The Scottish Snippets Newsletter in its original format began in April 1997 and continued in an unbroken series for 591 issues. Although no longer produced in that style, there is now this regular update on the new and updated pages on the Rampant Scotland site including "Scottie's Photo Diary From Scotland" and Tam's Tall Tales.
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Kingsbarns golf in Fife - Voted Scotland's Best Golf Experience
Kingsbarns Gold links has retained the ‘Scotland’s Best Golf Experience’ title at the 2015 Scottish Golf Tourism Awards. It was one of three prizes won by the co-host of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. See: Kingsbarns golf in Fife - Voted Scotland's Best Golf Experience
Sunset Song - A Story of Grit and Endurance
Producer Terence Davies' Sunset Song on the big screen has received plaudits for its performances and portrayal of fabulous landscapes. See: Sunset Song - A Story of Grit and Endurance
Liz Lochhead Wins Queen's Gold Medal
Liz Lochhead's contribution has been recognised in the award Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry. See: Liz Lochhead Wins Queen's Gold Medal
The Concorde Haggis at East Fortune
The National Museum of Flight recently commemorated the 40th anniversary of Concorde's first commercial flight in 1976 when it transported a haggis from London to Bahrain. See: The Concorde Haggis at East Fortune
Sheila Fleet Jewellery is Sparkling in Orkney
Sheila Fleet Jewellery has secured a £166,000 investment from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to create a new visitor centre based in a disused church and supplement further investment in the firm's existing workshop. See Sheila Fleet Jewellery is Sparkling in Orkney
National Trust for Scotland Faces Budget Challenge
The National Trust for Scotland has announced budget cuts and possible job losses as it struggles to balance its books whilst maintaining its properties to a high standard See: National Trust for Scotland Faces Budget Challenge
Greyfriars Bobby - An Enduring Tale
The 144th anniversary of the death of Greyfriars Bobby has been marked by some events involving Edinburgh's Lord Provost, a piper and a dog bearing a passable resemblance to the one that allegedly spent 14 years guarding his master's grave in an Edinburgh churchyard. See: Greyfriars Bobby - An Enduring Tale
Nat Karta - King of Tartan Pulp Comes Home
A series of raunchy adventure stories by an Scottish journalist under the nome de plume of Nat Karta and titles such as "A Dame Called Desire" became popular in the post-war years. But the National Library of Scotland recently found that unlike all other books published in Scotland, they did not own a copy of these once best-selling books. That has at last been corrected. See: Nat Karta - King of Tartan Pulp Comes Home./tall_tales/tam_tales_0130_karta.htm
Sea Kings Stood Down
The Royal Navy Search and Rescue Service has now been taken over by a private company - to save money. A Westland Sea King has made a farewell tour around Scotland to mark the end of an era. See: Sea Kings Stood Down
Donald J Trump – the Saga Continues
When he was Scotland First Minister, Alex Salmond gave a lot of support to Donald Trump's plans for a mega-golf course in his home county of Aberdeenshire. But recently the two have been vitriolic in their condemnation of each other, especially about Trump's statements on banning Moslems from entering the USA. See: Donald J Trump – the Saga Continues (Graphic © Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons)
Next Newsletter
The next newsletter is scheduled for 20 February 2016 and will be a mixture of various items, including "Memory Lane".
Of course, if you have any Scottish memories which you would like to contribute to "Memory Lane" please send them in!
Yours aye
Scottie
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