http://www.largs.co.uk/34/the-pencil-monument/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:06:10 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.largs.co.uk/34/the-pencil-monument/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Ray Young Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:06:10 +0000 http://www.largs.co.uk/?p=34#comment-31 Yes Geoff there are arrangements being made by the Largs Viking Festival Committee to celebrate the 750th Anniversary. A Special Projects officer has been appointed to come up with a celebratory programme of events. Meantime the Viking Festival continues to be held on an annual basis and in 2011 will run from 27 August to 4 September. See www.largsvikingfestival.com for the 2010 event. This will be updated in June for this year's event. Yes Geoff there are arrangements being made by the Largs Viking Festival Committee to celebrate the 750th Anniversary. A Special Projects officer has been appointed to come up with a celebratory programme of events. Meantime the Viking Festival continues to be held on an annual basis and in 2011 will run from 27 August to 4 September. See http://www.largsvikingfestival.com for the 2010 event. This will be updated in June for this year’s event.

]]> http://www.largs.co.uk/34/the-pencil-monument/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Geoff Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:54:00 +0000 http://www.largs.co.uk/?p=34#comment-30 Does anyone know if Largs is doing anything special to commemorate 1263 as being the year in which Alexander III beat the Vikings at there - 750 years ago come 2013? Battle Of Largs | Largs.co.uk At www.largs.co.uk it tells us "The Pencil Monument was built to commemorate the 1263 Battle of Largs. The monument, built in 1912, is for the Scottish people to remember the resolve they had in repelling attacks by the Norwegians." Does anyone know if Largs is doing anything special to commemorate 1263 as being the year in which Alexander III beat the Vikings at there – 750 years ago come 2013?
Battle Of Largs | Largs.co.uk
At http://www.largs.co.uk it tells us “The Pencil Monument was built to commemorate the 1263 Battle of Largs. The monument, built in 1912, is for the Scottish people to remember the resolve they had in repelling attacks by the Norwegians.”

]]> http://www.largs.co.uk/34/the-pencil-monument/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Jon Tiffany Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:20:02 +0000 http://www.largs.co.uk/?p=34#comment-2 Nice informative post. Its been many years since I've been up to the north and reading this makes me feel like taking a long weekend break while the weather is nice! Nice informative post. Its been many years since I’ve been up to the north and reading this makes me feel like taking a long weekend break while the weather is nice!

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