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The Guardian - UK
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James Greig

The pub that changed me: ‘It taught me not to be obnoxious’

James Greig at Nicky-Tams in Stirling, Scotland, 2016
James Greig at Nicky-Tams in Stirling, Scotland, 2016. Composite: Guardian Design; Courtesy of James Greig

Nicky-Tams Bar & Bothy, Stirling

This is said to be one of Scotland’s most haunted pubs, but for me it’s haunted with happy memories, the ghosts of hazy nights out, the spectre of my younger self, and of course the cantankerous clergyman who stalks its walls from beyond the grave.

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