Bothy near its mouth at the North Sea. Another Scottish example from the peak of the salmon fishing in the 1890s is the fisherman's bothy at the mouth of the Burn of Muchalls. A further example is the Lairig Leacach Bothy in Lochaber, not far to the east of Fort William. The best-known estate bothy is the one in the Royal Gardens at Windsor Castle, which could house about 25 people. It was used by the improver gardeners and disabled ex-servicemen who worked on the estate. Most reasonably-sized estates had a bothy, which housed single men only; in fact, if they
Bothy ballad was recorded as late as 1951. In the mid-1960s Grampian Television produced two series of programs re-enacting the kind of songs that were sung in bothies. It was called "Bothy Nichts". A tragic song might be followed by a joke or a story, then a humorous song. Only rarely would a servant girl be present at these events, and musical instruments were also rare, but they appeared on the shows. Lomax interviewed John Strachan (singer) (1875–1958), Jimmy MacBeath (1894–1972) and Davie Stewart (1901–1972). Hamish Henderson recorded bothy songs from Willie Scott (1897–1989). Bill Leader recorded Belle Stewart (1906–1997). Organisations such