Glencoe

British

/ ɡlɛnˈkəʊ /

noun

a glen in W Scotland, in S Highland: site of a massacre of Macdonalds by Campbells and English troops (1692)

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I date my life with Keith to the spring of 1982, when, in the finale of the Central School talent show in Glencoe, Ill., I played the part of the guitarist in the Stones cover band that brought down the house with “Jumpin Jack Flash.”

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Glencoe and RAF mountain rescue teams assisted with the search and recovery operation.

From BBC

Police knew he passed through Glencoe Village at about 18:00 on Friday before going on to the Bridge of Orchy Hotel in Argyll.

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Ally was skiing with his mum Carole and his brothers in Glencoe in March 2022 when he crashed.

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The quest, which ended in Glencoe on Saturday, took the semi-professional cyclist around eight-and-a-half years.

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