THE KINTYRE
ANTIQUARIAN and
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY
MAGAZINE

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Issue Number 97 Spring 2025
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THE MAGAZINE
of
THE KINTYRE ANTIQUARIAN and
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Editor: Angus Martin

NUMBER NINETY-SEVEN SPRING 2025

CONTENTS

Editorial Miscellany editor flyleaf
Australian Visitor to Kintyre - July 1889 Alex C. Johnston p2
Nineteenth Century Emigration Angus Martin p9
The Old Court House, Bolgam Street Duncan Colville p11
Kintyre Schools at War, 1939-1945 Alan R. Harrow p14
An Indefatigable Knitter of Socks Angus Martin p17
A Forgotten MacVicar Play (1944) Angus Martin P18
Deserted Coastal Settlements between Tarbert and Skipness: Part I Angus Martin P19
In Far Argyll (1898) H. Guthrie-Smith p23
By Hill and Shore Angus Martin p26
A Pair of Sanquhar-Pattern Gloves Judy Martin p28
Campbeltown Fanciers and Breeders (1897) 'Minorca' p29
South American Footbal and Campbeltown Angus Martin p33
Letter to the Editor: Pipers and Pipe Bands Iain Dunccan p34

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