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Demolished in 1959. Once full of people building lives, sleeping fathers, windae-hingin' wives; greyness, graffiti, grubby children. The space left now seems much too small to have housed them all.... Continue
Created by Placebook Scotland Feb 17, 2009 at 8:09pm. Last updated by Placebook Scotland Feb 17.
White fluffy clouds in the blue sky The hot yellow sun warms our skin Down on the ground is the green grass We climb to the top of the high ropes We sit on the swing going higher and higher care... Continue
Created by Placebook Scotland Jun 11, 2009 at 4:49pm. Last updated by Placebook Scotland Jun 11.
Once I stood upon the deep sea’s door, and thought myself fixed in time and space, imagining my feet to have followed the well worn path upon an anchored and ancient place. And y... Continue
Created by Placebook Scotland Feb 11, 2009 at 3:42pm. Last updated by Placebook Scotland Feb 11.
Call To The Emigrant I have a secret to share With my whispers I reach out to you Through your grey Atlantic spindrift wind I have a story to tell Listen to my whip wing words Soar eagle like Hill... Continue
Created by Placebook Scotland Apr 10, 2009 at 3:38pm. Last updated by Placebook Scotland Apr 10.
Clyde Lives Strolling along the wonderful Clyde With a gorgeous woman at my side. The water, like blood, gives the city its life As I clasp the soft hand of my future wife. The Squinty Bridge s... Continue
Created by Irene Watson Feb 16, 2009 at 12:08pm. Last updated by Irene Watson Feb 16.
Even the Wind is Aching to Stay 27/5/08 Capo 5 by Thom Urquhart Intro C h/o E Am h/o C p/o C repeat 4 times C Am ... Continue
Created by Placebook Scotland Feb 23, 2009 at 11:43am. Last updated by Placebook Scotland Feb 23.
Everybody should get involved – young and old, whatever your background, and whether you have lived in your place for five weeks or five years. School kids, community groups, social networks – who... Continue
Created by Placebook Scotland Oct 10, 2008 at 8:16am. Last updated by Placebook Scotland Oct. 10, 2008.
HAUNDS I looked at ma hauns the day, an’ read a life. Saw in them a’ their trials Remembered them dreech’d wi’ sweat Haudin’anithers – likely o’er ticht! Clumsily securin’ a futur... Continue
Created by Placebook Scotland Apr 10, 2009 at 7:02pm. Last updated by Placebook Scotland Apr 10.
Two hundred and fifty years near passed Since Rabbie steered the plough ! I often wonder what he’d think If he could see us now !! In his day , life was simpler Though much harder then to bear; Com... Continue
Created by Placebook Scotland Feb 26, 2009 at 11:14am. Last updated by Placebook Scotland Feb 26.
If I gang frae Inzievar and sail across the sea Gang awa or bide awa Ye’ll aye be here wi me Whaur the birds sae sweetly sing A sonnet tae the morn Thare ahent a leafy glade ... Continue
Created by Placebook Scotland Jun 1, 2009 at 2:13pm. Last updated by Placebook Scotland Jun 1.
Placebook Scotland Welcome to my favourite place in Scotland and it’s on my doorstep. My favourite place is in Annan and I love going there. It is the Annan Athletic football pitch at Galabank.... Continue
Created by Placebook Scotland Mar 30, 2009 at 7:26pm. Last updated by Placebook Scotland Mar 30.
Kilmarnock is a town whose past can be found at every pavement turn and corner. Its former glory set into its buildings whose power display the heady days of industrial might and world dominion. I... Continue
Created by Placebook Scotland Mar 11, 2009 at 10:10am. Last updated by Placebook Scotland Mar 11.
Lessons from a Lark Bright sunny days in Caithness are all the more precious for being rare. Some of the best advice given to me as a transplant to the Far North was drop everything and go out an... Continue
Created by Placebook Scotland Jun 2, 2009 at 12:58pm. Last updated by Placebook Scotland Jun 2.
Placebook Scotland Let me take you to my special place. It’s over the fence from my back garden, past a building site and into a wood. It’s really nice with all the trees and animals. There ar... Continue
Created by Placebook Scotland Mar 30, 2009 at 7:19pm. Last updated by Placebook Scotland Mar 30.
Placebook Scotland My favourite place is the beach outside my old house at Powfoot. Let me tell you all about it. It is beautiful and calm when the sun is out and the sea hardly makes a ripple... Continue
Created by Placebook Scotland Mar 30, 2009 at 7:22pm. Last updated by Placebook Scotland Mar 30.
Placebook Scotland I will take you to my special place in Scotland. It is at the beach at Powfoot. It has lots of hard rocks and there’s lots of soft sand and sometimes when it is cold the wate... Continue
Created by Placebook Scotland Mar 30, 2009 at 7:21pm. Last updated by Placebook Scotland Mar 30.
Placebook Scotland Sit down and relax. Let me take you on a journey where my favourite place in Scotland is. It is at Castle Douglas at a huge camping caravan site called Auchenlarie which ove... Continue
Created by Placebook Scotland Mar 30, 2009 at 7:24pm. Last updated by Placebook Scotland Mar 30.
a note from artspace Scotland Limited : A Community Venue: We love the shops that we are based in as it a community venue...sandwiched between the hairdresser and Chinese take away. We are on the... Continue
Created by Irene Watson Jan 6, 2009 at 11:37am. Last updated by Irene Watson Jan 6.
Fresh air Open space A glade or two Any element you want An eternity of sky Acres of grass Strewn with colours. Reaching towards The gold then the blue Combin... Continue
Created by Irene Watson Jan 16, 2009 at 12:26pm. Last updated by Irene Watson Jan 16.
A world of shifting sands Led by the tides Disappearing strandline And broken dune Grains of sand Forming the coast The endless push and tug of the tide By Julia Miflin
Created by Irene Watson Jan 16, 2009 at 12:31pm. Last updated by Irene Watson Jan 16.
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