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26 Feb 10
The new This Happens in War exhibition at the St Andrews Preservation Trust Museum, the result of a partnership between the Black Watch Museum, YMCA Perth and the Atholl Country Life Museum, looks at the home front during World War II and subsequent conflicts.
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22 Feb 10
Hidden Highland Histories WW2 exhibition opens at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday, 20 February 2010. Designed to illustrate the important role played by the Highlands in defending the country from attack and invasion, The Highland Council exhibition is packed full of interesting exhibits and reminiscences from highlanders who fought in the war or were children at the time.
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1 Feb 10
Crofting on the Isle of Skye has been greatly romanticised over the years. For those who exchange an urban existence for a slice of island life, many are drawn to the idea of self-sufficiency and Skye’s captivating setting: the beauty of the Cuillin, the atmospheric Quiraing and the lonely pinnacle known as The Old Man of Storr. However, for the generations who have toiled on the land, grappling with the elements and limiting legislation, the crofting side of life is far removed from its glossy, picture postcard iconography.
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