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The John Elrick

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Strangely strange but oddly normal. Existentialist depressive, Amiable Anarchist and recreational misanthrope. Love my HiFi, guitars and Art books. Qualified Art Historian. Particular interests include Cinema, Oriental Culture and Military History.

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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 8h
Useful reminder as to why Brexit happened. It also explains why we will never be allowed to rejoin, unless you vote Green in England, SNP in Scotland or Plaid Cymru in Wales.
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Aberdeen City Arts Board @adeencityartsboard.bsky.social · 7h
We'd love our country back. From the likes of Lowe. Fuck off Nazi Scum #FONS
tweet from Restore reader Rupert Lowe. I'll spare the details. it's the ramblings of a mad posh nazi boy.
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 8h
Tour #Scotland 4K early #Autumn Saturday wildlife nature camera travel photography and video Blog clip of sight and sounds of a dark brown female #Blackbird spotted eating on morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in #Perthshire tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2026/10/fema...
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Female Blackbird On Autumn Saturday Visit To My Cottage Garden Scone Perth Perthshire Scotland
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 7h
Tour #Scotland 4K early #Autumn Saturday wildlife nature camera travel photography and video Blog clip of the sight and sounds of familiar #Magpie #Birds spotted eating on morning visit and trip to my #Scottish cottage garden in #Perthshire tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2026/10/magp...
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Magpie Birds On Autumn Saturday Visit To My Cottage Garden Scone Perth Perthshire Scotland
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 18h
Have a wee visit to a tour #Scotland travel video Blog of old #Scottish #ancestry #history #genealogy #photography of #Stornoway, #Isle of #Lewis, #Outer Hebrides. Founded by #Vikings in the early 9th century, under the name Stjórnavágr tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2025/06/old-....
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Old Photographs Stornoway Isle Of Lewis Outer Hebrides Scotland
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of cottages in #Balcurvie village near #Leven, #Fife. The prefix Bal stems from the #Gaelic for a farmstead or township which is baile tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2013/03/old-...
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Old Photograph Balcurvie Fife Scotland
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Boycotts work!
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of golfers on East Links golf course in #Leven, #Fife. Course began when the original Club laid out a 9 hole course on land leased from Scoonie Farm tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2014/11/old-...
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Old Photograph Golfers East Links Golf Course Leven Fife Scotland
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of cottages and horse and cart in #Dyke #Neuk, #Fife. In early 19th century, the land immediately adjacent to Dykeneuk was heavily industrialised tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2014/01/old-...
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Old Photograph Dyke Neuk Scotland
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of shops, houses, cars, bus and people on Leven Road in Lundin Links, #East #Neuk of #Fife. The row of shops served an influx of tourist golfers tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2015/04/old-...
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Old Photographs Leven Road Lundin Links East Neuk Of Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 02/10/2026
Chiitan loves transgender people 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Even a plain statement like this now brings slander and insults, but I think a society where people can live happily as themselves matters more than silence, so I will keep saying it until the account is gone. love everyone🤍
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of golfers at the clubhouse on the golf course in #Burntisland, #Fife. The town of Burntisland is home to the eleventh oldest golf club in the world tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2014/10/old-...
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Old Photograph Golfers Clubhouse Burntisland Scotland
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tour #Scotland 4K early #Autumn Friday wildlife nature camera travel photography and video Blog clip of the sight and sounds of male #Blackbirds spotted eating on morning visit and trip to my #Scottish cottage garden in #Perthshire tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2026/10/male...
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Male Blackbirds On Autumn Friday Visit To My Cottage Garden Scone Perth Perthshire Scotland
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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 02/10/2026
Logo for Aegeophos Hotel If you're looking for a logo design? nasibov.me/contact
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Have a wee visit to a tour #Scotland travel video Blog of old #Scottish #ancestry #history #genealogy #photography of #Wick, #Caithness. The name comes from the #Norse word, Vik meaning bay. Wick was granted the title of Royal Burgh in 1589 tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2017/01/tour...
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Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Wick
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tour #Scotland travel photography and video Blog of a #Scots shepherd with his sheepdogs and sheep on #ancestry, #history visit and trip near #Aviemore in the #Scottish #Highlands tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2012/08/tour...
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Tour Scotland Video Scots Shepherd With Sheepdogs Scottish Highlands
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It takes years of training to perfect this manoeuvre. #WorldBollardAssociation
An NYPD police car balances its rear wheel in a black bollard leaving the car stranded in the air.
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tour #Scotland #Autumn travel photography and video Blog of part of road trip drive on #ancestry #history visit to #Buchanty in #Glen #Almond, #Perthshire. This #Scottish hamlet is located in the parish of #Fowlis #Wester, North East of #Crieff tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2015/10/tour...
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Tour Scotland Video Autumn Morning Drive To Visit Buchanty Glen Almond Perthshire
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tour #Scotland 4K travel photography and video Blog, with #Scottish music, of the graveyard on #ancestry, #genealogy, #history visit and trip to #Kirkton of #Balmerino, #North #Fife. Some interesting gravestones tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2022/04/grav...
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Graveyard With Music On History Visit To Kirkton of Balmerino North Fife Scotland
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tour #Scotland travel photography and video Blog of a #Scottish weaver at a loom on a gravestone in the Parish church graveyard cemetery on #ancestry, #genealogy, #history visit and trip to #Kirkton of #Monikie in #Angus tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2013/06/tour...
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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Weaver At A Loom Gravestone Kirkton of Monikie Angus
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Have a wee visit to a tour #Scotland travel video Blog of old #Scottish #ancestry #history #genealogy #photography of #Kirkoswald in #South #Ayrshire. Buried in the Kirkoswald churchyard are John Davidson and Douglas Graham tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2016/02/tour...
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Tour Scotland Video Old Photographs Of Kirkoswald
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Have a wee visit to a tour #Scotland travel video Blog of old #Scottish #ancestry #history #genealogy #photography of #Dufftown in #Moray. The old Kirkton of Mortlach, with its historic church, is on the southern outskirts of the present town tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2017/04/tour...
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Tour Scotland Video Old Photographs Dufftown Moray
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of Cooper Street School in #Leith, #Edinburgh. The school was built in 1890 following the Education Act of 1872, which mandated universal education tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2015/04/old-...
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Old Photograph Cooper Street School Leith Edinburgh Scotland
Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of the Academy in Fordyce, #Aberdeenshire. School dates back to 1592 under Sir Thomas Menzies. From 1716 to 1789, it operated out of Fordyce Castle tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2015/04/old-...
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Old Photograph Academy Fordyce Scotland
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tour #Scotland 4K #Autumn Thursday wildlife nature camera travel photography and video Blog clip of the sight and sounds of a dark brown female #Blackbird spotted eating on morning visit and trip to my #Scottish cottage garden in #Perthshire tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2026/10/fema...
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Female Blackbird On Autumn Thursday Visit To My Cottage Garden Scone Perth Perthshire Scotland
Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
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The John Elrick @thejohnelrick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's National poetry day. Here's an old favourite of mine:
Poem, Pater Noster by Jacques Prévert, English translation
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tour #Scotland 4K early #Autumn Thursday wildlife nature camera travel photography and video Blog clip of the sight and sounds of a male #Blackbird spotted eating on morning visit and trip to my #Scottish cottage garden in #Perthshire tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2026/10/male...
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Male Blackbird On Autumn Thursday Visit To My Cottage Garden Scone Perth Perthshire Scotland
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Have a wee visit to a tour #Scotland travel video Blog of old #Scottish #ancestry #history #genealogy #photography of #Gardenstown a small village near #Banff in #Aberdeenshire. It was founded in 1720 by Alexander Garden as a fishing village tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2020/01/old-...
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Old Photographs Of Gardenstown Aberdeenshire Scotland
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Have a wee visit to a tour #Scotland travel video Blog of old #Scottish #ancestry #history #genealogy #photography of #Pennan, #Aberdeenshire. Famous in the 1980s for being used as one of the main locations for the film Local Hero tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2020/01/old-...
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Old Photographs Of Pennan Aberdeenshire Scotland
Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Have a wee visit to a tour #Scotland travel video Blog of old #Scottish #ancestry #history #genealogy #photography of #Portsoy, #Aberdeenshire. Jimmy MacBeath, born 1894, died 1972, the wandering singer, was born in Portsoy and is buried there tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2016/01/tour...
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Tour Scotland Video Old Photographs Of Portsoy
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tour #Scotland early #Autumn travel photography and video Blog, with #Scottish music, of a road trip drive on #ancestry, #genealogy, #history visit to #Loch #Assynt, #Gaelic: Loch Asainn, in the #Sutherland #Highlands tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2021/10/road...
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Road Trip Drive With Music To Visit Loch Assynt In Sutherland Highlands Of Scotland
Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of Craigendinnie House by #Tarland, #Aberdeenshire. It was constructed during the height of the Victorian era's infatuation with the #Highlands tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2015/10/old-...
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Old Photograph Craigendinnie House Tarland Scotland
Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of houses and vintage car on the High Street in #Insch, Aberdeenshire. In the Middle Ages the village hosted a notable colony of #Flemish merchants tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2015/10/old-...
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Old Photograph High Street Insch Scotland
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tour #Scotland 4K #Autumn travel photography and video Blog of clootie dumpling and custard in my cottage in Scone by Perth, #Perthshire. Usually make this when friends visit tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2026/09/cloo...
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Clootie Dumpling And Custard For Dessert In My Cottage In My Cottage In Scone Scotland
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
By Will McPhail
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Stansaid Airport @stansaidairport.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A very successful morning training the new Baggage Handlers.
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auntyr.bsky.social @auntyr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know what? I have absolutely no problem posting this. I hope it follows them for years.
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🇬🇧 Andy Burnham says : “SHUT UP SCOTLAND, IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW YOU VOTE” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are you YES yet ? 🇪🇺
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The John Elrick @thejohnelrick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Maybe do a bit more to retain refinery resources (Grangemouth) and stop giving money to greedy cunts like Ratciffe so he can move facilities and capability to other countries. You got that, you @labouruk.bsky.social idiots? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK tries to stop Trump's diesel export ban
John Healey said the government is in talks with the US over Donald Trump's threat to stop exports.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
At the end of Louis Theroux's documentary he has to hide from the IDF as they are hunting Palestinians and he suspects they might kill him too. Theroux says, "Can we ring the Police." And the Palestinian laughs, there is no one who will protect them from Israel.
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I can't stop thinking about how many men read that Snapchat and did nothing. How many men in that house knew a woman was being gang raped and did nothing. This is why we say all men. Bc it's your friends, your besties, your fellow frat bros and you do nothing to stop them.
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The John Elrick @thejohnelrick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just don't mention the square root of 2...
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
1937 art deco-inspired Hunt Housecar designed by Hollywood cinematographer J. Roy Hunt. IG: @rated_rv www.instagram.com/rated_rv?stk...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way.
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Tour #Scotland 4K travel photography and short video Blog clip, with #Scottish music, of the #Throne room in #Holyrood #Palace on #ancestry, #genealogy family #history visit and trip to #Edinburgh. Was originally the King's Guard Chamber tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2024/03/thro...
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Throne Room In Holyrood Palace With Music On History Visit To Edinburgh Scotland
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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of Shawlands Cross, #Glasgow. Shawlands is located less than 2 miles south of #River #Clyde. Within walking distance of Shawlands is #Queens #Park tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2014/12/old-...
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Old Photograph Shawlands Cross Glasgow Scotland
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Gemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is appalling. And it’s the SNP controlled council who are doing it. I’m truly horrified. The far right are not the answer to ANYTHING. Trade unions and worker solidarity is one of the only things that have ever made a difference news.sky.com/story/more-t...
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More than 20,000 Glasgow City Council staff to be fired and rehired after union talks break down
The change for 23,000 workers will take place on New Year's Day, and comes after talks on pay with GMB, UNITE and Unison collapsed.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The best sign in the history of everything.
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The John Elrick @thejohnelrick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Loser makes Loser excuses. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sandie Peggie says union did not take her case seriously
The nurse claims the Royal College of Nursing failed to properly support and advise her after she was suspended.
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