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Post by Elly on Oct 31, 2005 17:19:13 GMT 10
November 1 1695 - Bank of Scotland founded by an Act of the Scottish Parliament.
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Post by Elly on Oct 31, 2005 17:19:34 GMT 10
November 2 1881 - Tom Johnston, one of Scotland's best know Secretaries of State, born.
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Post by Elly on Oct 31, 2005 17:20:12 GMT 10
November 3 1698 - The Darien Expedition landed at "Caledonia" in Panama. November 3 1975 - Queen Elizabeth officially opened an underwater pipeline to bring the first North Sea oil ashore.
November 3 1991 - Liz McColgan won her first marathon in a record time.
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Post by dreamy on Nov 2, 2005 23:55:01 GMT 10
November 1 1695 - Bank of Scotland founded by an Act of the Scottish Parliament. I never knew it was founded already more than 300 years ago!
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Post by Elly on Nov 4, 2005 17:08:21 GMT 10
November 4 1650 - Birth of King William III.
November 4 1774 - Poet and song writer Robert Allan was born in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire.
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Post by Elly on Nov 4, 2005 17:09:07 GMT 10
November 5 1688 - William of Orange landed in South-West England.
November 5 1877 - Opening of the original Mitchell Library, Glasgow, now the largest public reference library in Europe.
November 5 1879 - Death of Edinburgh-born mathematician and physicist James Clerk Maxwell.
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Post by Elly on Nov 8, 2005 10:22:26 GMT 10
November 6
Celtic Football Club was formally constituted today in 1887 by Brother Walfrid, a priest who dedicated his life to helping the poor. Founded with the intention of "alleviating poverty in Glasgow's East End parishes", Celtic played their first official game a year later, losing 5-2 to arch-rivals Rangers.
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Post by Elly on Nov 8, 2005 10:24:38 GMT 10
Sharleen Spiteri, singer/songwriter with pop group Texas, was born today in 1967, in Glasgow. She joined Texas in 1986 after working as a hairdresser, and since then they have released eight albums and 20 singles, the biggest being 1997's "Say What You Want", which charted at number three.
November 7 1974 Writer Eric Linklater died in Orkney.
November 7 1975 The Scottish Daily News ceased publication only six months after it had been launched.
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Post by LLady on Nov 8, 2005 19:42:29 GMT 10
November 1 1695 - Bank of Scotland founded by an Act of the Scottish Parliament. The Bank of Scotland is that old? I had no idea! That Bank owns one of our Banks here. Very Cool!
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Post by Elly on Nov 9, 2005 21:27:12 GMT 10
Yes think it has something to do with National Australia Bank too. didn`t realise it was so old either.
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Post by Elly on Nov 9, 2005 21:33:49 GMT 10
8 November
On this day in 1736 the poet and playwright Allan Ramsay opened Scotland's first public theatre in Carrubber's Close, Edinburgh. Unfortunately the strict Presbyterian Kirk's disapproval was swiftly felt as magistrates declared Ramsay's theatre illegal soon after it opened, forcing its closure. The theatre was not reopened until 1767 when David Ross, a London actor, managed to fulfil Ramsay’s dream. As well as theatre, Ramsay had a passion for books, and indeed was responsible for providing Edinburgh residents with the world's first lending library from his bookshop on the Royal Mile. Today in 1866 Ramsay MacDonald, Britain's first Labour Prime Minister, died. He passed away while on holiday aboard the ocean liner Reina del Pacifico. McDonald was from very humble beginnings and had no secondary education, but was a rousing speaker. In January 1924 he formed Labour's first administration in coalition with the Liberals. His appointment of Red Clydesider and fellow Scot John Wheatley as Health Minister raised hopes of social change. Wheatley's 1924 Housing Act attempted to introduce a programme of slum clearance and subsidised housing, but it died with the Conservative victory in the October General Election. Fear of Bolshevism played a large part in the downfall of MacDonald's first government. MacDonald returned to power in 1929, but when he sided with Conservatives in 1931 over planned spending cuts he lost the support of his party.
Neil M Gunn, novelist, critic and dramatist, was born in Caithness, today in 1891. Gunn played a key part in the Scottish literary renaissance of the 1920s and '30s, writing more than 20 novels and drama scripts. He was also involved with the National Party of Scotland, who later became the Scottish National Party, and this sense of nationalism was reflected in many of his books.
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Post by Elly on Nov 9, 2005 21:36:08 GMT 10
9 November
On this day in 1953 the Royal Yacht 'Britannia' left the Clydebank shipyards to begin her speed trials. Built by John Brown's shipbuilders, she was famously luxurious and entertained countless dignitaries in opulent style. The Britannia carried the royal family on more than 1000 visits to over 600 countries. After being decommissioned in 1997, it was decided to berth the ship at Leith where she is now a major tourist attraction.
Today in 2001 Dorothy Dunnett, the cult Scottish novelist, died. The writer of intricate and meticulously researched historical novels, she attracted a devoted following with her multi-volume sagas. Her novels included the million-word 'Lymond Chronicles', in six volumes, which covered 15 years in the life of a 16th-century Scottish aristocrat, Francis Crawford of Lymond.
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