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Re: "Brian Cox's Jute Journey"

adrian.gray@... — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:51:13 GMT

I should add that it's an hour programme, so a socking great file to download (650mb)- feed the hamster and get a good book while you wait! Adrian

Re: "Brian Cox's Jute Journey"

adrian.gray@... — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:44:18 GMT

I must confess - the haunted fishtank is rarely on in our house, and I'm still dealing with a wee celt who keeps waking up with palpitations thinking she

"Brian Cox's Jute Journey"

Edmund Raphael — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:49:11 GMT

It's a good thing that we have Adrian Gray to inform members of a properly interesting event. Good spotting, Adrian and I will surely try to retrieve it, if

Re: "Brian Cox's Jute Journey"

Michael Bolik — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:49:15 GMT

Yes and although they didn't credit us Brian Cox read from a scan I had made of the "Colloquial Hindustani" book we have here. Most of the best surviving

"Brian Cox's Jute Journey"

adrian.gray@... — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:37:05 GMT

For those with access to BBC iPlayer (ie those in the UK, as far as I know... sorry!), the above program ran from 6 to 7pm on BBC2. It should be downloadable,

Launch of "Scotlands Places"

jimrob_009 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:13:41 GMT

RCAHMS and the National Archives of Scotland have recently launched this upgraded site at a conference in Inverness. It is a very comprehensive revies of data

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Re: Carbet Castle

Adrian Gray — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:15:14 GMT

Hello Harmony, Since we were last in contact I've been loaned a set of photo albums that once belonged to Amy Webber, nee Grimond, including a number of

Re: Nick-name

Alistair Macdonald — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:30:38 GMT

Peter, Thanks for the follow up, but I think I may be missing something. The web address first given by you http://dsl.ac.uk/ is the same as the one given in

Re: Nick-name

tis_peter — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:11:30 GMT

I know it is not just Dundee, but would it be appropriate to add the historical Dictionary of the Scots Language at http://www.dsl.ac.uk/

Re: Nick-name

Alistair Macdonald — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:18:10 GMT

Peter, Thanks very much for the source and definitions of Trochie. I could not have expected anything more comprehensive than the DSL which I have now

Re: Nick-name

tis_peter — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:52:43 GMT

Alistair If you go to http://www.dsl.ac.uk/ and change the first drop-down to 'full entry', then this historical Dictionary of the

Nick-name

alistair9623 — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:57:27 GMT

My grandfather, Alexander James Macdonald (1844-1921)owned a couple of haberdasherey businesses in Dundee. Commercial Street and the Seagate. Apparently his

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