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Neil Faulkner A Brief History Of The World - Festival Of Dangerous Ideas
Added 707 Views / 0 LikesThe Highland Clearances: Last of the Clan by Thomas Faed Marxist historian and TV archaeologist Neil Faulkner offers a potted history of humanity from hunter-gatherers to HSBC. How do we explain technological change? What causes wars and revolutions? What
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The Ballad Of John Robertson (J. Curran)
Added 717 Views / 0 LikesThis song tells the story of a young man, descendant from a family Scots immigrants to America, driven there after the highland clearances in Scotland the previous century. Settled in the south at the outbreak of the civil war, he is subsequently drawn in
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Braemar - Lochaber No More Featurette
Added 657 Views / 0 LikesLochaber No More - A history in narrative and song. Lochaber No More is Braemars latest and most challenging venture. It is an unfolding of the events of the Jacobite rebellions and Highland Clearances and covers a period in Scottish history spanning more
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BE LONG HERE By Whisky Kiss - Our Second Single
Added 844 Views / 0 LikesThere are still some noble places where people are treated well, as equals, no matter where you come from. You can find those places. The clues are in their people, and their music… Track : Be Long Here by Whisky Kiss, available on iTunes https://itunes.a
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Battlefield Band: Road Of Tears
Added 735 Views / 0 LikesThis song recounts the Highland Clearances of Scotland, Irish Potato Famine, Native American Trail of Tears and the occupation of Iraq. I do not own these pictures.
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Ferry From The Isle Of Skye To Glenelg, Lochalsh, Highland Region, Scotland
Added 707 Views / 0 LikesThis is more like Over The Sea From Skye, as we were going from Skye to Glenelg, on the Scottish mainland. The Glenachulish is the last manually operated turntable ferry in Scotland and is said to be ideally suited for this crossing, although she is over
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Cape Breton
Added 688 Views / 0 LikesMy song, (c) 2012, about the Highland Clearances - The Highland Clearances (Scottish Gaelic: Fuadach nan Gàidheal, the expulsion of the Gael) was the forced displacement of a significant number of people in the Scottish Highlands during the 18th and 19th
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Ivan Drever - A Hundred Ships
Added 634 Views / 0 LikesA Hundred Ships taken from Ivan's recent CD, Bless The Wind. Ivan wrote this song many years ago when he lived in Easter Ross, in the Scottish Highlands. While there he heard many stories of people being thrown off their land to make way for sheep. The Hi
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Ben Bhraggie And The Dog Walker
Added 698 Views / 0 LikesBen Bhraggie Sutherland Scotland. Locally known as the ' Mannie' The statue dominates the skyline above Golspie, Cromarty Firth and the family seat, Dunrobin Castle nearby. George Granville Leveson-Gower was the Marquess of Stafford and first Duke of Suth
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Our Food - West Of Scotland (BBC Documentary)
Added 818 Views / 0 LikesPlease Enjoy & Subscribe. Likes & Comments are highly appreciated. Thanks! Giles Coren embarks on a journey across Britain to discover how our landscape, history and climate shape what we grow and where we grow it. Giles and the team head to the west of S
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The Selkirk Settlers; Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl Of Selkirk
Added 1,215 Views / 0 LikesIn the 18th century, Thomas Douglas, fifth Earl of Selkirk, became the unexpected support for displaced families who were evicted from their homes in Scotland during the period known as "The Highland Clearances." Through his determination and their courag
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Bettyhill & Sutherland Coast, Scotland
Added 780 Views / 0 LikesBettyhill the place where the highland clearances museum is located, and is a chilling place to visit. The scenery in Bettyhill is magic but the history is sickening.