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The Craft of Writing – Diana Cranstoun

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Strong Women. Strong Stories. In My Father’s Footsteps. The Craft of Writing. May 4, 2015. IT’S A BRAW, BRICHT, MOONLICHT NICHT, THE NICHT. If I’m being totally honest, there are probably places in Scotland where they really do talk like that. In fact, many years ago, when visiting Aberdeen, (150 miles from Glasgow where I lived) I struggled to figure out the nationality of the people sitting at the table next to me in the restaurant. Were they Dutch? Turns out they were Aberdonians, but with their Doric.

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In My Father’s Footsteps – Diana Cranstoun

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Strong Women. Strong Stories. In My Father’s Footsteps. In My Father’s Footsteps. In May 1940, my father, Jack Cranstoun, was one of 340,000 soldiers rescued in what became known as the Miracle of Dunkirk. Sixty-nine years later, accompanied by my good friend Anna, I travelled to France to retrace his journey to that bloodied beach. If you wish you read an account of my pilgrimage, please click here. To purchase a copy of In My Father’s Footsteps. The landscape at Vimy appears other-worldly as the shell ...

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Irn Bru – Diana Cranstoun

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Strong Women. Strong Stories. In My Father’s Footsteps. May 4, 2015. IT’S A BRAW, BRICHT, MOONLICHT NICHT, THE NICHT. If I’m being totally honest, there are probably places in Scotland where they really do talk like that. In fact, many years ago, when visiting Aberdeen, (150 miles from Glasgow where I lived) I struggled to figure out the nationality of the people sitting at the table next to me in the restaurant. Were they Dutch? Turns out they were Aberdonians, but with their Doric. 8211; How are you?

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Travel – Diana Cranstoun

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Strong Women. Strong Stories. In My Father’s Footsteps. January 24, 2016. As an emigrant from Scotland, and with Burns Night almost upon us (January 25th), it can be all too easy to get caught up in twee images of Scotland and its music. You know what I mean – pipers marching through the glens, kilts a-swinging, belting out Scotland the Brave. And while there is definitely a place for all that, my visit back to Scotland for The Perthshire Amber Festival. What can I say apart from – What a musician! About...

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Gilmerton Cove – Diana Cranstoun

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Strong Women. Strong Stories. In My Father’s Footsteps. April 21, 2015. Rightly described as Edinburgh’s Best Kept Secret, Gilmerton Cove. Place to visit if you’re a fan of mysteries. Hidden beneath an unprepossessing cottage on Gilmerton’s main road, historians and archeologists still don’t know for sure when this network of secret passages was built, or even what they were used for. The entrance to Gilmerton Cove. If so, why dig a well that doesn’t reach water? Were they used by Covenanters. Only twent...

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Work in Progress – Diana Cranstoun

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Strong Women. Strong Stories. In My Father’s Footsteps. Maggie MacDonald is one of the 1,300 British army nurses rescued from the bloody beaches of Dunkirk. It’s a shattering experience – one that will continue to impact her life long after the war is won. WIP #2: WIDOWS ROW. Co-written with Jude Wilner). Leave a reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. Mahrie ...

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Scottish Phrases – Diana Cranstoun

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Strong Women. Strong Stories. In My Father’s Footsteps. May 4, 2015. IT’S A BRAW, BRICHT, MOONLICHT NICHT, THE NICHT. If I’m being totally honest, there are probably places in Scotland where they really do talk like that. In fact, many years ago, when visiting Aberdeen, (150 miles from Glasgow where I lived) I struggled to figure out the nationality of the people sitting at the table next to me in the restaurant. Were they Dutch? Turns out they were Aberdonians, but with their Doric. 8211; How are you?

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Scotland – Diana Cranstoun

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Strong Women. Strong Stories. In My Father’s Footsteps. January 24, 2016. As an emigrant from Scotland, and with Burns Night almost upon us (January 25th), it can be all too easy to get caught up in twee images of Scotland and its music. You know what I mean – pipers marching through the glens, kilts a-swinging, belting out Scotland the Brave. And while there is definitely a place for all that, my visit back to Scotland for The Perthshire Amber Festival. What can I say apart from – What a musician! About...