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The Shooting Times Almanac 19 – 26 JULY 2023

THOUGHTS FROM THE FIELD

he villages of South and North Queensferry, in West Lothian and Fife respectively, take their name from Queen Margaret, wife of King Malcolm III of Scotland. A pious woman, she was the first person to establish a crossing point on the Firth of Forth for pilgrims on their way to St Andrew’s Cathedral.

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