The Corries are one of Scotland's most famous folk duos. Roy Williamson and Ronnie Browne first met each other at The Edinburgh College of Art in 1955, although their musical relationship didn’t begin until 1962. In the autumn of that year, a folk group consisting of Bill Smith, Ron Cruikshank, Paddie Bell and Roy Williamson was appearing at the Waverley Bar in Edinburgh. Ron Cruikshank subsequently left the group and Ronnie Browne joined. In 1965, Paddie Bell left the group to have her child. Roy, Ronnie and Bill Smith continued as the Corrie Folk Trio and released one album, Those Wild Corries, later repackaged as Cam Ye By Atholl.In 1966, Bill Smith left the line-up and the Corries were born.One of Scotland's national anthems "The Flower of Scotland" was witten by the late Roy Williamson.
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Eglon Hendrik van der Neer(1634?-1703)He was born in Amsterdam, probably in 1634, the son of Aert van der Neer. He studied with his father and with Jacob van Loo (1614-70) before making a trip to France where he remained some years as painter to Count van Dona, the Dutch Governor of Orange. He was back in Holland by 1659 living in Amsterdam and, by 1664, in Rotterdam. He continued to visit Amsterdam and The Hague, where he joined the painters' confraternity 'Pictura' in 1670. In 1679 he moved to Brussels, where he was appointed Court Painter to Charles II of Spain in 1687, though it seems he did not go to Spain. In 1689 he was back in Amsterdam, but in the following year he moved to Dusseldorf to take up an appointment as court painter to the Elector Palatine, Johann Wilhelm. He is best known for his refined genre scenes, though he also painted some history subjects, portraits and landscapes. He died in Dusseldorf on 3 May 1703.
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