Monthly Archives: June 2024
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Posted: June 26, 2024Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »Well I was thinking about James Pirie and our long history of service, since 1890 by the way, and I thought, well who knows us best? So I thought let’s have a look at a few reviews and see what they say about us. So here are some unedited reviews for your information. On the web page they come across as stars, but when you cut and paste they appear as percentages. So FIVE STAR is 100% and FOUR STAR...
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Posted: June 24, 2024Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »Avid readers of this blog would know that I almost entirely focus on good news from Scotland and the rest of these isles, but sometimes there is a story that pulls at the strings of the heart and warms the spirit. Late last year we went to visit friends in Carcassonne and they organised a wonderful day out. It was a day out with rescue donkeys. You paid the sanctuary owner a smallish fee, 70 Euros...
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Posted: June 18, 2024Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »Well Swifties did it. They made Edinburgh jump in the rip roaring Taylor Swift concerts at Murrayfield where each time 73,000 highly energised fans made so much impact on the ground that it registered with seismologists 6 kilometres away. Altogether there were 220,000 fans over the three days of the concerts and it is official that they made the earth move. According to the boffins the maximum amplitude...
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Posted: June 11, 2024Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »Well if you’ve got half a million quid burning a hole in your pocket I have just the present for father’s Day. it’s an island with a small house and 89 acres of wild scrubland. You won’t be troubled by neighbours, but you will see plenty of great skuas, kittiwakes, shags and seagulls. And you might get a bit thirsty as there is no natural drinking water on the island and the wind can get...
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Posted: June 06, 2024Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »Switfties are up and at it. The fans of the immensely popular Taylor Swift are about to get Swiftified as the star kicks off her Eras tour of these isles with three nights at Murrayfield stadium in Edinburgh. The city is agog with excitement and I am told that fans are draining their bank accounts to buy Swift merchandise. And each night almost 73,000 fans will fill the Scottish Rugby home ground...
