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09-25-2016, 09:24 AM | #1 |
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Hatton House
Since moving out of Edinburgh I've taken to wandering about my new area (around 15 miles from Edinburgh) getting to know West Lothian and on my travels I found out there used to be a Great House called Hatton House which unfortunately burned down in the 50's but going by this
http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/re...34118#carousel (for some reason I can't get this to hyperlink) It must have been some house in it's day, so here's a before and after of the gates of the place |
09-25-2016, 09:51 AM | #2 |
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Thanks, be-bop, I guess £21,300 went a little further in 1796.
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09-26-2016, 03:25 AM | #3 |
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That's great Be-Bop.
I wonder if the family were in any way connected to the Hattons for whom Hatton Garden and Bleeding Heart Yard in London were named.
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09-27-2016, 06:34 AM | #4 |
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Cool. Are the grounds completely abandoned?
Nevermind, I followed the link.
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09-29-2016, 10:35 AM | #5 |
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That is a gorgeous gate
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09-29-2016, 02:20 PM | #6 |
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Should anyone be interested, the graffiti at the base (and I didn't realise these people had made it so far east) reads:
Ulster Defense Association - Fuck The Pope - 1690 (the year of the Battle of the Boyne) It was once a fairly common slogan around these parts. |
09-29-2016, 02:46 PM | #7 |
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That's a fascinating tidbit, thanks Rhianne!
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10-02-2016, 04:58 PM | #8 |
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The scourge of sectarianism is all over Scotland and is not just in the west coast, when the independence referendum was being fought I could not believe how many flags appeared with the red hand of Ulster. and the ugly face of Unionism started to come to the fore.
I was talking to some Yes supporters at that time at a stall they had set up when there was a rain of bottles came flying over and the battle cry of "No Surrender" was screamed at us from around 7 or 8guys not happy at the yes stall being there, yes there's nothing like honest debate is there? |
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