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Show The history of names of places is one of Intense interest and is often connected with an event of importance import-ance to the town. An interesting story is told of the naming of Alloa, an industrial in-dustrial town on the Forth, in Scotland. Scot-land. At the first meeting of the town council, after many efforts to select a fitting name, it was decided to name it from the first words uttered ut-tered by councilman. There was a. long powerful silence .broken at last by a nervous councilman. "We'el," . ) he said, "I'll awa." And the town be- ( came Alloa, and rightly, too, for the meaning of Alloa is "The way to the sea." |