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News Article: New publications page and online store
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Archibald Eliot’s Calton Prison (no date). Image courtesy of Scottish Prison Service.
Our records: Edinburgh’s Bridewell and Calton Prisons
8th May 2023
Our records: a brief history of Largs Jail
8th May 2023
Our Records: The real Madame Doubtfire
20th March 2023
Scottish Handwriting 1500-1700: a self-help pack available to buy
2nd March 2023
Our Records: One-hour-old: the youngest person enumerated in the 1921 census
19th January 2023
Our Records: Jock Stein CBE (1922-1985)
13th January 2023
Our Records: The marriage of Lady Isobel Blunt-Mackenzie and Captain Oscar Linda
13th January 2023

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