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    For Pipers, the 1935 picture is interesting - in the second rank starting left is Archibald Campbell of Kilberry, and next to him is James Campbell, his son. James appears in the 1962 picture sandwiched between DR MacLennan (half-brother of GS MacLennan) left and Archie Kenneth (called "Compo" by Andrew McNeill: you need to have watched Last of the Summer Wine a BBC TV series to get that allusion) on the right
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    One of my friends describes most of the people in the photographs as Landless Lairds or Surrey Highanders

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    Quote Originally Posted by Padraicog View Post
    One of my friends describes most of the people in the photographs as Landless Lairds or Surrey Highanders
    The few that I know and some that I recognise, including the Duke of Argyll in the pictures can hardly be described as landless!
    " Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.

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    Jock

    But you don't know them all (neither do I) but I know a few who fit the description of Landless

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    Quote Originally Posted by Padraicog View Post
    Jock

    But you don't know them all (neither do I) but I know a few who fit the description of Landless
    I understand what you are saying , but in this case I cannot agree with you.
    " Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.

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