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@lisablair1980 @HighlandHistory @britishlibrary Scran is privileged to hold a digital version of William Roy's entire Military Survey of Scotland 1747-55📍equaling 1097 zoom-able images #LearningWithHES
You can see it in all its beauty here & access is free👉
https://t.co/A8TvvYZcdS 🗺️The original is cared for @britishlibrary
The term 'Macaroni' arose mid C18th referring to wealthy men who wore elaborate clothing from their Grand Tours
Also 'Macaroni' was probably from the Macaroni Club a trendy dining society specialising in foreign food
Another portion #ItalianScotsArchives https://t.co/1eTddTyqui
Our #ScranStaycation continues into bonny East Ayrshire.
A Scots Tourist Board caravan 1952
Loch Doon Boat Trip 1920s
Postcard from Kay Park, Kilmarnock c 1900
And a ride at Loudoun Castle Amusement Park! 🎢
https://t.co/Tc2bMmHaQ8
@samuseums @CPKMuseums Limbering up, here's the mythical Brownie mopping a sick girl's brow
https://t.co/56lyWraqsw
#MayDay greetings! Maybe we can interest you in a little May Pole dancing?
As form of folk dance, traditionally celebrating the arrival of spring, we think it qualifies as #ExerciseAtHome as well as your daily dose of #CultureInQuarantine ❤️
https://t.co/C3hyti4PMW
@numelyo @natlibscot Bonjour @numelyo
Voici un exemple de Scottish Colourist S.J. Peploe
dessin au fusain et au crayon intitulé "Gypsy Girl" de @onfifemuseums
#LearningWithHES https://t.co/IKVHA5KJbg
Isabella, the Countess of Buchan crowned Robert Bruce as king of Scots #OTD 1306
Later captured, she & Bruce's sister Mary were both imprisoned in cages fastened to the towers of Berwick & Roxburgh castles respectively
#WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/E2vQ6Wgmy7
Corrieyairack Pass on the Roy Map 🗺️
General George Wade who died #OTD 1748 said 'The new road ... is now made as easy and practicable for wheeled carriages as any road in the country'
Built 1732, it crosses the Spey at Garva Bridge
https://t.co/Q4tZsaHf9T
@britishlibrary
We've opened our 2019 #ArchiveAdventCalendar in a flurry to find this snowy view over Voe of Dale with Shetland ponies
Painted by Muriel Helen Dawson, her inscription reads '1st week Dec '61 from the porch'
This collection was bequeathed @NHM_London
https://t.co/G1tnkjY2Me❄️
#WorldArchitectureDay Floating piers off the Forth Rail Bridge
In 2014 @eca_edinburgh architecture students responded to a brief which asked for a living space set in a future Scotland dramatically affected by climate change
#ScotClimateWeek
https://t.co/4jS9jSy7Zw