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Postcard published by Bamforth & Co, London during the roller rink craze of 1908-11.
The caption is 'I do like to be where the girls are'. Private collection.
Related Article: 'I'm a fair flyer on the rollers now' - The Roller Rink mania in Scotland, 1908-1911
Contents
'I'm a fair flyer on the rollers now' - The Roller Rink mania in Scotland, 1908-1911
Douglas G Lockhart with Diana CF Webster
'The Drifty Days' - A climate crisis of 1673-4
John G Harrison
'The persons that leaps the dykes' - Two Eighteenth Century Kirk Road Disputes
Niall A Logan
Balfron Radicals of 1820
Jim Thomson
Every Picture tells a Story
The Luxury Private Steam Yachts built by Ramage & Ferguson of Leith before World War I
Eric J Graham
Note 1: Bothlin Burn
Paul Bishop
Note 2: Dr James Niven and 'Spanish Flu'
James Kennedy
Note 3: Strathlene House, Swimming Pool and Golf Club, Portessie
Douglas G Lockhart
Note 4: The Fairlie Sisters, Glasgow Milliners
Morag Cross
Query: The Kynochs of Keith - Some Lockdown Luck!
James Kennedy
News Feature: SLHF Walk, Talk & Canal Cruise in Edinburgh, June 2019
News Feature: Closure of Dollar Golf Club
News Feature: Ian MacDougall, Historian (1933-2020)
News Feature: Bobby Grierson, Chair of CumnockHistory Group (1955-2020)
News Feature: Demolition of Longannet Power Station
Each publication also contains Editorial, News Features and Book Reviews