Fochabers, Scotland

limey · 03-05-2007, 01:46 PM

Don't forget that the rich and (sometimes) philanthropic English saw Scotland as their playground in the 18th and 19th centuries (if not later) and built stuff like schools and churches to prove how Good and Worthy they were.
I think Elgin has royal connections and there was at least one Lord Elgin who had pots and pots of money (cf. the Elgin Marbles, removed from Greece by an archaeological expedition funded by a Lord Elgin ...).

03-05-2007, 01:46 PM	#3
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Don't forget that the rich and (sometimes) philanthropic English saw Scotland as their playground in the 18th and 19th centuries (if not later) and built stuff like schools and churches to prove how Good and Worthy they were. I think Elgin has royal connections and there was at least one Lord Elgin who had pots and pots of money (cf. the Elgin Marbles, removed from Greece by an archaeological expedition funded by a Lord Elgin ...). __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

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