Page 2 - Monthly Archives: January 2017
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Posted: January 18, 2017Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
New Pounds for Old –
Round Pound Coin Goes the Way of the Dodo
Now we are in 2017 the Royal Mint is preparing to launch a new £1 coin to replace the old easily counterfeited round one. You’ll have met lots of counterfeits when you’ve tried to put a £1 coin in the parking meter or the drinks vending machine. The vending machine or meter will reject it because the weight is wrong and it is a fraud...
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Posted: January 18, 2017Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Spuds u Like –
Ayrshire New Potatoes in Protected Class?
Ayrshire new potatoes are rightly famous for their terrific quality and distinctive flavour and now they are in line for protection under a law called Protected Geographical Indicator (PGI) which is a great way to make sure you get the real McCoy. There are more than 70 foods in the UK that are PGI protected. They are joined in the fight for...
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Posted: January 16, 2017Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Pub Close as Breweries Open –
A Riddle in an Enigma as Drinking Habits Change
We hear all the time of pubs closing because of the ban on smoking, the supermarkets and the continued trend to drink more at home. But that hasn’t stopped the rise of the new breweries. For the first time in more than a century the number of Scottish breweries has topped more than a hundred. It seems, according to that...
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Posted: January 02, 2017Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Tim'rous Wee Beasties
Rare Tiny Creatures Found in Loch Near Kinross
But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane,
In proving foresight may be vain;
The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'men
Gang aft agley,
An'lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!
Robert Burns
The wee beasties in question here are not mice, but tiny crustaceans which were previously only recorded...
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Posted: January 02, 2017Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Famous Fivers – Two Now Found
Two to Go
The four micro-engraved fivers that have been released into the UK cash system by artist Graham Short are starting to be found. Mr Short engraved a 5 mm portrait of the writer Jane Austen 5mm on the transparent part of the new plastic Bank of England £5 notes to mark the 200th anniversary of her death. The latest note has been found in a Christmas card in the...
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Posted: January 02, 2017Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Arise Sir Andy –
Youngest Knight in Modern Times
The Scottish tennis and world number 1 Andy Murray has become Britain’s youngest knight of modern times. Now aged just 29 he is Sir Andy Murray OBE. All down to his huge talent and monster work ethic. This year he has been the first British man to be tennis world number one. His brother was also doubles world number one! He won Wimbledon, then he won...
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Posted: January 02, 2017Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
That’s Just Dandie –
Rare Scottish Dog Breed Under Threat
The Dandie Dinmont terrier breed is one of the rarest in Scotland and its low numbers have seen a plan put in place to save Scotland’s rarest pedigree dog breed. Last year just 17 of these puppies were registered in Scotland by the Kennel Club. Named after a character in a Sir Walter Scott novel Guy Mannering the Dandie Dinmont originates...
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Posted: January 02, 2017Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Can You Dig It? –
Detectorists Dig up the Past and Find Hoards
Because we have had some high profile finds, like the 2014 Galloway Hoard metal detecting in Scotland is a fast rising hobby s surging in popularity as rising numbers of weekend hobbyists flock to farmland and fields in the hope of stumbling upon hidden treasure trove. In Galloway more than 100 Viking objects worth an estimated £1 million...
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Posted: January 02, 2017Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Scottish Kindness Defeats Nazi Sympathies-
A seasonal Thought – Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot
Should Auld Acquaintance be forgot,
and never thought upon;
The flames of Love extinguished,
and fully past and gone:
Is thy sweet Heart now grown so cold,
that loving Breast of thine;
That thou canst never once reflect
On auld lang syne.Nazi Sees Error of His Ways
A former German SS soldier, Heinrich...
