Set your sights on our national treasure trove http://heritage.scotsman.com/template/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=7103&ArticleID=3328267&format=rss#comments Comments on "Set your sights on our national treasure trove" en-gb Copyright 2009, Johnston Press PLC Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:43:13 GMT http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 5 Posted by Richard P., Brechin http://heritage.scotsman.com//historic-sites/Set-your-sights-on-our.3328267.jp#comment2024779 Brechin,which is a tiny little city, is full of history, heroics and histrionics. The little guy on the wall of Brechin Castle, after a long siege, told Edward I where to go. He was hanged for his refusal to submit.
Butcher' Cumberland came through this way to Culloden. He was given short thrift. Doors were closed to him, and the rumour went around that the water was poisoned. It probably was; to the English and lowland Scots regiments alike.
The father of radar was born here: Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt. Radio Detection and Ranging. By the lend-lease agreement all Britain's secrets had to be given to the Americans. Therefore: America discovered Radar, Rockets, ASDIC, Television and the Telephone.

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