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Aberdeen and Stonehaven - Wallace Rallies - 18 & 19 AuguNorth East Wallace Night - Aberdeen - 18th August 2006This event starts around 7.45 pm at the Wallace Statue in Aberdeen then goes on to The Old Kings Highway in the nearby Green. NORTH-EAST WALLACE NIGHT Aberdeen, Friday 18th August 2006, 8pm. Beginning at the Wallace Statue, Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen There will be a wreath laying and speeches in Aberdeen at the Wallace statue on Friday 18th August at 8.15 PM. Following that, there will be music at a venue still to be arranged. Contact details & tickets from http://www.geocities.com/stonehavenday Everyone is invited to attend and enjoy. Stonehaven Wallace Day - 19th August 2006 The march leaves Stonehaven at 2PM, and goes to Dunnottar Castle. The march is approx. 2 miles. Wreath Laying and speeches at the castle. Music and dancing in the evening in the Stonehaven town hall. Tickets £TBA. Final details will be posted here and at the Stonehaven Wallace Day web site Stonehaven Wallace Day will be 26 years old when it takes place on Saturday the 19th of August 2005. We like to think that the Stonehaven march is second only to the Elderslie event. - Why Stonehaven, 150 miles away from the Wallace lands? Around 1297 Wallace came into the North East marching through the Mearns to Dunnottar castle which at the time was being besieged by Scottish troops. Wallace, a man not renowned for his patience, decided that the siege would have to be ended. He managed under the cover of darkness to scale the castle wall and enter the fortress once the main body of his men were in the castle the english retreated to the Chapel the chapel was fired and they all perished. Up until recently the part of the wall where Wallace was reputed to have entered the castle was called "Traitors Gate". A group of local Nationalists eventually managed to get the name changed to Wallace's Gate as we all know Wallace was no traitor and a greater patriot we have never known. |
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I made the Stonehaven Rally, but was unable to make the social. But the march and Rally to Stonehaven was fantastic. David R Ross spoke, Ted Christopher played guitar as well as the organiser.
You guys will NEED to make sure you're there next year. |
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A couple of random pictures from the Stonehaven Event:
Dunottar Castle 
A Picture of the Rally itself 
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....is that somebody taking a piss in the background? 
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