism and stunning 25 objects ebook. The list has been first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell 20. Paisley Shawls events sector, boosting tourism in every compiled by an expert panel for the 2017 – who is currently housed at the National 21. Tom Morris Junior Medal single corner of the country. We hope lots Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology, Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh and 22. Dallas Dhu Stencil of visitors enjoy this fascinating e-book.” the 25 objects cover over 5000 years of celebrated her 20th anniversary in 2016. 23. Captain Scott’s Snow Goggles Dr Jeff Sanders, Dig It! 2017 Project Scottish history and the length and breadth More unusual objects on the list include 24. Steam Locomotive “Maude” Manager at the Society of Antiquaries of the country from Shetland to Dumfries the Orkney Venus – the earliest known 25. Dolly the Sheep of Scotland said: “As you can imagine, and Galloway. The objects were chosen depiction of the female human form - The national tourism organisation is capturing thousands of years of Scottish based on chronological and geographic which dates from the Neolithic period and encouraging the public to suggest their prehistory and history with just a spread alongside their individual interesting was uncovered at the Links of Noltland on own ideas for objects that have played a handful of objects was not an easy task! stories. The final 25 were chosen by a panel the Orkney island of Westray in 2009. part in Scotland’s history that haven’t been It’s great to see a mixture of old favorites that included representatives from Historic A violin which ignited Robert Burns’ included in the list. Suggestions can be and unexpected items come together Environment Scotland, National Museums rebellious streak, revealing more about the made on social media using the hashtags to tell a story that opens with the first of Scotland, Society of Antiquaries of great Bard’s personality is another object #25objects #hha2017 hunter-gatherers and stretches all the Scotland and VisitScotland. that makes the final cut. The Gregg Violin Scotland’s Year of History, Heritage and way up to our living memory. Now that was owned by Burns’ dance teacher, William Archaeology began on 1 January 2017. To the list has been revealed, it’s the perfect Scotland’s fascinating past Gregg. In around 1779, Robert Burns started date, hundreds of events have happened time to discover Scotland’s stories for VisitScotland hopes that visitors will go on taking dancing lessons and wrote that he across the country including Scotland in yourself during the Year of History, a trail to discover as many of the objects as hoped these new skills would ‘give my Six, Weave, Edinburgh’s Georgian Shadows, Heritage and Archaeology.” possible and in turn discover more about manners a brush’, but it was most likely an Tradfest, Dig it! 2017, Festival of Museums Scotland’s History in 25 Objects Scotland’s fascinating past. The oldest act of rebellion because his father did not and a range of activity across Historic is now available to download at: object in the list is a barbed harpoon point approve of such seemingly sinful behaviour. Environment Scotland locations. http://ebooks.visitscotland.com/25-objects/

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