#Lanark

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Falls of Clyde, Lanark, Scotland

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Picture of the Oran Mor Auditorium, showing part of a mural by Alasdair Gray, 2004. Illustrations from Lanark also by Gray.

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1st March

St David’s Day

Source: Welsh Saints from Welsh Churches by Martin Crampin/ Mae Ffydd Yn Cyrif website

Today is St David’s Day. The patron saint of Wales, David died on 1st March 589. He was founder and Abbot of Glyn Rhosyn monastery in Dyfed (now the town of St Davids). The construction of David’s monastic seat was not trouble free and his builders were assailed by a local pagan known as Boia who wanted to prevent the work going ahead. David, who was a great preacher and proselytiser, spoke to Boia and converted him to Christianity on the spot. Although Boia’s wife then sent her handmaidens naked to distract David’s labourers, such was the saint’s oratorical power, not a man wavered and the monastery was completed.

David’s fame spread when he began miraculously to make wells appear, but his patron sainthood really owes itself to his spirit appearing to King Cadwallon of Gwynedd on the eve of the Battle of Hatfield Moors in South Yorkshire against King Edwin of Northumbria. He advised the Britons to place leeks in their helmets, the better to distinguish themselves from their English foes in the heat of battle. This they did and triumphed on the field. Although this visitation confirmed David as the patron saint of Wales and the leek as its national vegetable, Cadwallon himself did not consider himself Welsh (an English term for “foreigner”): as far as he was concerned, he was leading a Celtic attempt to evict the invading Angles from northern Britain, and he nearly succeeded. Nonetheless, from the British victory at Hatfield, it became traditional for the Welsh to wear leeks on St David’s Day, although these days a discreet daffodil lapel pin is more likely to be seen.

In Lanark, an obscure, but possibly quite ancient, mock battle takes place at the local church, named Whuppity Stourie. Two sets of lads, representing New and Old Lanark, run three times sunwise round the church before engaging in combat, traditionally using their caps as weapons, at Wellgate Head. The fight now takes place with paper maces, after the two gangs had dangerously substituted their caps for stones. With its running around a sacred building followed by a pummelling contest, Whuppity Stourie may have a winter vs spring ritual origin, with the forces of winter darkness being beaten back, but ultimately it may merely have been a way of controlling youthful gang violence in the town.

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GOODBYE

Alasdair Gray, Lanark

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Covers to Alasdair Gray's Lanark (Alasdair Gray, 1981). (via Leyden Gallery, Tate Modern, Waggish, & L.W. Currey Inc.)

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SP 7882 West 1993 Flood Detour by iais_2000 Via Flickr: SP Flood detour during August 1993 at Lanark IL .

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Alasdair Gray, Lanark: A Life in Four Books, 1981

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Halpenny Lanark County - Ontario's Smallest Post Office -- Newton Halpenny

Thanks to Stuart McIntosh for this clipping From Lanark Townships Tour brochure The Lanark Era Lanark, Ontario, Canada • Wed, Apr 1, 1914Page 4 The Lanark Era Lanark, Ontario, Canada • Wed, Mar 2, 1904Page 5 The Lanark Era Lanark, Ontario, Canada • Wed, Apr 20, 1898Page 5 DetailSource NameNewton C HalpennyGenderMaleRacial or Tribal OriginIrishNationalityCanadaMarital…

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September 24th,2023 Jam

Our ukulele jam is on September 24th, 2023 at 4:00 PM. It will take place at the big tent at Generations Restaurant. The address of the restaurant is 717 Lake Park Road, just south of Carleton Place by the shores of Mississippi Lake. Please come a little early to grab a spot and a refreshment prior to our start. We will be taking a short break part way through and should be finished by 5:45…

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East Kilbride’s new minister is pointing his community to Christ

East Kilbride’s new minister is pointing his community to Christ

published to November 11, 2022 3 min read Former banker Reverend George Sneddon has spent the last 16 months developing a new and creative ministry in a small corner of East Kilbride. George, who was appointed associate pastor of the Church of Scotland on Tuesday, is already effectively serving as the full-time pastor of Mosnooke Parish Church in East Kilbride. He has already seen the…

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Today is World Heritage Day

Oiginally known as the International Monuments and Sites Da it is a global celebration of this planet’s heritage. It’s all about increasing the awareness of the importance of the diversity of cultural and natural heritage and preserving this heritage for future generations..

In Scotland we’re lucky enough to have no less than six UNESCO World Heritage Sites. they are;

St Kilda.

The remote Hebridean island archipelago is one of only two-dozen global locations with World Heritage Status for both natural and cultural significance.

The archipelago shares this honour with natural and cultural wonders such as the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu in Peru and Mount Athos in Greece.

I'd love to visit, but it is a wee bit too expensive for me.

Edinburgh Old and New Towns.

Some people have asked me which part of Edinburgh is covered by this title, well the simple answer is all of it!

The capital is a city of many eras, and its World Heritage Site comprises both the old and new towns. The Auld Toon has preserved much of its medieval street plan and Reformation-era buildings along the wynds of the Royal Mile.

The (relatively) New town contrasts this perfectly with neoclassical and Georgian architecture in regimented order.

Antonine Wall.

I've explored many parts of the wall. Constructed around 142 AD by the Romans, the Antonine Wall marked the north-west frontier of their empire. Stretching from the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde, the Antonine Wall separated the civilised Romans from the wild Caledonians.

The Heart of Neolithic Orkney

I've not visited The Northen Isles as yet, plans were in the early stages to go this year, but my friend ended up in hospita and is still recuprating, hopefully we can get something sorted when she becomes more able.

The Orkney mainland is synonymous with archaeology. It boasts the mysterious standing stones at the Ring of Brodgar and megaliths at Standing Stones of Stenness, as well as the 5,000-year-old settlement of Skara Brae and chambered cairn and passage grave of Maeshowe. Together these four sites form the heart of Neolithic Orkney, which was given World Heritage status in 1999.

The Forth Bridge

I remember as a bairn drawing and painting the bridge with a steam train going over it, but the train going over the "bumps!"

One of our most iconic and beloved bridges, the Forth Bridge was named a World Heritage Site in 2015 just after its 125th anniversary. The bridge was one of the most ambitious projects of its kind ever attempted at the time. When it opened it had the longest single cantilever bridge span in the world.

New Lanark

The last mill closed in the 1960s but a restoration programme saved the 18th-century village from falling into dilapidation.

It is an early example of utopian socialism in Scotland as well as a planned settlement – making New Lanark an important milestone in the historical development of urban planning. I have never visited, I must say I much prefer my ruined castles and abbeys.

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Lanark Artefax - Metallur