Monthly Archives: October 2017
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Posted: October 26, 2017Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Pilot Scheme for Low Emissions 2018 –
One of the Big Two to Get Charging Scheme
The government have announced that either Glasgow or Edinburgh will be at the centre of a pilot scheme aimed at reducing pollution in our cities. The cities are now as dirty and unhealthy as they have ever been so they tell us. Well I for one can say that since we moved out of the city our health seems to have improved...
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Posted: October 20, 2017Read more »
Diverted from Platform 9¾ -
Stranded Family Board Hogwarts Express.
A mother and father and their four children and their four young children were staying at a remote bothy in Lochaber when their canoe was swept away by a swollen river leaving them stranded some three miles from their base. So rather than clamber across boggy land, streams and hills the family decided to ask for advice from the local...
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Posted: October 18, 2017Read more »
Cockapoo Swept Out to Sea –
Then Saved by Helicopter
A dog was swept into the sea near Cummingston, between Hopeman and Burghead on the Moray coast. Just as its anxious owners were dreading the worst a coastguard helicopter on a training exercise spotted the dog swimming in the waves. The helicopter crew radioed the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the Moray inshore lifeboat based at Findhorn...
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Posted: October 07, 2017Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Happy Talk –
Scotland a Great place to Live, Despite Weather
Those boys who put together the index of happiness have been at it again and the annual report says it is set fair. Admittedly it is done by the Bank of Scotland, but it is at least an indicator of well being and I am all for well being. And if you are living in Mid-Scotland that is, Renfrewshire Clackmannanshire, Perth and Kinross then you...
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Posted: October 07, 2017Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
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James Pirie Gets Bronze
James Pirie is pleased to announce the latest addition to our beautiful ranges with art that will stand the test of time made in traditional bronze, a material that has been used for sculpture for over 4,000 years. It is with great pride we introduce Richard Cooper & Company who work with UK sculptors and designers to create stunning and unique foundry bronze sculptures...
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Posted: October 01, 2017Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
The Last Piper –
Laments No More
As most of our readers know I am somewhat enamoured of bagpipe playing and even as I am writing to this I am listening to Flower of Scotland on the pipes, so it is with some sadness I found out about the end of an era in Montreal. 72 years ago a great Canadian department store, Ogilvy’s, is stopping its daily bagpipe performance as the winds of change are blowing away...
