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Tuesday 19th July 2016
Thought we’d toss in this image for today...
The Inveraray Highland Games take place today. It starts with a pipe band parade from the town centre at 10.45am and builds up to the world championships for tossing the caber. It’s a perfect opportunity for us to toss in one of many images of one of the nation’s prettiest castles, Inveraray. The castle is a good example of early Gothic Revival style, begun in 1745 to designs by the architect Roger Morris, with major additions including its distinctive conical towers constructed in 1878-9 by Anthony Salvin. Our record of the castle, and of the town itself, also includes many drawings by 20th century architect Ian Lindsay who undertook restoration work for the Duke of Argyll from the mid-1950s.
Monday 18th July 2016
Revolutionary, Philanthropist, President and Peace Prize Winner
Today is Nelson Mandela Day International Day, an occasion celebrating the idea that every individual has the power to transform the world and make an impact. It’s held on the 18th July as the man himself was born on this day in 1916. We’re celebrating the occasion with this aerial shot of central Glasgow. Mandela was awarded the Freedom of the City in 1981, whilst still serving a life sentence for conspiracy to overthrow the state. Five years later, St George Square was renamed Nelson Mandela Square in his honour and the man himself gratefully acknowledged these gestures when, five years after his release and after the abolition of apartheid, he finally visited Scotland in 1993 as President of the African National Congress.
Sunday 17th July 2016
It’s the 17th July, a signal for a great train fact...
It’s a fact that on this day in 1895 the east coast express train from London to Aberdeen set a record time of 10 hours and 21 minutes for the 540 miles. We’re rather grateful that, major delays permitting, it doesn’t take that long nowadays to get from King’s Cross to the Granite City. Today you find us up high and immersed in Victorian rail infrastructure, in the late 19th century signal box at Cupar on the Edinburgh-Inverkeithing-Dundee line opened in 1847. To find out more about signal boxes why not check out the 2013 Historic Scotland publication that coincided with the listing of several examples of this building type? It’s available to download from our website.
