Nuclear waste dumped in the Forth ROBERT McNEIL

... Ireland, as well as military stocks of unwanted ammunition. It is believed that, in the 30 years after the end of the Second World War, a million tons of munitions were dumped in the deep trench in the North Channel between Stranraer and Belfast. A memo ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 2000
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 572 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE NEW M| __NNIUCV S

... ‘a ‘torchlight pro: ¢ession “through the-: streets: marked the start of a night of festivities. Beams from eifiht» Second World War searchlights and fireworks lit up the town. In Stirling an estimated 30,000 revellers gathered round Stirling - Castle ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 2000
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 835 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Highsand lows and the end of an era

... both sides on.the First World War's first Christmas Day-: o . ¢)-Aset of medals wonby.a Scottish regiment during the Second World War = = - d) The first Scottish VC> : },As one of Europe’s nine Helsinki’s contribution will d) A festival of ice Sculpture ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 2000
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 734 | Page: 32 | Tags: none

The mother of 'Ulysses'

... ever the expert planter of rumour and innuendo, speculated that her little shop stayed open until the first years of the Second World War because his book kept her afloat. That was not true. Sylvia Beach survived because she was careful with money. What little ...

Published: Sunday 02 January 2000
Newspaper: Sunday Tribune
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 3756 | Page: 39 | Tags: none

The style of the Century Deirdre McQuillan reflects on how, over 100 years, fashion has moved from celebration ..

... imaginative, made visual jokes that mesmerised the public and attracted a devoted clientele. In the aftermath of the Second World War came Christian Dior and his famous 'New Look' in 1947 that after years of austerity, satisfied escapist yearnings, and ...

Published: Sunday 02 January 2000
Newspaper: Sunday Tribune
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 864 | Page: 44 | Tags: none

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... captain soon has to decide whether to strike at the approaching Japanese fleet and change the entire course of the Second World War. Starring Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen. (1980) 52384685 * . 340 HOLLYWOOD'S GREATEST STUNTS 7aking ..+ Care of Business ...

Published: Sunday 02 January 2000
Newspaper: Scotland on Sunday
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 556 | Page: 108 | Tags: none

Athletics: Scotland’s Hall of fame Eric Liddell The greatest Scottish athlete ever? Undoubtedly. Liddell may be ..

... gave up his athletics career to return to missionary work in china, where he died in a prisoner of war camp during the second world war. A nation mourned. lan Stewart Wearing a pair of shoes borrowed from the great Kip Keino, Stewart splashed his way through ...

Published: Sunday 02 January 2000
Newspaper: Scotland on Sunday
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 315 | Page: 30 | Tags: none

JOHN BRENNAN AND JIMMY MAGEE SELECT ELEVEN OF THE

... 11 players from the cream of the many footballers to represent Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland since the Second World War. It was a nightmare task. It took two meetings, many arguments and, in the end, we still felt bad about leaving magnificent ...

Published: Sunday 02 January 2000
Newspaper: Sunday World (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 715 | Page: 80 | Tags: none

SATURDAYSJANUARY

... offering others the opportunity to snatch their moments of fame. S o TIMEWATGH: ThE BBC 2, 8.05 PM At the end of the Second World War more than 400,000 Germans were still being held in- Prisoner of War camps, with a govemment banon_ -.~ ° fraternisation ...

Published: Sunday 02 January 2000
Newspaper: Scotland on Sunday
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 843 | Page: 120 | Tags: none

Dignity always driving force

... full-blown melodramatic hysteria which followed Ayrton Senna's demise in 1994. « Perhaps in the 19605, when ‘memories of the Second World War temained vivid in most people’s minds, the death of a celebrity was treated with a more fitting K': Bpective than in ...

Published: Sunday 02 January 2000
Newspaper: Scotland on Sunday
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 845 | Page: 32 | Tags: none

International 17 Sci-fi guru sees exciting times ahead

... end of the First World War, Clarke grew into a teenage aficionado of crystal sets and j}'(:bmmbceif.v}lmmi‘cem e : the Second World War he mgbimemmmi ind landing systems g::aimft. His great breakthrough came in 1945 with his contribution to ‘Wireless World’ ...

Published: Sunday 02 January 2000
Newspaper: Scotland on Sunday
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 914 | Page: 17 | Tags: none