Peter, my husband is reading – A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland – which was written by Samuel Johnson in the mid 1700s when he and Boswell toured Scotland and each wrote their personal accounts of the country and people north of the England/Scotland border. The book is full of interesting references – [...]
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Off to America?
Posted in Clans, Clearances, tagged Emigration to north America on September 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The ‘Clearances’ – Scotland north and south
Posted in BBC, Clearances, People, Scotland, Uncategorized, tagged Clearances, Scotlands History on July 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Throughout the evolution of Scotland’s history her people have moved in search of work and prosperity. Sometimes they moved through choice and sometimes they were moved by the owner on whose land they lived. It is often thought that what is know as the ‘Clearances’ occurred only in the Highlands when in fact the land [...]
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