WORK on the Forth Road Bridge began on the first day of September, 1958. It was, said this newspaper in an editorial, “the first of the really big projects which are intended to give Scotland a road network commensurate with the needs of the mid-twentieth century”. That day, one of our reporters visited South Queensferry, a burgh of some 2,700 inhabitants. He found a sense of quiet optimism in the air, an impression reinforced when, as he examined a scale model of the bridge in the town clerk’s office, he happened to run into Provost James A. Lawson, who had been a member of the original Forth road bridge promotion committee in 1930.
This Edinburgh s Hogmanay 29 - 31 December ⏰ Every night at 7pm Viewers will be taken on a breath-taking visual journey with the help of 150 individual drones, in what will be Scotland’s first ever large-scale drone show and the largest drone show ever seen in the UK. Featuring stunning Scottish scenery, the story starts in the Highlands, near Spean Bridge, before moving to the iconic Forth Bridges with the finale in the home of Hogmanay – Edinburgh. From majestic snow-capped mountains to the historic Old Town of Edinburgh, this is a beautiful ode to Scotland not to be missed.
“This air has heather and malt on its breath