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Mary, Queen of Scots at Edinburgh Castle in the October School Holiday

  • Posted on: 30/09/2014

Her Grace is once again visiting Edinburgh Castle on 11 & 12 October.  The Queen will expect you to greet her in the appropriate manner for someone as important as herself and if you don’t will show you what you should be doing! …

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From Castle to Palace: 2,9 & 23 October: Edinburgh Castle

  • Posted on: 30/09/2014

The ever popular Mary, Queen of Scots school workshops return. This is your opportunity for your class to investigate aspects of Mary, Queen of Scots life on a whole day outing. Visit two of the most important sites in Mary’s …

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Land Girls and World War II at The National Museum of Rural Life 1,2,3,6 & 7 October

  • Posted on: 30/09/2014

Come to the farm at the National Museum of Rural Life and learn about what it was like to work on the land as a land girl. Your class will get the opportunity to pick potatoes and discover what a …

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Palimpsest and Edinburgh Doors Open Day

  • Posted on: 27/09/2014

On 28th September, you can meet Sir Walter Scott and Mrs Margaret Oliphant, two greats of Scottish literature, in the Playfair Library on the last day of Edinburgh’s Doors Open Day. This is part of the Palimpsest project being run …

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