A James Pirie Message in a Bottle
It’s becoming harder and harder to distinguish fakes from the authentic and with the news that a web site will allow you to create songs in the style of, say Amy Winehouse and Artificial Intelligence that is able to make incredible pictures from fresh air and not a lot else, it’s hard to know what’s real. There was a detectorist in Herefordshire who planted five Crusader coins in a field that would have changed the view of history in that area. He wanted the fame and kudos that the find would have given him, but he was arrested and tried, not guilty was the verdict. So it was great to see a real feel good story of a group of school pupils from Wormit Primary School in Fife who launched message in bottles when those messages were finally found 40 years later.
The messages were written in wax crayon and the pupils who wrote the messages are now back in touch with each other thanks to the discovery. The finder dried out the messages at home and surprisingly they were still legible. One of the messages said it said they'd been taken captive in HMS WPS that is Wormit Primary School, the scamps! It was all a part of a school project and very successful it has turned out to be. And as I was trawling the beach recently I found this amazing message about none other than James Pirie. Now it’s up to you to decide whether not it’s fake or not, or just me being a bit naughty for the sake of a blog.
But one thing that is never fake is the great value that we offer here at James Pirie, established as we were in 1890. Take for example the great special offer we have at the moment on the Thistle design Flower of Scotland Gin and Tonic Copa Glasses from Royal Scot Crystal which comes in a lovely presentation box and free delivery. And more amazingly there is currently 60% off this set of beauties. You can also get free gift wrapping if you tick the box at check out.
