![A photograph of four female workers breaking cotton waste bales at HM Munitions Factory, Gretna, [1918].](https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_library_preview/public/FourFemaleWorkersBreakingCotton_GD1-1011-15%20371x208_0.jpg?itok=DyskpLoK "A photograph of four female workers breaking cotton waste bales at HM Munitions Factory Gretna. Crown copyright, National Records of Scotland, GD1/1011/15, [1918]")
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16/08/16
The Battle of Waterloo and the stirring events of 1815 are reflected in Scottish parish registers
15/08/16
At approximately 7.15pm on 28 December 1879 the first Tay Rail Bridge collapsed.
10/08/16
The irregular marriages of a Japanese whisky pioneer, a lion tamer and an actor.
10/08/16
The break up of the Sutherland and Steel-Maitland estates after the First World War
10/08/16
Discover the rise in popularity of the allotment in early 20th century Scotland
10/08/16
On 16 March 1914 the Usher Hall in Edinburgh was opened to the public.
09/08/16
The valuation rolls for Carnegie Street reflect crowded conditions in tenements across Scotland.
09/08/16
The first council estate built in Scotland, 1920 - an important moment in Scotland’s social history.
09/08/16
Oakbank, West Lothian: an insight into a shale mining village