Short films by Peter
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A visit to Culross
Last Wednesday, the volunteer gardeners for Bannockburn House visited the village of Culross on the Firth of Forth. Our thanks go to Margaret Pollock, head gardener for Bannockburn House, for … Continue reading A visit to Culross
Seedhead studies
Allium seedheads in low sunlight [Mossgrove garden, today]:
a televisual poem
A ‘televisual poem‘ that asks: can you remember what it is like to see the world from a child’s point of view? To play this televisual poem please click here … Continue reading a televisual poem
a recent selection
A selection of my recent wee films – or ‘televisual poems.’ The overarching theme is childhood and what it means to grow up in the unique world of your own … Continue reading a recent selection
The Chrystal family
I have been exploring this wonderful collection in the Trove archive: The photographs are by father and son. The father was George Chrystal [1851-1911], Professor of Mathematics at the University … Continue reading The Chrystal family
Magnus Jackson, father and son [Evergreen]
2 March 1891, Perthshire Constitutional Journal: Transference of photography business, 62 Princes Street, Perth, from father to son: 5 April 1891 census: 28 April 1891, Perth & Dundee Evening Telegraph: … Continue reading Magnus Jackson, father and son [Evergreen]
‘The New Hotel at Perth Station’
Dundee Courier, 19 March 1890:
When a’body kent Kate!
The above article is from the Dundee Courier, 4 February 1999. It is about an old Perth ‘worthy’ known as ‘Blue Caum Kate’. The photograph of her was taken by … Continue reading When a’body kent Kate!
