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Note of the day's programme's Prince Albert went shooting during Queen Victoria's visit to Taymouth Castle in September 1842.
James II's Act of Parliament of Scotland banning both football and golf. This is the first known written reference to the game of golf in Scotland.
Photograph of actors Peter Byrne and Geoffrey Adams, from the television series 'Dixon of Dock Green', on visit to Hyvots Bank Primary School in Edinburgh to promote road safety.
Excise establishment book with last salary entry for Adam Smith as commissioner.
Photograph of Royal Scots Fusiliers advancing through the Burmese jungles during the Pacific conflict.
Photograph of aerial view of the Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 under construction at the shipyard of John Brown and Company, Clydebank.
Photograph of Alexander 'Mac' McCallum Webster (1838-1879) of the Indian Civil Service with horse on Invercreran Estate, Argyll
Photograph of Alexander 'Mac' McCallum Webster (1838-1879) of the Indian Civil Service at Invercreran Estate, Argyll
Photograph of Alexander McCallum Webster on Invercreran Estate