> Spookily enough I was driving past Saughtonhall in the west of Edinburgh
> (now demolished to make way way for the Scottish exhibition 1906?) a couple
> of weeks ago playing Pete Clarks brilliant recording of Gow's music "Even
> Now", and that was the tune that was playing !!. ALP's local history group
> is doing research as we type, so I'll give you the story of Miss Baird as it
> unfolds. She'll be some minor toff some fiddler was trying to impress, in
> the hope of a few bob, nae doot. I'm not sure if its a Gow tune? Hiya to
> all you folk out there in cyberland
Coo, Stan Reeves on-line. Where's it all gontae end?
Given the redevelopment of Saughtonhall, Miss B would now be known as
'Miss Baird of Makro'.
Derek
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