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Andy P @arcticreviews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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100 Greatest Songs of the 90’s #86 Trashcan Sinatras – Obscurity Knocks
Released : 1990 Not everyone under 25 was a pill gobbling spider monkey in Britain at the beginning of the 90’s, but you’ll find it difficult to unearth much evidence to the contrary no…
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Movies of Scotland: The Hermit of Treig. (2022) Documentary portrait of Ken Smith, an elderly man who has spent 40 years living in relative isolation in a cabin on the shores of Loch Treig in the Highlands.
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Albums of Scotland: The Trashcan Sinatras – Cake. Recorded at Shabby Road, Kilmarnock in 1990.
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A view of Campbeltown Main Street from the Old Quay Head taken in July 1986. Pic: Flickr/eb 2010
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Goatfell, Isle of Arran. Pic: James Raeburn
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
View from Sgùrr Alasdair, Isle of Skye. Pic: Anna Lubomirska
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Suede Crocodiles from Glasgow. Best known for 'Stop The Rain'. Single of the Week in NME and Melody Maker. Pic: Alan Dimmick, 1983
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Protest against the proposed M77 motorway near Pollok Park in Glasgow, 1994. Pic: Jeremy Sutton–Hibbert
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
An evening at Dunfermline Folk Club in October 1970. The Dunfermline Folk Club originated in 1961 and became a major centre for the Scottish folk music revival, hosting performers such as Barbara Dickson, Billy Connolly, Bert Jansch, Archie Fisher, and The Corries.
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Last Day of Summer 2016 – Gourock Outdoor Pool. Pic: Michael Deveney
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A mother holding her baby in front of a Nissen hut at Duddingston Camp in Edinburgh. The basic tin shelters were built as temporary accommodation for families whose homes had been destroyed during World War II. Pic: Haywood Magee
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Newspaper clipping of Cocteau Twins, taken from Los Angeles Times, September 7, 1985.
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
'In 1976 he became a St Mirren supporter. He was at the Hammarby game. This may explain a great deal.' - Author Christopher Brookmyre, in autobiographical note to his novel, Boiling a Frog, 2000.
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Barnton Nuclear Bunker during the Cold War era in the 1950s. A vast, three-storey, underground installation hidden 100 feet beneath Corstorphine Hill in West Edinburgh.
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Loch Trool, Galloway Forest Park. Pic: IG/peterdinsmore
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ewan McGregor behind the scenes Trainspotting. (1995)
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Books of Scotland: Lanark – Alasdair Gray. A modern vision of hell, set in the disintegrating cities of Unthank and Glasgow. First published in 1981.
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Dundee, 15 February 1959. Pic: Michael Peto
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Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I have a flying visit to Edinburgh coming up, and this was already on my itinerary. Be warned, Edinburgh. I'm coming and I WANT BOOKS!
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Edinburgh and surrounding areas cinemas. From the 1970 Edinburgh telephone directory. Pic: The Edinburgh Gig Archive
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Paul Haig of Josef K, 1980 Pic: David Corio
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Susie Mc @susiemc23.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As far as I know this still hadn’t been renamed and is still called The Sackler staircase. Of the very same Sacklers, who are the blame for the opioid epidemic in the US.
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Edinburgh, 30th January 1954. Pic: Haywood Magee
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Loch Lomond in autumn. Pic: IG/nomadlad
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Kilcreggan on a Sunday morning. Pic: Michael Deveney
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Nightclubs of Scotland: Pro dancers Paula McFarlane and Sandie Guiney at Room at the Top, Bathgate, in 1998.
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Adrian in Edinburgh @adrianinedinburgh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I lived in Bathgate a few years after this photo was taken and our flat was above RS McColl's on George Street. Our front door would have been just out of shot to the right of this image!
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jon Morrison and Billy Connolly in The Elephants' Graveyard. (1976)
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The new Cunard flagship Queen Elizabeth II (QE2) carries out her speed trials off the Isle of Arran, in the Firth of Clyde. (1968)
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Jesus and Mary Chain, 1985 Pic: Kenji Kubo
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Bookshop of The Day: Armchair Books, West Port, Edinburgh. Pic: Murray Orr
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Foil from Fauldhouse. Indie/guitar-pop band formed in 1995 and signed to Mute imprint 13th Hour.
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Spiral staircase in the Theatre Royal, Glasgow. Pic: Susan Morrison
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The line–ups for Dundee v Hearts at Dens Park on Saturday 3rd May, 1986. Pic: Grant Hill
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Demonstration in support of the Plessey Occupation, March 1982. The Plessey Occupation was a landmark, predominantly female factory sit-in at the Plessey Capacitors plant in Bathgate to resist closure and mass redundancies.
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Saturday 18th March 1995 – Clydebank's Davie Cooper with fans at Dens Park.
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Muriel Gray installed as Rector of Edinburgh University in May 1988. Pic: Alan Macdonald
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Whiteout from Greenock, 1994. Rock group signed to the Silvertone label, releasing 6 singles and 2 albums before disbanding in 1999. Most famous for their hit, 'Jackie's Racing'.
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Bill Simpson as undercover bomb expert MacNair in 'Scotch on the Rocks'. A 5‐episode drama imagining a near-future Scotland where the campaign for Scottish independence turns into a violent, armed insurrection. BBC 1, 1973
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Milky Way and a satellite trail near Carrbridge. Pic: Alan Rankin
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fans queuing outside Archaos nightclub in Glasgow for the filming of a Top of the Pops episode, which was presented by Jayne Middlemiss and Gail Porter. (1999)
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Kez @kierangerrie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I genuinely can't say enough about how good this film is and how much it actually shines a light on tourettes - especially what people have to face on a daily basis living with the condition John Davidson has been a staple for tourettes especially with the documentaries he's done & I Swear
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bridge of Lochay Hotel, Killin in the early–1970s. Dates from 1765. Pic: Jon Evans
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Third Lanark players train as a new stand is erected at Cathkin Park. (1963)
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Alistair McLean @sandy-beach.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As I remember they came from the same stable as Texas and Gun, although not as successful. I still thought they fitted the overall sound the 3 bands produced. Pity they didn't make it as big.
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
CalMac ferry Argyll Flyer approaching Dunoon. (2026) Pic: Michael Deveney
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Movies of Scotland: I Swear (2025). Biographical comedy-drama directed by Kirk Jones. The film chronicles the true life story of John Davidson (played by Robert Aramayo), a Galashiels man living with severe Tourette syndrome and coprolalia (involuntary swearing).
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
19-year-old trainee nurse Shirley Lawson berates Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher outside the Holiday Inn in Glasgow. (1982)
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Forth Road Bridge in 1964.
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Luskentyre beach on Harris. Pic: Christopher Swan
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