Latest Scottish Adventure #6

**McClef** · 20th May 07, 10:16 AM

This is St Mary's College, my old college, which forms the Faculty of Divinity. The tree outside was allegedly planted by Mary Queen of Scots.

Another plaque, this time free of graffiti which recounts the history of the St Mary's quadrangle area. Parliament Hall, where the Scots Parliament once met, was the former University Library until the books were moved to a new building towards the end of my time as a student.

Innes bookshop on South St which was the main supplier of books for students, but their theology selection was poor in my time so if I needed to buy a book quick it meant a trip to Edinburgh (always a good excuse!)

This mosaic mural is on the corner of the Town Hall. Don't laugh but I used to think the words were in Polish because of the way the words were split and read it as "Tostand Drewscity" instead of "To St Andrews City"!

The ruins of an Augustinian Priory on South St, it always used to look lovely when illuminated at night.

More to come!

**Arlen** · 20th May 07, 12:03 PM

Again, these are gorgeous Pictures. It's been a long, long time since I've been to St. Andrews.

**gangreenfootball** · 20th May 07, 12:40 PM

Thanks for sharing

**brandycr** · 20th May 07, 01:38 PM

I love your pictures you guys are so lucky to have such a old country .Here in the states you rarely see history like that.

**cessna152towser** · 20th May 07, 02:50 PM

Lovely pics of St. Andrews, Trefor, brings back happy memories.

**starbkjrus** · 20th May 07, 05:42 PM

So Trefor, you're alegedly Divine? That could make for an interesting thread.

Nice pics by the way.

**CelticRanger66** · 20th May 07, 08:56 PM

Again great pics!!!

**David Dalglish** · 20th May 07, 09:18 PM

Nice pictures of St Andrews

**McClef** · 21st May 07, 02:40 AM

Originally Posted by starbkjrus

So Trefor, you're alegedly Divine? That could make for an interesting thread.

Nice pics by the way.

I was a Divine Dee

We were also marked out from the rest in that we did not wear the traditional scarlet gowns, ours were black with the cross of St Andrew on the left facing and we did not change how we wore them each year. So you could not tell by looking is a divinity student was a bejant, a semi, a tertian or a magistrand!

I can imagine puzzled looks by those terms on the faces of the uninitiated!