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Cross-stitch

Meanscraft
Scotland-based cross-stitch company specialises in maps of Scottish islands and old Scottish counties. Take a tour of the shop or access links.

CLICK HERE for a free cross-stitch to print-out

 

 

Film Websites

Lord of the rings logoOfficial website for this film, this link will take you to the non-flash website, officially out on video on the 6 August 2002.

 

 

Gardening - Indoor and Outdoor

Carefree Gardens 
 Carefree Gardens was established in 1997 as a gardening and landscaping business, the idea being to design and create a garden or grounds that would be Carefree to the customer, either by making the area low maintenance or by us maintaining it ourselves.

 

Crocus logoCrocus
Hello, and welcome to the only gardening website that specialises in plants. Of course we sell everything else you'll need for the garden, but plants are our thing. We pride ourselves on being able to offer you the biggest choice of plants in the UK. To give you an example, a good garden centre can give you around 400 plant varieties to choose from. We can offer over 4,000.

 

Dig-It
Articles, features, online shopping and information relating to gardening

Gardening Links
UK container and indoor gardening links, hanging baskets, window boxes, tubs, houseplants. Planting advice, trailing plants, watering gardens

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Landscaped Gardens 
At Landscaped Gardens we provide an expert, friendly service tailored to your own needs. We can do as much or as little as you wish, depending on how active you wish to be in the development of your new garden

 

Horoscopes

Russell Grant
Check your horoscope with Russell Grant every day.

Starsplugin - Instant Horoscope Readings
Get Your Stars Today with Online Horoscopes, numerology, astrology, Chinese astrology, and tarot readings. Find Your Perfect Zodiac Partner and read your future in the Stars.

 

Music

WHSmith
Online storefront for the bricks-and-mortar chain of bookshops. Also sells music CDs, DVD movies and stationery.
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Visit the Living Book Band webpage for external links to local bands by clicking here


Misc

Ten Pin Bowling
West Lothian Ten Pin Bowing

 

West Lothian Magazine
Yes, West Lothian has a magazine


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British Journal of Photography
The home page of the British Journal of Photography

FujiFilm
Presents a range of information about the company and it's products

Kodak Ltd
Official UK site of the famous camera manufacturer

Nikon(UK) Ltd
Provides a range of company information about this famous brand name

Photographywebsites.co.uk
A great collection of Photography websites

The Photographers Library
One of a handful of independently owned general picture libraries remaining in the UK. Provides a wide range of stock images.

The Royal Photographic Society
Amateur and professional photographers sharing experiences worldwide

 

PHOTOGRAPHS TO VIEW ONLINE

Francis Frith Collection
Access to 330,000 photographs depicting 7,000 British towns and villages. Taken between 1860 and 1970 by the photographers of F. Frith & Co. this archive is the foremost topographical photographic record of Britain. Genealogists will find the Collection is an invaluable source for photographs of thousands of churches and high streets throughout Britain between 1860 and 1970.  Only  pictures of Linlithgow.

The Museum of Flight
Copy permission Museum of Flight Views from Above An exhibition of aerial photographs from the 1920's to 2000. The Royal Museum, Chambers Street, Edinburgh June 2 - July 30. In collaboration with RCAHMS, 

Scottish Photographs
An interesting gallery of photographs showing most areas of Scotland.

 

Scottish Bus Photo Archive
The Andrew Gronneberg Scottish Bus Photo Archive This site contains many of my photos that you will have seen before on the Scottish Bus Site. The archives below contains a varying number of photos. All where taken in 1997 or 1998.

Scottish Scenery
Features photography of the Scottish countryside. Also, view descriptions of areas, or search regions via a clickable map.


man reading book    Reading - material

Amazon Online
Find the book you want fast.

Beatrix Potter
Features images, audio slides, and beautifully-presented online books.

Britain Book Search Engine
The book search engine that allows you to compare shop prices among 41 online bookstores. You can expect the most complete search and the best price on the Internet. Affiliate.

Glowworm Books Ltd 
Publishing of childrens' books, also Binding, packaging and distribution and Supplying schools (Central Scotland only).

James Smith Bookshops
Features educational and general reading material. Search for books by author, ISBN or title.

Kelkoo Shopping Search Engine
Kelkoo is the unbiased shopping search engine which compares prices from hundreds of UK Web sites to help you find the best deal available online. Affiliate.

MSN Shopping channel
Browse a huge selection of books and buy online at MSN Shopping.

Search-find
Save over 75% on leading titles. Real life, fiction, cookery, reference, history and children's books. All of the most popular books at 75% off. 
Free book with your first order.

Waterstones
Order from this retailer's huge stock of literature and non-fiction, including gardening, biography, cookery, travel, audio and reference books.

West Lothian Life Magazine 
West Lothian Life is the place to find out all about it - a glossy 40 page magazine with regular features written by local experts

Yell
Find a bookshop in your area with Yell.com.

 

        Book Review Sites

Dooyoo
a consumer Web site where users can read and write reviews of thousands of books and publications. This enables users to make a more informed purchasing decision.
What am I going to read
Features book reviews, discussions and interviews as well as a bookshop search facility. Browse by genre or find literature events in the UK.
Geocities
Offers the latest Harry Potter film news, casting information and a messageboard. Features book reviews, picture gallery and a range of games to play online.

 

Scotland

Welcome!
This site brings to you a collection of pictures of the Scottish Landscape by various amateur photographers. We hope that you will be willing to join us in what should prove to be an informative tour of Scotland and its landmarks.

CLICK HERE to visit Scottish history sites

 

Whisky

The Balvenie
A range of single malt Scotch whiskies from The Balvenie distillery

The Macallan
Information and news about this Single Highland malt Scotch whisky, including a competition, prize draw and hilarious tall tales
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The Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre
Scotch whisky history and heritage, plus a tour of Edinburgh

The Whisky Shop Online
Specialist online whisky retailer, with shelves organised by category and malt whiskies by regions...

The Master of Malt
Master of Malt whisky shop - looking for something rare or unusual then look no further personalised bottles for all manner of occasions, gift wrapped and delivered direct to your door

The Whisky Exchange
Purveyors of single malt whisky and other fine spirits...

 

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