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This Week In Scottish History

01 September 1648 - On this day Cavalry units from the Scottish Engager army clashed with Lambert's Parliamentarian cavalry at Penrith »

02 September 1913 - On this day Bill Shankly, arguably the greatest football manager ever, was born in Glenbuck, Ayrshire on this day raquo;

03 September 1650 - On this day Cromwell defeated the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar. In 1650, the Covenanter forces sided with Charles ll against Oliver Cromwell »

04 September 1964 - Today saw the Forth Road bridge opened to the public. Construction had began in 1958, and at 6,156 feet long, with a centre span of 3300 feet, the suspension bridge spanning the River Forth at South Queensferry outside Edinburgh was the longest in Europe at that time. »

The Kelpie's Last Battle by Lari Don
Almost every Scottish loch has a monster, or at least stories about a monster. The most common monster in these watery warnings is the kelpie, the waterhorse. Definately not a sweet tale.
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Feature Scottish Clan

Galbraith

In 1124, Scotland became a single kingdom down to the border with England. By the end of the 12th century emerged the Galbraith’s first chief, Gilchrist Bretnach. Among the Scots hierarchy he stood equal to royal Lennox. He married the grand-daughter of the new order’s 1st Earl of Lennox, and had a son Gillespic.
» read about the Galbraith clan