In the Archive we have an Illustrated Song Book of that Alasdair drew a series of portraits within. We particularly like the juxtaposition of Burns next to Jimmy Reid. This wasn’t the first portrait Gray made of Reid as he drew him for The 1977 City Recorder Series.

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For day. In his poem To a Louse the refers to a named after the 1st aerial traveller in Britain of A 200k crowd in London saw Vincenzo's 1st flight in a hot air balloon. And so the balloon shaped, was born

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Teachers! Looking for a fantastic 🎃class novel that has as a child in Alloway? This 'instant classic with Scotland at its heart' 📚 is out now with free Task Maps & full resource pack by ! 🧙‍♀️https://t.co/L99SfSIjiO

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He may still have his Christmas decs up (that's allowed this year though!) but anyway, it's Happy Birthday to Bob or do I mean Rob!? 🤗🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥳

Drawing- Rob'n'Bob! 😀

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Slàinte mhath! Happy Burn's Night! I love Burn's Night and each year I usually have a Burn's Night celebration with my loved ones,but tonight will just be a low key affair - wherever you are have a wee dram on me!

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"Our monarch's hindmost year but ane
Was five-and-twenty days begun,
'Twas then a blast o' Janwar' win'
Blew hansel in on Robin"

A verse from Rantin, Rovin, Robin by Robert Burns to celebrate Burns Day

Happy Birthday Rabbie ❤️



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It's tonight where we celebrate the life and poetry of . From our Special Collections is this rather unusual and gruesome little booklet by Scottish Lawyer and Phrenologist George Combe about the Bard's skull 💀

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A fascinating array of related items star in our Wed 17 June auction of Rare Books, Maps & Photographs including a letter from Burns to his 'kind funny friend', Francis Grose about Burn's renown poem 'Tam O’Shanter'. Learn more: https://t.co/DMMbzgoJfM

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"Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;
I will love thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run"
- A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns

We hope you a have a wonderful Burns Night filled with celebration and poetry

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Today we celebrate the birthday anniversary of Scotland’s national poet with this first posthumous edition of the poet’s collected works, edited by the Scottish physician and Burns admirer James Currie. Read more here: https://t.co/ncmraldGu3

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Happy Burns Night. We thought we'd share a picture of a this lovely Royal Doulton plate depicting Robert Burns which is normally tucked up in our store.

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A red rose mashup from two of s most famous sons – the beautiful Red Red Roses of and Raise a virtual glass

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Illustration to (1785) by ‘some account of the principal charms and spells of that night so big with prophecy to the peasantry in the west of Scotland’ watercolour by Walter Weir 1816 https://t.co/wA3e7YNF7J

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John Faed, Illustrations to Tam O'Shanter by 'Weel mounted on his gray mare, Meg/ A better never lifted leg/ Tam skelpit on thro’ dub and mire/
Despising wind, and rain, and fire..'

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