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Caithness Stone Feb 27, 2012 23:47:47 GMT -1

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Post by westender on Feb 27, 2012 23:47:47 GMT -1

As a fan of the stuff myself, I was well chuffed to find a delightful wee filler piece on the BBC website this evening.....

...Say hello to Billy, the Wick stonemason!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-17142301

I wonder if Billy is in want of a wife....

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ozneil God Posts: 6,695	Caithness Stone Feb 27, 2012 23:57:36 GMT -1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ozneil on Feb 27, 2012 23:57:36 GMT -1 Yes I walked on a lot of Caithness slab on Brisbane pavements 2" thick slabs levered up in Caithness Quarries and shipped out to Oz as ballast in grain clippers and immigrant ships in 19th & early 20th centuries
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notanimby God Thig Ar Latha Posts: 4,298	Caithness Stone Feb 28, 2012 6:50:07 GMT -1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by notanimby on Feb 28, 2012 6:50:07 GMT -1 We have some rather nice Caithness glass, is it from the same quarry?
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Sir Henry Rawlinson God The Rawlinson motto " Omno Blotto". Posts: 1,003	Caithness Stone Feb 28, 2012 16:45:48 GMT -1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Sir Henry Rawlinson on Feb 28, 2012 16:45:48 GMT -1 Feb 27, 2012 23:47:47 GMT -1 westender said: I wonder if Billy is in want of a wife.... Doubt it. Seems he values the peace and quiet of nice bit o'stone
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Post by westender on Feb 27, 2012 23:47:47 GMT -1

Post by ozneil on Feb 27, 2012 23:57:36 GMT -1

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Post by Sir Henry Rawlinson on Feb 28, 2012 16:45:48 GMT -1