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Article No.5 ---Stonehaven Folk Festival1999
On a Saturday morning in mid-July we arrived in the beautiful wee harbour town Stonehaven on the Scottish East Coast, after having crossed Calais-Dover at dusk and the Scottish border at dawn. Quite crazy, you might think - driving a whole night through. But if you have the Stonehaven Folk Festival as destination, you....
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Article No.6---Medieval and Renaissance Scottish Dancing
In the sixteenth century there was a distinction between courtly and non-courtly dances. For example.....
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Article No.7 - The Auld Toon Chronicles
Dunnottar summer holidays were here. Dunnottar School’s red gates were closed for eight weeks and Miss Wilson’s homework wid be shelved and forgotten aboot. Only the janitor Mr Jamieson would be left to walk the deserted classes like a lonely ghost.
Oor first summer project was ....
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Article No.8 - The Jigsaws and Periwinkle Den
Let me introduce you to Periwinkle Den where The Jigsaws, Dream, Asia, Tuckle and Sparkle all live in the magic of Dunnottar Woods
(approx 1 mile from Stonehaven town centre)...
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Article No.9 - The Story of the Stars
Periwinkle Den is a very special place, and at night it is no exception.
Deer come down from the woods to drink undisturbed at the burn, rabbits scuttle and jump happily in the fields by the light of the moon, birds chirp their good-nights from their branches as Periwinkle relaxes under the twinkling stars of Heaven.
The jigsaws,.......
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Article No.10 - From Stonehaven to Unst
(And an amazing discovery)
I travelled by car from Stonehaven to Dyce Airport and from there, I flew to Sumburgh in Shetland. After hiring a car I drove 72 miles to Baltasound in Unst,the most northerly isle in the UK, taking two inter island ferries on the way. The trip from Sumburgh took......
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Article No.8 -Haunted Stories
Stonehaven Author and Poet, Charles Thomson is gathering material for a new book ‘Haunted Kincardneshire’ and has allowed us to show extracts
which provide some fascinating stories.....Read More

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Article No 12 - A Memorable Memorial
Stonehaven’s War Memorial is a particularly noticeable monument, standing on top of the Black Hill just south of the town. It is often thought of as being in a poor state of repair but this is the way it was designed to look – as unfinished or ruined as the lives of those it commemorates.
It was designed by.......Read More

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Article No 13 - Dunnottar Castle Wedding
A young couple travelled from Detroit in USA to get married in the wonderful setting of Dunnottar Castle in Stonehaven.
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Article No 14 - Scottish Language - December 2003
With the Festive period aproaching fast, many people are preparing for nights out - office parties etc.
This is the time of year when many people renew acquaintances with old friends.
Learn the words of the song 'Auld Lang Syne'
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Article No 15 - The Origins of The Stonehaven Fireballs by Stephen Knowles
Granda James Knowles told the origins of the Fireballs to his son Andrew & Grandson Stephen (me) in the shop one night in 1972.
He was there at the beginning of what is now known as the Stonehaven Fireball Festival.
It all began in 1903-04. In the month.....Read More

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Article No 16 - A Hilltop Above The Sea
Here's an excerpt from an interesting article on a web page by Simon Harbord:
Last time at Dunnottar, I'd noticed the hilltop monument just outside Stonehaven, and thought it an interesting and different sort of subject. I parked down on the nearby road and walked up through the gorse to the hilltop. As I approached, I realised that the monument is actually a war memorial. A hilltop setting overlooking the sea and the town.
I saw that each of the lintels atop the pillars carried the names of the various campaigns of the First World War.
Names that still carry echoes down the years; Gallipoli, Mons, Ypres, Jutland, Zeebrugge,Vimy, Marne, and Somme.
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