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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.   
      
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