Back Issues from the year 1997
Issue 1 - January 1997
Page 2. The North Carolina Connection
Page 3. Kintyre in Ontario
Page 4. The Jet Necklace
Page 5. Largie
Issue 2 - February 1997
Page 2. Snippets 1 incl: From the First Statistical Account of Scotland 1794
"Parish of Campbeltown." by the Reverend Dr. John Smith // Southend Schools //
Cheeky Lads! // The Gaelic Blacksmith // St Couslan //
Page 3. Snippets 2 incl: From the Minutes of the Commissioners of Supply //
Sussex's Letter to Queen Elizabeth // From the "1st Statistical Account" //
Recording Early Gravestones //
Page 4. Campbeltown Nicknames
Page 5. Customs & Excise
Issue 3 - March 1997
Front: Fish and Fowl and Good Red Herring
Page 2. Flory Loynachan - A Poem
Page 3. Extracts incl: Extract from "The First Statistical Account of Scotland,
1794, "Parish of Campbeltown" // Extract from the Minutes of the Kintyre
District Trustees, dated 23 September, 1811 // From "IRISH FRANCISCAN MISSION TO
SCOTLAND, 1619 to 1646 // Extracts from Parish Records Showing Conditions
Existing in the middle of the 19th Century //
Page 4. The Nature Page - Some Notes on the Common Buzzard
Page 5. Kintyre : An extract from "Kintyre in the Seventeenth Century
Issue 4 - April 1997
Page 2. Emigration to America : From Records of HM Customs Concerning the Port
of Campbeltown
Page 3. Sparks and Flashes
Page 4. The Nature Page - Sika Deer in Kintyre - Part 1
Page 5. Nancy's Whisky
Issue 5 - May 1997
Page 2. Mary - 150 Years Ago - Part 1
Page 3. Letters from America
Page 4. The Nature Page - Sika Deer in Kintyre - Part 2
Page 5. The Auld Witchburn - A Song
Page 6. The Beginnings of the Lighthouse - Part 1
Issue 6 - June 1997
Front: Report on the Transactions of The Kintyre Antiquarian and Natural History
Society For the Year Ended 31st March, 1978.
Page 2. Mary - 150 Years Ago - Part 2
Page 3. Letters from America
Page 4. The Nature Page - The Fulmar: A Wildlife Success Story
Page 5. The Beginnings of the Lighthouse - Part 2
Page 6. The Battle o' the Ploos - A Poem
Issue 7 - July 1997
Page 2. The History of the Brotche of Ugadale
Page 3. Baigwell - A Brownie
Page 4. More Sparks and Flashes incl: Dates of Buildings Erected in Campbeltown
from the Records of Armours, Plumbers // Extract from Pennant's Tour In
Scotland, 1772. // The Aaenans
Page 5. Nature Notes - Feral Cats
Page 6. The Bonnie Green Braes o' Kintyre
Issue 8 - August 1997
Front Poem: "On the sea is a little band……"
Page 2. The Wet Review
Page 3. Letters from Canada
Page 4. Machrihanish Golf Club - The Early Days
Page 5. Nature Notes - The Gorge of the Alt-Nan-Creamh - Part 1
Page 6. The Thatchers o' Glenrea - A Poem
Issue 9 - September 1997
Page 2. Colonel James Wallace of Auchans
Page 3. A Kintyre "Trysting Brooch"
Page 4. A Voyage to New Zealand
Page 5. Nature Notes- The Gorge of the Alt-Nan-Creamh - Part 2
Page 6. In Praise of Kintyre - a Poem
Page 7. Old Land Measures
Issue 10 - October 1997
Page 2. Arms of the Royal Burgh of Campbeltown
Page 3. The Old Company Boats
Page 4. The Witch of Gigha
Page 5. A Visit to Largiebaan Caves
Page 6. Kintyriana - 1884 - A Poem and Article
Page 7. A Forgotten Campbeltown // bit
Page 8. Feu or Lease?
Issue 11 - November 1997
Page 2. The Great Pestilence in Kintyre
Page 3. Crops Grown in Kintyre Around 1800
Page 4. Campbeltown's American Trade in the 18th Century
Page 5. Old Kintyre Roads
Page 6. A Chequered Trip
Page 7. Campbeltown Dialect // Herring Fishing Regulations in 1811
Page 8. The Campbeltown and Tarbert Mail Coach // The Tailors Prose and Poem
Page 9. Two Lists of Intending Passengers to the New World 1770 and 1771
Issue 12 - December 1997
Page 2. Schooling 160 Years Ago
Page 3. Pages From The Past
Page 4. Who is a Lady?
Page 5. William Ralston of that Ilk
Page 6. The Press Gang in Campbeltown
Page 7. The Argyll Rebellion of 1685 / Communion Tokens
Page 8. The Etiquette of Good Society: 1. Breakfast / Bits and Bobs
Page 9. Auld Lang Syne -a Poem