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About davidsberry

Local ex-councillor, tour guide and database designer. Keen on wildlife, history, boats and music. Retired in 2017.

Heart of Scotland

Posted on May 23, 2014 by davidsberry

There has been a lot of media flannel about St John’s Town in the wake of their peppy team bringing home the Scottish Cup. But some is overdue praise for a little-recognised Scottish success story and one both the Central … Continue reading →

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Thinking Big

Posted on May 19, 2014 by davidsberry

Jimmy Reid was not a man to think small. A product of the tough Clyde shipyards in its heyday, he saw a future for shipbuilding when the yard bosses and their clumsy attitudes had alienated a proud workforce into union … Continue reading →

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Ten Wakeup Calls for Scottish Labour

Posted on May 17, 2014 by davidsberry

In an attempt to bolster the Labour vote for the European Elections, the Labour List web site attempts a morale-boosting list of 10 reasons for Labour activists to be cheerful And so they might be—in Englandshire. But seen from a … Continue reading →

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How Not to Run a Railway

Posted on May 14, 2014 by davidsberry

Anoraks are dusting off their bobble hats and sharpening their tram-spotting pencils in anticipation of Embra trams soon making a reappearance after an absence of half a century. I’m not sure who deserves more opprobrium—the city fathers who first junked … Continue reading →

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Capital Offence

Posted on May 12, 2014 by davidsberry

At the end of last week, the Grauniad shored up a decades-old reputation for clod-hopping sub-editing by crediting Glasgow with being the capital of Scotland. Given that 115% of weegies might agree with such an assertion, this is not all … Continue reading →

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Home Thoughts from Abroad

Posted on May 10, 2014 by davidsberry

Jake Briggs and I have been friends since I showed up in his P1 class and we ‘chummed’ one another to school. In our late teens, he went off to a financial career in credit cards, retired to Catalonia and … Continue reading →

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Never Too Old to Learn

Posted on May 7, 2014 by davidsberry

I stopped celebrating birthdays decades ago and have just passed an age milestone that America named both a Route and a sixties rock ‘n’ roll song after. Yet each day still brings something new and long may it remain so. … Continue reading →

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Волк в ове́чьей шку́ре

Posted on May 3, 2014 by davidsberry

After a couple of decades dimly perceived media limelight, the Russian wolf has suddenly loomed large in the headlines in a way that it has not since the bad old days of the Cold War. After the fall of both … Continue reading →

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A Sprinkle of Stardust

Posted on April 27, 2014 by davidsberry

For over three years and 630 blogs, I have been happy in this far vineyard, toiling to bring such readers as I have gathered insight into life in my beloved East Lothian and pragmatic perspective on independence for my country … Continue reading →

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Making the Law an Ass

Posted on April 23, 2014 by davidsberry

This blog has been critical of recent ‘developments’ in Scotland’s justice system in general and the role played in such changes by the Justice Minister, Kenny Macaskill MSP. And this criticism is not personal, having nothing to do with wur … Continue reading →

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