Places to see in ( Stirling - UK )
Places to see in ( Stirling - UK )
Stirling is a city in central Scotland. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its merchants and tradesmen, the bridge and the port. ocated on the River Forth, Stirling is the administrative centre for the Stirling council area, and is traditionally the county town of Stirlingshire. Proverbially it is the strategically important Gateway to the Highlands. It has been said that Stirling, like a huge brooch clasps Highlands and Lowlands together. Similarly he who holds Stirling, holds Scotland is often quoted. Stirling's key position as the lowest bridging point of the River Forth before it broadens towards the Firth of Forth, made it a focal point for travel north or south.
Once the capital of Scotland, Stirling is visually dominated by Stirling Castle. Stirling also has a medieval parish church, the Church of the Holy Rude, where, on 29 July 1567, the infant James VI was anointed King of Scots by the Bishop of Orkney with the service concluding after a sermon by John Knox.[14] The poet King was educated by George Buchanan and grew up in Stirling. He was later also crowned King of England and Ireland on 25 July 1603, bringing closer the countries of the United Kingdom. Modern Stirling is a centre for local government, higher education, tourism, retail, and industry.
Stirling is renowned as the Gateway to the Highlands and is generally regarded as occupying a strategic position at the point where the flatter, largely undulating Scottish Lowlands meet the rugged slopes of the Highlands along the Highland Boundary Fault. Top of the Town consists of Broad Street, Castle Wynd, Ballengeich Pass, Lower Castle Hill Road, Darnley Street, Baker Street ( formerly Baxters St) and St Mary's Wynd. These streets all lead up to Stirling Castle and are the favourite haunt of tourists who stop off at the Old Town Jail, Mar's Wark, Argyll's Lodging and the castle. Ballengeich Pass leads to the graveyard at Ballengeich and the Castle Wynd winds past the old graveyard. The Top of the Town from Broad Street upwards is renowned for its cobblestoned roads, and cars can be heard rattling over the cobblestones on the way down. Craft shops and tourist-focused shops are evident on the way up and once at the top, panoramic views are available across Stirling and beyond. Other Areas of Stirling include :
Abbey Craig
Airthrey
Allan Park
Bannockburn
Borestone
Braehead
Broomridge
Burghmuir
Cambusbarron
Cambuskenneth
Causewayhead
Chartershall
Corn Exchange
Cornton
Coxethill
Craigmill
Craig Leith
Cultenhove
Forthbank
Gillies Hill
Gowan Hill
Hillpark
Kenningknowes
Kildean
King's Park
Laurelhill
Livilands
Loanhead
Mercat Cross
Raploch
Randolphfield
Riverside
Spittal Hill
Springkerse
St. Ninians
Torbrex
Whins of Milton
Viewforth
Alot to see in ( Stirling - UK ) such as :
Wallace Monument
Stirling Castle
Blair Drummond Safari Park
Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum
Argyll's Lodging
Church of the Holy Rude
Cambuskenneth Abbey
Macrobert Arts Centre
Falls of Falloch
Abbey Craig
Doune Castle
Stirling Old Town Jail
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum
Dunblane Cathedral
Mar's Wark
King's Park
The Pineapple
Alloa Tower
Airthrey Castle
Briarlands Farm
Causewayhead Park
Menstrie Castle
Robert the Bruce Statue
Herbertshire Castle
Plean Country Park
Elphinstone Tower, Falkirk
Gillies Hill
Tappoch Broch
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Stirling Old Town - the back walk
a trip around Stirlings old town along the route of the back walk - a walk along the city walls, around Castle Crag to Gowan Hill, then back to Castle Wynd.
Old Stirling Walks, 2015.
The Old Stirling (Facebook group) walking group.
Some photos from our outings.
Walks: Carvings & Gowan Hill, Menstrie, Blairdrummond, Bridge of Allan, Doune, Dunblane, Alloa, Gargunnock, Stirling.
Piper Paddy McGowan at the Lickey Hills for the Armistice Centenary
Piper Paddy McGowan performs Battle D'Oer at the Lickey Hills at 6am this morning as part of the Battle's Over: A National Tribute. It featured 2,000 pipers up and down the country playing in their home towns at the same time to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War. The video was sent to The Standard by Laura Turland.
Places to see in ( Leicester - UK )
Places to see in ( Leicester - UK )
Leicester is a city in England’s East Midlands region. Leicester Cathedral, where Richard III was reinterred in 2015, has stood at the city’s heart for over 900 years. Close by, the King Richard III Visitor Centre tells the story of the king’s life and death and displays his original burial site. The ruins of Leicester Castle, where Richard III spent some of his last days, lie in Castle Gardens, near the River Soar.
Leicester is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city of Leicester lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest.
Leicester is at the intersection of two major railway lines—the north/south Midland Main Line and the east/west Birmingham to London Stansted CrossCountry line; as well as the confluence of the M1/M69 motorways and the A6/A46 trunk routes. Leicester is the home to football club Leicester City, a club that caused a major upset by winning the 2016 Premier League title, the first new English championship winners for several decades at the time.
There are ten Scheduled Monuments in Leicester and thirteen Grade I listed buildings: some sites, such as Leicester Castle and the Jewry Wall, appear on both lists.
20th-century architecture: Leicester University Engineering Building (James Stirling & James Gowan : Grd II Listed), Kingstone Department Store, Belgrave Gate (Raymond McGrath : Grd II Listed), National Space Centre tower.
Older architecture:
Parks: Abbey Park, Botanic Gardens, Castle Gardens, Gorse Hill City Farm, Grand Union Canal, Knighton Park, Nelson Mandela Park, River Soar, Victoria Park, Watermead Country Park.
Industry: Abbey Pumping Station, National Space Centre, Great Central Railway.
Places of worship: Shree Jalaram Prarthana Mandal (Hindu temple), the Stake Centre of the LDS Church's Leicester England Stake, Jain Centre, Leicester Cathedral, Leicester Central Mosque, Masjid Umar (Mosque), Guru Nanak Gurdwara (Sikh), Neve Shalom Synagogue (Progressive Jewish).
Historic buildings: Town Hall, Guildhall, Belgrave Hall, Jewry Wall, Secular Hall, Abbey, Castle, St Mary de Castro, The City Rooms, Newarke Magazine Gateway.
Shopping: Abbey Lane-grandes surfaces, Beaumont Shopping Centre, Belvoir Street/Market Street, Fosse Shopping Park, Golden Mile, Haymarket Shopping Centre, Highcross, Leicester Lanes, Leicester Market, Oadby, St Martin's Square, Silver Arcade area, Thurmaston Retail Village & Wigston.
Sport: King Power Stadium – Leicester City FC, Welford Road – Leicester Tigers, Grace Road – Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Beaumont Sports Complex - Leicester Lions Speedway, Leicester Sports Arena – Leicester Riders, Saffron Lane sports centre – Leicester Coritanian Athletics Club
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Crane at The Faculty of History, Cambridge 2
Lifting equipment into position for an air conditioning system. Shot on 21st August 2010.
Margret Haney, In memory of Mom the Beautiful, this is her family
Haney Family Videos 1957/ Precious memories remembering Margaret Haney
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The Yale School of Architecture During the Rudolph Years
Part of a day-long symposium that celebrated the 100th birthday of noted architect Paul M. Rudolph. In the keynote speech, Robert A.M. Stern, former dean of the Yale School of Architecture, discussed the life and work of Paul Rudolph from his perspective as one of Paul Rudolph's former students.
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Kevin McGowan - Be Here Tonight - Band In A Box Live
Kevin McGowan: Born in Stirling Scotland, Co Founder, Lead Guitarist & Singer of Coloured Dreams, when a child during the school holidays kevin was watching swap shop a saturday kids tv programme, they showed a clip of jimi hendrix playing wild thing and setting his guitar on fire, it blew him away, he decided there and then he would play the guitar, he later found a record of his mums called please please me by the beatles, it had the same effect!, after listening he decided he would write songs, he was to go on and form a band called the coloured dreams, playing all over europe a few times and winning various contests, he has recently become a solo artist and has radio play in britian and america, has already played a few festivals including the international pop overthrow festival in the cavern club in liverpool, and has recently played the i.p.o festival los angeles, he is currently recording his album.
Auld Lang Syne Eddi Reader (vocal by Erin Bolland AGE 10 YRS cover)
RABBIE BURNS 25th Jan
LYRICS........................................
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, [auld = old]
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days of auld lang syne. [auld lang syne = old long since]
Chorus
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne.
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet,
For the sake of old lang syne.
We twa hae run about the braes, [twa = two; braes = slope of a small hill]
And pulled the gowans fine; [gowan = wild daisy]
We've wandered many a weary fit, [fit = footstep]
Since auld lang syne.
For auld...
We twa hae paddled in the burn, [burn = small stream]
Frae morning sun 'til dine; [frae = from; dine = dinner]
But seas between us broad have roared
Since auld lang syne.
Aye and surely you'll be your pint stowp! [pint stowp = a description of a beer-belly]
And surely I'll be mine!
We'll take a right gude-willie waught, [gude-willie waught = a good will drink]
For the sake of auld lang syne.
For auld...
And here's a hand, my trusty fere! [fere = friend]
And gie's a hand o' thine! [gie's = give me]
We'll take cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
For auld...
For auld lang syne.
Leicester | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:14 1 Name
00:02:11 2 History
00:02:20 2.1 Prehistory
00:03:48 2.2 Roman
00:04:47 2.3 Medieval
00:10:10 2.4 Modern
00:10:18 2.4.1 Tudor
00:11:11 2.4.2 Stuart
00:12:20 2.4.3 Civil War
00:13:54 2.4.4 Industrial era
00:17:32 2.4.5 Early 20th century
00:20:53 2.5 Contemporary
00:21:11 2.5.1 Urban expansion; central rapprochement
00:23:07 2.5.2 Immigration
00:26:28 3 Geography
00:26:57 3.1 Climate
00:29:03 4 Government
00:33:14 4.1 Political control
00:33:27 4.2 Coat of arms
00:34:45 5 Demography
00:34:54 5.1 Demographic comparatives
00:38:45 5.2 Languages
00:40:16 5.3 Population change
00:40:38 6 Economy
00:41:37 6.1 Engineering
00:42:16 6.2 Shopping
00:43:45 6.3 Food and drink
00:45:21 7 Landmarks
00:47:28 8 Panoramic view; Suburban Leicester WNW viewed from LE1 supVII/sup
00:47:43 9 Transport
00:47:53 9.1 Air
00:48:26 9.2 Road
00:50:08 9.3 National Cycle Network
00:50:36 9.4 Rail
00:50:44 9.4.1 Mainline rail
00:52:26 9.4.2 Great Central Railway
00:53:03 10 Education
00:53:12 10.1 Schools
00:54:37 10.2 Tertiary
00:55:18 11 Culture
00:57:04 11.1 Museums
00:57:13 11.2 Music
00:57:22 11.3 In popular culture
00:59:18 12 Sport
01:00:46 13 Public services
01:01:30 14 Notable people
01:01:40 15 Local media
01:03:21 16 Twin cities
01:03:43 17 Freedom of the City
01:03:59 17.1 Individuals
01:04:08 17.2 Military Units
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Leicester ( (listen) LEST-ər) is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National Forest. It is to the north-east of Birmingham and Coventry, south of Nottingham, and west of Peterborough.
The 2016 mid year estimate of the population of the City of Leicester unitary authority was 348,300, an increase of approximately 18,500 ( 5.6%) from the 2011 census figure of 329,839, making it the most populous municipality in the East Midlands region. The associated urban area is also the 11th most populous in England and the 13th most populous in the United Kingdom.Leicester is at the intersection of two major railway lines—the north/south Midland Main Line and the east/west Birmingham to London Stansted CrossCountry line; as well as the confluence of the M1/M69 motorways and the A6/A46 trunk routes. Leicester is the home to football club Leicester City and rugby club Leicester Tigers.