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Moffat (Scottish Gaelic: Am Magh Fada, "The Long Plain") is a former burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, lying on the River Annan, with a population of around 2,500. [1]

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Air chief marshal

Air chief marshal (Air Chf Mshl or ACM) is a four-star air officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force, where it is the most senior peacetime air force rank.

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Annandale Way

The Annandale Way is a hiking trail in Scotland.

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Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain (Luftschlacht um England, literally "The Air Battle for England") was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.

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Beattock

Beattock is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, approximately south-west of Moffat and north of Dumfries.

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Britain in Bloom

RHS Britain in Bloom is the largest horticultural campaign in the United Kingdom.

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Buck Ruxton

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Burgh

A burgh was an autonomous municipal corporation in Scotland and Northern England, usually a town, or toun in Scots.

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Burke and Hare murders

The Burke and Hare murders were a series of 16 murders committed over a period of about ten months in 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Chalybeate

Chalybeate waters, also known as ferruginous waters, are mineral spring waters containing salts of iron.

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Clan Johnstone

Clan Johnstone is a Border Reiver Scottish clan.

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Clan Moffat

Clan Moffat is a Lowland Scottish clan of ancient origin.

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D. E. Stevenson

Dorothy Emily Stevenson (1892–1973) was a best-selling Scottish author.

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Danny Bhoy

Danny Bhoy (born Danni Chaudhry on) is a Scottish comedian who has performed in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Sweden and the United States.

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Devil's Beef Tub

The Devil's Beef Tub, (Marquis of Annandale's Beef-Tub, Beef-Stand, MacCleran's Loup) is a deep, dramatic hollow in the hills north of the Scottish town of Moffat.

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Dumfries

Dumfries (possibly from Dùn Phris) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway (Dumfries an Gallowa, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands.

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Dumfriesshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Dumfriesshire is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood).

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Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (UK Parliament constituency)

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale is a constituency of the House of Commons, located in the south of Scotland, within the Dumfries and Galloway, South Lanarkshire and Scottish Borders council areas.

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Edinburgh Woollen Mill

Edinburgh Woollen Mill (EWM) is a Langholm-based retailer specialising in clothing, along with interests in homewares and destination shopping for tourists.

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Fish farming

Fish farming or pisciculture involves raising fish commercially in tanks or enclosures such as fish ponds, usually for food.

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Grey Mare's Tail, Moffat Hills

Grey Mare's Tail is a hanging valley waterfall near to Moffat in southern Scotland.

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Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.

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Helen Hyslop

Helen Hyslop, also Nelly or Ellen Hyslop was a 'noted local beauty' in Moffat and a strong local tradition maintains that Burns was for some time a great admirer of her and she had an affair with Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796).

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Hugh Dowding

Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, (24 April 1882 – 15 February 1970) was an officer in the Royal Air Force.

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Hydrotherapy

Hydrotherapy, formerly called hydropathy and also called water cure, is a part of alternative medicine, in particular of naturopathy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy, that involves the use of water for pain relief and treatment.

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James D. Murray

James Dickson Murray FRS, (born 2 January 1931 in Moffat, Scotland) is professor emeritus of applied mathematics at University of Washington and University of Oxford.

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James Fraser (footballer)

James Fraser was a Scottish international footballer.

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Jimmy Niven

James Bryden Niven (10 February 1861 – 1933) was a Scottish international football player.

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John Adam (architect)

John Adam (5 March 1721 – 25 June 1792) was a Scottish architect.

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John Loudon McAdam

John Loudon McAdam (23 September 1756 – 26 November 1836) was a Scottish engineer and road-builder.

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Moffat Academy

Moffat Academy is a school in Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Moffat Hills

The Moffat hills are a range of hills in the Southern Uplands of Scotland.

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Moffat RFC

Moffat Rugby Football Club (abbreviated as Moffat RFC) Known as The Rams are a rugby union side, currently playing in the West Regional League West Three.

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Moffat toffee

Moffat toffee is not a traditional toffee but a boiled sweet made in the Scottish town of Moffat.

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RAF Fighter Command

RAF Fighter Command was one of the commands of the Royal Air Force.

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River Annan

The River Annan (Abhainn Anann in Gaelic) is a river in south-west Scotland.

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Robert Burns

Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known as Rabbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire, Ploughman Poet and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist.

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer.

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Samuel Wallace

Samuel Thomas Dickson Wallace VC (7 March 1892 – 2 February 1968) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic or Scots Gaelic, sometimes also referred to simply as Gaelic (Gàidhlig) or the Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland.

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Sir Walter Scott Way

The Sir Walter Scott Way is a long distance path in the Scottish Borders of Scotland, in memory of Sir Walter Scott, one of Scotland's greatest writers.

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South of Scotland Football League

The South of Scotland Football League (SoSFL) is a senior football competition based in the south of Scotland.

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Southern Upland Way

The Southern Upland Way is a coast-to-coast walk in Scotland between Portpatrick in the west, and Cockburnspath in the east.

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Spa

A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (and sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths.

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Spa town

A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa (a developed mineral spring).

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St Ninian's School, Moffat

St Ninian's Preparatory School was an independent preparatory school for boys in Moffat, Scotland.

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Sulfur

Sulfur or sulphur is a chemical element with symbol S and atomic number 16.

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Upper Annandale F.C.

Upper Annandale Football Club are a football club from the town of Moffat in the Dumfries and Galloway area of Scotland.

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Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest award of the British honours system.

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William Brodie (sculptor)

William Brodie (22 January 1815 – 30 October 1881) was a Scottish sculptor, working in Edinburgh in the 19th century.

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William Carruthers (botanist)

William C Carruthers (29 May 1830 – 2 June 1922) was a Scottish botanist.

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Wool

Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other animals, including cashmere and mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, angora from rabbits, and other types of wool from camelids.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moffat

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