Archive for July, 2005
The Ancient Town of Leith
Wednesday, July 20th, 2005BEN LINE (The unofficial site)
Wednesday, July 20th, 2005The General Steam Navigation Company
Wednesday, July 20th, 2005City honour for Scotland’s ‘first’ world boxing champ
Monday, July 18th, 2005Leith-born Johnny Hill’s place in boxing history has long been overshadowed by the exploits of legendary Glasgow fighter Benny Lynch. for more click here
Scots invade France to reclaim Stuart land … and entice locals to eat haggis
Monday, July 18th, 2005THE HEROES OF MOLDE
Sunday, July 17th, 2005Infamous shooting by pupil to be relived in victim’s home
Friday, July 15th, 2005IT was an infamous crime that shocked 16th century Edinburgh.
A prominent businessman and city magistrate shot and killed by a pupil outside the old Royal High School in the Old Town.
Even in a day when students regularly carried guns to school and often staged rebellions against school authorities, the case was a cause célèbre, which was reported to James VI. for more click here
‘They say Leith got off lightly.. they’re wrong’
Friday, July 15th, 2005Now, 65 years on, the image of her mum standing with her arm raised and a smile on her face is 71-year-old Margaret Alexander’s most treasured memory. For on July 18, 1940, her mum died when Leith was hit by the bombs of the German Luftwaffe. for more click here
An Edinburgh tattoo
Sunday, July 10th, 2005Of course we don’t remember much until we’re four or five years old – and what we remember at that early age is very selective or incomplete, or even false. What Jack recalled as the first time he felt the need to reach for his mom’s hand was probably the hundredth or two hundredth time. for more click here
How a tsar became a Guards icon
Friday, July 8th, 2005It’s an unlikely combination – a Russian icon of a long-dead tsar, soldiers from the modern British Army and the wide open spaces of North America. for more click here
