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SBC Television Center, Edinburgh, Scotland
"Hello and welcome back to the 6 o'clock news. I am your presenter Charles Howards. A chest of letters, charts, maps and various other written material from the 14th century onwards, written by a single family living in Edinburgh over 5 centuries, has been donated to the Scottish Imperial museum. It has revealed to us in great detail a 1st hand look at the Scottish way of life, and the common man's reaction to the events of the times. Historians are incredibly excited about this as very little written evidence has survived the hundreds of years that have passed. Here is an extract from a journal, written by John McKenny, a scholar."
"It is the year of our Lord 1328. For years we have been under the cruel occupation of the English. But now, we have risen like a pheonix! The invasion of the North of England by Robert the Bruce has forced Edward Longshanks to sign the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton, which recognises the independence of Scotland with Bruce as King. To further seal the peace, Robert's son and heir David, has married the sister of Edward III. This is a glorious time for Scotland!"
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OCC stuff
Hello! And welcome to my timeline on an independent Scotland! I hope you will all enjoy and help me write what I hope is an original and engaging story. I plan to go from my POD in the Scottish Wars in independence all the way up to WW2 and maybe beyond. I will certainly need some help along the way as my historial knowledge is fairly limited!
Certain ideas I have rolling around are:
The clan system survives.
A small scottish colonial empire
A very different Spanish Armada event
Lots of other random small stuff.. and kilts!
I also hope to bring in a bit of narrative aswell as writing simple dates and facts. I will also try and get up some maps and various images. I will be looking forward to some of you writers getting involved, and some of you pro historians helping me make a plausable timeline!