It Takes Two at The Golfers Bar, Rothesay.
A wee Saturday afternoon session in The Golfers Bar (16/07/2016) for It Takes Two
The Rothesay
Demolition of The Rothesay Hotel, Colwyn Bay.
It Takes two (Bob Asher & Amy Crichton) - Proud Mary in The Golfers Bar, Rothesay. November 2015
It Takes two - Proud Mary in The Golfers Bar, Rothesay. November 2015
500 Miles IAN&JAMES
Filmed @ the Glenburn Hotel Isle of Bute:)
Shang A Lang (Golfers Bar 1/11/2015)
Shang A Lang (Golfers Bar 1/11/2015) Again, recorded by our pissed up news correspondent, Dianne Harper.
1970s-1980s Armitage Shanks Magnia (England)
Low Level Armitage Shanks Magnia / Lecico Neon, Palace Bar, Rothesay
This was at another old bar a few doors down from the Golfer's.
Looked promising, I noticed through the door of the ladies what appeared to be a side-action handle Kensington, so I was looking forward to the gents.
Damn. The 1970s Armitage Shanks Magnia pan is intact but unfortunately the matching Armitage Shanks Kensington cistern has been swapped out for a push button cistern off a Lecico Neon. Also note how narrow the cubicle is.
The flush is weak. And rather spluttery at the beginning. Long though.
It Takes Two in The Grapes & The Golfers
It Takes Two in The Grapes & The Golfers. Rothesay based duo, made up of Amy Crichton (Vocals) and Bob Asher (Guitar, Vocals and Programming)
Police Officer Knocked Unconscious
Suspect kicks officer in the head.
Cardiff City Centre Toilets. Underground Victorian Classics
I heard heard Cardiff had a nice set of victorian undrground toilets so I couldn'tbeive my luck when I came across them right in the city! They must have ben kept as they where to remind peopl of the past! At one time most ajor cities in the Uhad such toilets of the grand scale. Now few remain but these ar well maintained so should be hear to stay!
Enjoy!
Brass Band
Brass Band performing in front of Callendar House.
Big in Falkirk, Scotland's National Street Arts Festival - Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 May 2009.
University of Aberdeen | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:18 1 History
00:03:27 1.1 King's and Marischal Colleges
00:06:44 1.2 The University of Aberdeen's creation
00:08:34 1.3 The modern university
00:10:53 2 Campuses
00:11:33 2.1 King's College
00:16:58 2.2 Marischal College
00:19:33 2.3 Other campuses
00:19:43 2.3.1 Doha, Qatar
00:20:28 2.3.2 Foresterhill
00:21:23 2.3.3 Hilton
00:22:14 3 Organisation and administration
00:22:25 3.1 Governance
00:23:57 3.1.1 Chancellor
00:24:29 3.1.2 Lord Rector
00:25:21 3.1.3 Principal and Vice-Chancellor
00:25:47 3.2 Schools and Institutes
00:26:19 4 Symbols of the university
00:26:44 4.1 Coat of arms
00:27:34 4.2 Motto
00:28:20 4.3 Tartan
00:28:52 4.4 Academic dress
00:30:35 5 Academic profile
00:30:45 5.1 Rankings and reputation
00:32:38 6 Student life
00:33:29 6.1 Student representation
00:35:36 6.2 Student organisations
00:38:06 6.3 University accommodation
00:39:51 6.4 Sports
00:41:04 6.5 Music
00:41:45 6.6 Student media
00:42:09 7 Notable alumni and academics
00:49:35 7.1 Nobel Prize winners
00:51:11 8 See also
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The University of Aberdeen (abbreviated as Aberd. in post-nominals) is a public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is an ancient university founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland, petitioned Pope Alexander VI on behalf of James IV, King of Scots to establish King's College, making it Scotland's third-oldest university and the fifth-oldest in the English-speaking world. Today, Aberdeen is consistently ranked among the top 200 universities in the world and is ranked within the top 30 universities in the United Kingdom. In the 2019 Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings, Aberdeen was ranked 31st in the world for impact on society. Aberdeen was also named the 2019 Scottish University of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide.The university as it is currently comprised was formed in 1860 by a merger between King's College and Marischal College, a second university founded in 1593 as a Protestant alternative to the former. The university's iconic buildings act as symbols of wider Aberdeen, particularly Marischal College in the city centre and the crown steeple of King's College in Old Aberdeen. There are two campuses; the predominantly utilised King's College campus dominates the section of the city known as Old Aberdeen, which is approximately two miles north of the city centre. Although the original site of the university's foundation, most academic buildings apart from the King's College Chapel and Quadrangle were constructed in the 20th century during a period of significant expansion. The university's Foresterhill campus is next to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and houses the School of Medicine and Dentistry as well as the School of Medical Sciences. Together these buildings comprise one of Europe's largest health campuses. The annual income of the institution for 2017–18 was £219.5 million of which £56.1 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £226.8 million.Aberdeen has 14,150 students from undergraduate to doctoral level (as of 2016/17), including many international students. An abundant range of disciplines are taught at the university, with 650 undergraduate degree programmes offered in the 2012-13 academic year. Many important figures in the field of theology were educated at the university, particularly in its earlier history, giving rise to the Aberdeen doctors in the 17th century and the prolific enlightenment philosopher Thomas Reid in the 18th. Five Nobel laureates have since been associated with Aberdeen.
Welcome to Dalkeith Buccleuch (child friendly pub)
The title Duke of Buccleuch, formerly also spelt Duke of Buccleugh, was created in the Peerage of Scotland on 20 April 1663 for the Duke of Monmouth, who was the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II of Scotland, England, and Ireland, and who had married Anne Scott, 4th Countess of Buccleuch.
Anne was created Duchess of Buccleuch in her own right along with her husband, so that the title was unaffected by Monmouth's attainder of 1685. The title passed on to his descendants, who have successively borne the surnames Scott, Montagu-Scott, Montagu Douglas Scott and Scott again. In 1810, the 3rd Duke of Buccleuch inherited the Dukedom of Queensberry, also in the Peerage of Scotland, thus separating that title from the Marquessate of Queensberry. Thus, the holder is one of only five people in the UK to hold two or more different dukedoms, the others being the Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay, the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, the Duke of Argyll (who holds two dukedoms named Argyll), and the Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon.
The substantial origin of the ducal house of the Scotts of Buccleuch dates back to the large grants of lands in Scotland to Sir Walter Scott of Kirkurd and Buccleuch, a border chief, by James II, in consequence of the fall of the William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas (1452), but the family traced their descent back to a Sir Richard le Scott (1240–1285). Sir Walter Scott of Branxholme and Buccleuch (died 1552) distinguished himself at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh (1547). His great-grandson Sir Walter was created Lord Scott of Buccleuch in 1606.
Other subsidiary titles associated with the Dukedom of Buccleuch are: Earl of Buccleuch (1619), Earl of Dalkeith (1663) and Lord Scott of Whitchester and Eskdaill (1619) (all in the Peerage of Scotland). The Duke also holds the two subsidiary titles of the attainted Dukedom of Monmouth, namely Earl of Doncaster (1663) and Baron Scott of Tindale (1663) (both in the Peerage of England), and several subsidiary titles associated with the Dukedom of Queensberry, namely Marquess of Dumfriesshire (1683), Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar (1682), Viscount of Nith, Tortholwald and Ross (1682) and Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock (1682) (all in the Peerage of Scotland). The Earldom of Doncaster and Barony of Scott of Tindale had been forfeit at the time of the first Duke's attainder, but the titles were restored to the 2nd Duke of Buccleuch in 1742. Until 1835, the Dukes also held lands in the West Riding of Yorkshire and the ancient title of Lord of Bowland. The Duke of Buccleuch is the hereditary chief of Clan Scott.
The courtesy title used by the Duke's eldest son and heir is Earl of Dalkeith; and that of Lord Dalkeith's eldest son and heir is Lord Eskdaill.
Sir Walter Scott, Bart., was directly descended of the Lords of Buccleuch. His family history, fancifully interpreted, is the main subject of much of The Lay of the Last Minstrel.
The current Duke of Buccleuch, Richard Scott, the 10th Duke, is the largest private landowner in the United Kingdom and chairman of the Buccleuch Group, a holding company with interests in commercial property, rural affairs, food, and beverages. The title originally comes from a holding in the Scottish Borders, near Selkirk.
The family seats are Bowhill House, three miles outside Selkirk, representing the Scott line; Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfries and Galloway, representing the Douglas line; and Boughton House in Northamptonshire, England, representing the Montagu line. These three houses are still lived in by the family and are also open to the public. The family also owns Dalkeith Palace in Midlothian, which is let, and has owned several other country houses and castles in the past. Its historic London residence was Montagu House, Whitehall, now demolished.
Most of the Dukes of Buccleuch (the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th) are buried in the Buccleuch Memorial Chapel in St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Dalkeith, Midlothian. The 2nd Duke (died 1751) is buried in Eton College Chapel. The most recent Dukes (the 8th and 9th) are buried among the ruins of Melrose Abbey in Melrose...