- It was the only battle Charlie ever won - finally losing the one with booze in 1788.
- It inspired a brilliant folk song about the English commander General Sir John Cope - 'Hey, Johnnie Cope, are you waulking [awake] yet?'
- Isn't it great that our wonderful country has a place in it called Prestonpans?
In other news ...
John Loudon MacAdam was born today in 1756. He went on to become one of the great road engineers of the Industrial Revolution using gravel held together by tar. it has since come to be known as TarAdam and you see it everywhere.
P.S. It usually melts in the summer, to the unaccountable amazement of local councils everywhere.
