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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Antispam question: What is the sum of 2 + 3 ? Answer: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON [quote][i]Originally posted by Marjorie[/i] [br]August 2011 sees the 200th anniversary of the death of Dr. John Leyden, the famous poet and Orientalist from Denholm in the Scottish Borders. Dr Leyden was a great friend of Sir Walter Scott and it is said that after his death, Scott could never talk about Leyden without a tear in his eye. He really appears to have been a most remarkable man. Over the next year, I hope to visit as many groups and organisations as possible to talk about the life and achievements of this great man whose story deserves to be more widely known. I appeal to any member who might have any memorabilia or documents relating to Dr John Leyden which might assist me in this task to contact me [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.