@bifhsgo.bsky.socialOn Saturday 17 October, 2:00 p.m. ET @acspring.bsky.social will present “Researching Urban Ancestors in Scotland” Details about the conference and to register: www.bifhsgo.ca/2026-conference
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@thisismyglasgow.bsky.socialThis is just one of many such sites within a short distance of Glasgow, making it the perfect base for exploring some of the less well-known events Scotland's history.
#glasgow #ayrshire #scotland #scottishhistory #scottishphotography
@thisismyglasgow.bsky.socialHe's said to have used these stone-cut steps to reach a vantage point on the cliff high above the River Ayr from where he preached to his followers gathered on the opposite bank.
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@thisismyglasgow.bsky.socialA quick trip out of Glasgow today to visit these steps cut into a red sandstone cliff at Peden's Cove in the Ayr Gorge near Failford in Ayrshire.
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@scottishplaces.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gyWhyte-Melville Memorial Fountain, Market Street, St Andrews: fountain in Fife.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Whyte-Melville_memorial_fountain
@bifhsgo.bsky.socialAt 12:30 pm ET on Saturday 17 October: Frances Wilkins - “The Songs that Stayed and the Songs that Were Taken Away: The Role of Music in the Lives of Scottish Migrants”. Details: www.bifhsgo.ca/2026-conference
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#scottishgenealogy
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@scottishplaces.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gyBuittle railway station was a station on the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway. The nearest station is now Dumfries railway station, 21km away.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buittle_railway_station
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@scottishplaces.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gyThe North Ayrshire area has 63 category A listed buildings on #wikidata. Annick Lodge (dating from 1790) has a #wikipedia article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annick_Lodge_and_Greenville
@bifhsgo.bsky.socialAt 10:45 on Saturday 17 October Graeme Morton will present
"Scottish Clubs and Societies in the Diaspora: historical roots & future growth". Details and to register: www.bifhsgo.ca/2026-conference
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@bifhsgo.bsky.social9 a.m. ET - Industrial Scotland, Industrial Dundee: Following the Immigrant Workforce, by Graeme Morton
More detail on the theme, the speakers and their topics: www.bifhsgo.ca/2026-conference
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@scottishplaces.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gyThe Scottish Borders area has 232 category A listed buildings on #wikidata. Stobo Kirk has a #wikipedia article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stobo_Kirk
@scotsuffragette.bsky.socialHistory, Social Studies and Expressive Arts teachers — upper Primary through Senior Phase — we'd love to hear from you.
Drop us a message!
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@scottishplaces.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy#OTD in 1968, Dunfermline Upper railway station was closed. Dunfermline City railway station is now the nearest station, 1km away.
Cambus railway station closed on the same day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunfermline_Upper_railway_station
@scottishplaces.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gyTotronald standing stones: menhir in Argyll and Bute.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Totronald_standing_stones
@knittedpixel.bsky.social#31DaysOfGraves Day 6: Weather.
A frosty December day back in the winter of 2023 at the (very) Old Burial Ground, Galashiels. The building on the left is not a church, but Gala Aisle, the family burial vault for the lairds of Gala, built in 1636.
@scotsuffragette.bsky.social💜 What do you think? Does misogyny today look different from the misogyny faced by the suffragettes, or do you think many of the same attitudes still exist? And what have you thought about our new anti-misogyny campaign?
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@scotsuffragette.bsky.social💜 What do you think? Does misogyny today look different from the misogyny faced by the suffragettes, or do you think many of the same attitudes still exist? And what have you thought about our new anti-misogyny campaign?
⬇️ 👀Tell us in the comments👇👇👇
@scottishplaces.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy#OTD in 1969, Sinclairtown railway station was closed. Kirkcaldy railway station is now the nearest station, 2km away.
Dysart railway station, Fife, Thornton Junction railway station closed on the same day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclairtown_railway_station
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@scottishplaces.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gyGlasgow Queen Street railway station is a station previously operated on the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Queen_Street_railway_station