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Thanks Dr MacDonald. Corrected!

2011-07-08T11:59:11.292-07:00

Thanks Dr MacDonald. Corrected!

Go to the bottom of the class Tanner! James II? In...

2011-07-08T02:33:13.706-07:00

Go to the bottom of the class Tanner! James II? In the seventeenth century? ;-)

Thanks Abby, glad you liked it. Love your photos f...

2011-07-07T20:11:43.131-07:00

Thanks Abby, glad you liked it. Love your photos from Loch Leven.

Thank you for posting this! I looked for this info...

2011-07-07T18:01:15.810-07:00

Thank you for posting this! I looked for this information and couldn't find it anywhere else.

I just posted on the castle today: http://www.picturebritain.com/2011/07/loch-leven-castle-and-mary-queen-of.html

Cheers!
Abby
www.picturebritain.com

During the 17th Century Saltpetre was in short sup...

2011-02-04T03:34:03.001-08:00

During the 17th Century Saltpetre was in short supply due to the need for gunpowder for the conflicts. The Stuarts sold the patent (licence) to the saltpetre men which thus gave them the right to dig up houses (Primary sources give examples of houses collapsing due to the saltpetre men digging up the foundations to get saltpetre) and churches, which, due to the long length of sermons, "the women, p####th in their seats"

The lack of security should come as no surprise to...

2010-11-14T01:34:24.343-08:00

The lack of security should come as no surprise to anyone over about 50. Access to buildings currently considered a security risk was very free until the resurgence of the IRA. In the '70s for example there was no security check on those entering the Law Courts in the Strand, and I dare say the situation was similar for the Houses of Parliament.