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28 Nov, 8 tweets, 2 min read
"She'll crumble like an oatcake in the rain". #DunDunDunbar
The landed classes have nothing better to do with their time than constantly plant heather if this film is accurate. And I've no reason to suspect that it isn't
What is less convincing than the accents is the Scottish hereditary landowner selling the family seat to keep a roof over his tenants heads
The tourists are all buying...
Heather!
"You and your stubborn Dunbar pride"
"Edinburgh is two hours away, longer in the Snow".
Well yes that's what happens if you go to Aberdeenshire via Inveraray.
No wonder Dun Dunbar is broke. They spent it all on Christmas lights
No ceilidh would be complete without the traditional trays of heavily frosted cupcakes being passed around at the end

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🧵Your Saturday afternoon historical matinee is the tale of the loss of the Aberdeen & Leith steam packet "Brilliant" and her master, Captain Wade.
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The first patents for a fax machine were by Alexander Bain, an Edinburgh Clockmaker, in 1843. Bain also invented electric clocks, synchronised clocks and various improvements to the electric telegraph.
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🧵Today's 18th century historical thread starts with a chance photo of a gravestone in South Leith Kirkyard, taken because of the touching eulogy on it, and the remarkable yarn that a mistake on it unravelled.
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