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The Kitchen Cabinet

  • Posted on: 14/12/2019

Déjà vu very much in evidence this week in the Bon Mots of Muriel and Jasper as 1959 speeds to its close. It seems history does repeat itself. “Good Morning. This is the 10 o’clock news from the B.B.C. Scottish …

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Christmas Parlour Games at National Museum of Rural Life, 8 December

  • Posted on: 06/12/2019

It’s the Christmas Fair at the National Museum of Rural Life on Sunday 8 December. Lots of fun for all the family including old fashioned parlour games at the Farmhouse, Victorian style. Come and meet Agnes and have some fun. …

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Gorgeous Georgians at Dumfries Museum, 7th December 2 till 4pm

  • Posted on: 06/12/2019

Do come along to Dumfries Museum for a drop in event 2 till 4pm. This is your chance to find out what festive celebrations would have been like at the time of Robert Burns. Many people believe that Christmas was …

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Walking Backwards For Christmas

  • Posted on: 06/12/2019

This week the Muriel and Jasper blog makes extensive use of The Glasgow Herald archive and paints a picture which will be familiar to women the length and breadth of the country who are preparing for Christmas. Some things never …

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