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Gunn arrived on the outskirts of Edinburgh from the north of Scotland
in the 1780's. Arriving outside the Golf Tavern he stopped to watch
the red-coated golfers. One of them offered Willie a job as a caddie,at
the going rate of one shilling an hour. This seemed a fortune to
a poor Highlander. Willie was an extremely likeable character and his services were soon in great demand. Many of his clients gave him their cast off clothes, and his fear of having them stolen meant that, in summer and winter, he wore three layers one sewn inside the other. In 1820 Caddie Willie headed home, after having saved enough to give himself a decent funeral. |
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The
Ellesmere Guest House
'Your home away from home' |
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Ruth MacLennan Telephone: - 0131 229 4823 Email: - ruth@edinburghbandb.co.uk |
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