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Alternatecelt

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Writer. Librarian at D & G libraries. Scottish, atheist and human. Ionnsachadh-Gàidhlig. Scots enthusiast. History nerd. Music lover. Science. She/her. Yes.

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Alternatecelt, to history
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New video coming tonight, continuing the history of the Galloway Hydro Scheme.
It will cover the building of Clatteringshaws dam and the Glenlee Tunnel, which was the most expensive and dangerous part of the entire construction.
The last video covered the conditions the workforce endured, during the Great Depression, to construct the scheme, and here's a link to it to catch you up!

https://youtu.be/ru5MxO_5H3g

Alternatecelt, to history
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Here's my wee latest video, and it's the second in a series about The Galloway Hydro Scheme.
We're moving on downstream from Loch Doon to Kendoon, Carsfad and Earlstoun stations and their lochs.
During the tough times of the early 1930s, there was no shortage of men prepared to risk the hard and hazardous conditions to work on the building of the Hydro Scheme.
The problem for them was keeping their jobs...
https://youtu.be/ru5MxO_5H3g

alanferrier, to random
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Green Party representation in Holyrood relies heavily on list votes from, predominantly, SNP supporters who won't look kindly on them for, as they see it, sabotaging the BHA. This means there's little likelihood of a pro-independence majority at the next election.

Alternatecelt,
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@sfscotland @iaruffell @alanferrier
Vast majority of constituencies don't have Greens standing in them. I would, and have, give both my votes to the Greens, but give my constituency vote to SNP because Indy.

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@sfscotland @iaruffell @alanferrier
Green issues, it seems increasingly, are a dividing line....

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@simon_brooke @sfscotland @iaruffell @alanferrier
Long ago, I was a member of the SNP, but the NATO policy introduced by Angus Robertson made me leave. I don't like hawks. I still voted for them, but if they trash their green/progressive credentials, I will find it difficult!

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@simon_brooke @sfscotland @iaruffell @alanferrier
Well said. 👏

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@simon_brooke @iaruffell @sfscotland @alanferrier
Definitely.
There was a time when you could call them 'tartan tories' but that changed and with that came the electoral success they had waited more than 50 years for. Then, of course, there was a swelling in membership that was very leftist, so they had to go with that flow.
Pretty daft to turn the clock back on that.

Alternatecelt, to movies
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Beautiful day for a walk and a bit of
This is the Kendoon Surge Tower, part of the Galloway Hydro Scheme in . Its nearly 90 years old, and still powering thousands of homes with

Alternatecelt, to ilaughed
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New video tonight. Another one filmed at Loch Doon, but this time it's the first part in a series about the Galloway Hydro Scheme.
This is a phone shot I took of the Rhins of Kells over Loch Doon from the car.

Alternatecelt,
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And here's the direct YouTube Link to my latest video., featuring the history of the Hydro Scheme, and the problem of what to do with Castle that once belonged to the Bruce's.

https://youtu.be/foMsFRSTfsA

Alternatecelt,
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Here's the second wee in a series about The Galloway Hydro Scheme.
We're moving on downstream from Loch Doon to Kendoon, Carsfad and Earlstoun stations and their lochs.
During the tough times of the early 1930s, there was no shortage of men prepared to risk the hard and hazardous conditions to work on the building of the Hydro Scheme.
The problem for them was keeping their jobs

https://youtu.be/ru5MxO_5H3g

Alternatecelt,
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And here is the third instalment of my new wee series about the Galloway Hydro Scheme.

Clatteringshaws Dam is the largest dam on the Galloway Hydro Scheme. It feeds Glenlee Power Station via the Glenlee Tunnel, which was cut through the hard rock of the Galloway landscape in the most dangerous, and expensive, construction of the entire scheme.
https://youtu.be/XjxV1jKYP30

Alternatecelt, to history
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I've got myself a wee channel over on @MakerTube !
I've uploaded the first video I made for my channel - A Brief History of Kenmure Castle.
a ruin now, Kenmure Castle has had many illustrious visitors, quite a few foes and more than a few renegade owners.
Here, in brief, is its story:

https://makertube.net/w/dH6NEw3MYcgUu8tHWEdEKh

#history #video #peerTube #fediverse #scotland #galloway #castle

Alternatecelt, to poop
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This is a of my series on The Buchanites - the 18th century founded in Irvine by Elspeth Buchan.

Half an hour of very
https://youtu.be/lOPqhKBDROU

Lazarou, to UKpolitics
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And while we're on the subject of female British Politicians who get undue attention to their affairs with little more than hearsay and Tabloid gossip.....how's that investigation into Nicola Sturgeon going?

Alternatecelt,
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@Lazarou
What, the one that was started on Sean Ckerkin's say so?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/operation-branchform-police-must-issue-32376274.amp

thisismyglasgow, to glasgow
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All that remains of the once castle-like Glasgow Hydraulic Power Works on High Street in Glasgow. Built in 1895, this was part of Glasgow's hydraulic power system. At its peak, in 1908-1909, it supplied 202,141 gallons of high perssure water through 30 miles of heavy duty 7-inch diameter pipes under the city's streets to power industrial machinery.

Cont./

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@thisismyglasgow
Absolutely fascinating!
I'm currently doing some research into the Galloway Hydro Scheme, and some of the most interesting facets is how early the first attempts were planned (1890s) and what was used instead. All of our towns and cities had their own power schemes like this, or steam power, or, of course, coal.

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@thisismyglasgow
Aye. Ayr had a steam power station that was opened by Lord Kelvin. It was as much a culturally significant marker of progress as it was for industrial progress itself.

Wen, to UKpolitics
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The Labour party is in my blood. Here’s why I’ve just cancelled my membership

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/21/labour-party-cancelling-membership-policies

Not a bad column for Jones. Mind you he is now writing for The National. Will a bid for citizenship be far away post independence?

Alternatecelt,
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@Wen
He's done a version of this on his YouTube channel too. It's a pretty good analysis of Starmer.

Alternatecelt, to Prompt
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Our Scottish Book Trust does a nice wee 50 Word . This month's is Hares.
Here's a link!
https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/fifty-words-competitions/write-a-story-featuring-a-hare

DarkGalloway, to Scotland
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St Michael's Kirkyard, Dumfries.

Alternatecelt,
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@DarkGalloway
I love St Michael's, and not just because of Rabbie's mausoleum. It's a wonderfully gothic and all so tight packed together.
Quite the place to hang out at night when you are a student at the Tech.....

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@DarkGalloway
It's been years since I was there at night, but all those tall tombstones looming at you with intent in the dark is worth it. I think Mostly Ghostly does night tours, which I bet are entertaining.
Aye, there must have been some money in Dumfries back in the day.

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@DarkGalloway
Yep, I would too, but evenings in Dumfries are a bit of a trek on roads full of potholes 😞

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@DarkGalloway
Shortest route from us is over the hills to Corsock, then Crocketford. Suspension built by NASA, as you say 😂

JackTheCat, to random
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'Withdrawing SNP MPs from Westminster would be betray promise to Scottish people' | The National

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24173906.withdrawing-snp-mps-westminster-betray-promise-scottish-people/

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@JackTheCat
I really don't think there can be any progress while playing the WM game. The SNP are ignored at best, but we have seen what Labour is prepared to do to stop the SNP getting their rightful 'privileges' , and we don't need to talk about how the tories try to stop the SNP representing Scotland.
Bring them back to Edinburgh, set them up in the old parliament as a Senate, with a main focus of pressuring WM and reaching out internationally for support.

Alternatecelt, to history
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Celebrating the historic Women of with wee , this is the full playlist, so far, from my channel.
From the brilliant Dorothèe Pullinger, of the first, and only, car for women by women, to the charismatic Elspeth Buchan and her following, plus a few , a , some and some , it's still a work in progress!

Galloway Women: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZywkQyl80s43UPYtGR-s8Zm-OR4XZyJt

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