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By Hole Ousia Posted on October 19, 2022March 21, 2023

The Highland Hotel Robbers

Newspaper reports [in a timeline] of the “Highland Hotel Robberies”. The ‘robbers’ photographed before being locked-up in Inveraray Jail: “Captain James Edward Lyon” [aka Jimmy Lyons] was found guilty and … Continue reading The Highland Hotel Robbers

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By Hole Ousia Posted on November 4, 2020March 5, 2023

11.18

My uncle, John Gibson Scott, once owned Tower of Glenstrae in Argyll. The house was looked after by his mother (my Granny). The Tower has a wonderful view of Kilchurn … Continue reading 11.18

Categories: Architecture, Family history, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: 11.18, 17 Frederick Street, 1905, a plodding antiquary, Antiquary, Beechwood Mains, David Pringle Laird, Dr Peter Gordon, drowned, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Nurseryman drowned in Loch Awe, Esinburgh, fishing, florist, florists, Gabriel García Márquez, gold watch, Haymarket, Hole Ousia, John Gibson Scott, Laird, Loch Awe, Lochawe, Lochawe Hotel, Murrayfield, Nurseries, Nursery, Peter Gordon, pier, Pinkhill, Pinkhill Nursery, R B Laird and Sons, rebel antiquary, Royal Caledonian Horticulral Society, Royal Winter Garden, seedsmen, Social maverick, The Antiquary, The nearest neighbour of the Tower of Glenstrae is Lochawe Hotel, The Rebel Antiquary, Tower of Glenstrae

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