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|    S Viemeister to Mary    |
|    Re: Well Wishing    |
|    02 Jan 15 18:20:15    |
      From: firstname@lastname.oc.ku              On 1/2/2015 3:41 PM, Mary wrote:       > Would he have gone to school in the highlands? The furthest north I have       > ever been in Scotland when I lived there was Aberdeen. I had also been       > to Ayr and Loch Lomond and many places in Fife like St. Andrews on a       > school bus trip when I lived in Scotland. On visits later after I left       > Scotland, I went to Loch Ness and Inverness with a friend and the       > scenery there is really quite beautiful and very different from other       > parts of Scotland which are more flat and not as rugged but various       > areas in Scotland all have their own beauty and charm. I believe you       > originate from further north than Inverness?.       >       Granpa's school was in Melness, on the north coast. The old school is       still there, but is now the village hall. When I first went to stay at       the family home (back in the 1950s) most of the locals spoke Gaelic as       their first language.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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