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The sons of former Lossiemouth High School rector and lifelong sailor Archie Boag have paid tribute to their father who has died aged 84.

ARE you really gonna put these leaflets on shipboard tomorrow, boy?”, an amused American newsman asked the CND demonstrator in the bright yellow…

Five glorious Victorian piers you can still visit now From Blackpool to Brighton, Victoriana still rules the waves around Great Britain The Grand Pier sits proudly on the beach at Weston-super-Mare Credit: James D.Morgan/Getty These piers are glorious examples of how early seaside visitors left their mark and where you can sample a slice of history on your summer staycation.  Southend Pier Kicking an Essex leg out into the Thames Estuary, Southend Pier has been a big deal for a long time. Its “current” iron incarnation was the longest such structure in the world when it was inaugurat...

SEPTEMBER, 1977. One thousand CND supporters are marching the six miles from Dunoon to Ardnadam Pier to protest the presence of the US Polaris submarine base in the Holy Loch. The march is led by the Monktonhall Colliery Pipe Band, but as the marchers approach Ardnadam three young Japanese people in traditional dress, and beating drums, take up position at the head of the march. At the pierhead a short silence is observed in memory of the dead of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The demonstrators adjourned to Lazaretto Point, on the shores of Holy Loch, to listen to speeches (the speakers includ...