Happy Birthday Untied Kingdom

[Robbie]

"The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!"

:DThere are certainly plenty of them living in England. I knew loads of Scots when I worked up in London who enjoyed going back to Scotland for a break but all said, "I lurve London". I also have extended family who are Scottish and well settled here.
My maternal grandmother, who was from Yorkshire, studied in Edinburgh for a few years before returning to England.

Scotland is a lovely place to visit. If I lived there I suppose I'd think it was a great place to live & it is very egalitarian, more than here.

Steven I'm sure I saw Franz, Duke of Bavaria on a television documentary a while back.

[Anchorman]

"The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!"

Unfortunately, Boswell, the sycophantic hypocrite who gushed over his idol in his 'biography' (more a hagiograph) is buried next to tthe Kirk in which I worship. I know more than I wish about Johnston. I share Boswell's father's opinion of him.

[Harrowby Hall]

 I know more than I wish about Johnston.

Including the correct spelling of his name?

[Anchorman]

Including the correct spelling of his
Well, it might be a mistake....but so was the 'Highland tour' - better named the 'Highland sneer'.
Ludovic Kennedy, himself an admirer of the man, puts a great critique of his rambling diatribe in his excellent "In bed with an Elephant" - and, incidentally, Lord Auchinleck - Boswell's father - and his attitude to the man.

[Gonnagle]

Dear Jeremyp,

Yes!! I would like to join in this celebration of the Union, especially the Scottish English ties, I can sympathize with oor Jim and any other SNP supporters in that us Scots have always been poor cousins because of where parliament is located but I suppose a Brummie or Mancunian  could feel the same.

And as I think about the ties that bond us if I travel north to admire our stunningly beautiful highlands I do feel like a tourist but if I travel south to visit London I feel at home, strange but I think it has something to do with me being more Glaswegian than Scottish, actually in my mind Glasgow is just a mini London, London has Trafalgar square we have George square, London has Nelsons column we have Nelsons needle.

I like the fact that Scotland England and Wales have only one natural border with other countries and that is a coast line, I like the fact that if I visit any great city in England I know I will be buying the same fish and chips I buy at home I like the fact that my great city stands with all the other great cities on our little island, Birmingham, London, Manchester, Liverpool, they all shine out in their own way.

Maybe we should celebrate this great Union more often, we do have so much in common.

Gonnagle.

[Free Willy]

"The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!"

Mind you English roads are full of potholes.

Sorry....''Being retrofurbished as heritage turnpikes''

[ippy]

Apparently, there are still dedicated Jacobites, who regularly invite the current head of the line, a German aristicrat, to come to the UK and claim the throne. He as regularly politely declines. This bloke.

Let em have it as long as it gets taken back to Germany.

Regards ippy