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Our Records: Margaret Allan (1909-1998): Speed Queen, Vogue correspondent and codebreaker
20/06/2022
The incredible life of Margaret Allan, racing car driver, WW2 code breaker and journalist
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Our Records: Jessie Valentine (1915-2006), the Fairway Maid of Perth
20/06/2022
A three-time British Ladies’ Amateur, six-time Scottish Ladies’ champion and world no 1 in 1937
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Our records: More tales from The Devil's Porridge
17/03/2022
The stories of women who produced munitions during the First World War
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Our records: Catherine Sinclair (1800-1864), novelist and children's writer
17/03/2022
We look at the life and charitable work of Catherine Sinclair (1800–1864)
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Our records: A brief history of Perth Prison
24/02/2022
A brief history of Perth Prison and stories of its prisoners from the registers
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Our Records: A Kerr is born
06/01/2022
Deborah Kerr, on-set of the film, 'The Grass is Greener', 1960. Image credit: Mary Evans Library
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Our Records: Snails and wedding bells
06/01/2022
The tale of the snail in the bottle and marriage of Henry Donoghue to Margaret Houston.
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Our Records: The Ibrox Disaster of 1971
06/01/2022
Remembering those who lost their lives in Scotland's deadliest football disaster.
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The fascinating tales of the 'Devil’s Porridge' and the Munitionettes
01/10/2021
The ‘Devil’s Porridge’ of HM Factory Gretna and the brave women who worked there