Short films by Peter
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Faintly heard
A visual representation of a passage of the 2026 BBC Prog Rock Proms
It was an expressive silence
One of my next poems will be on Dickson’s Close, Edinburgh. It will be narrated by a paperboy [when I was young I used to deliver the Edinburgh Evening News].What … Continue reading It was an expressive silence
Garrick farm
I have a real saft spot for Braco, as it was here, in the old Inn that my grandfather took us for Sunday roasts. This was back in the early … Continue reading Garrick farm
‘The SHOP that Aids ECONOMISTS’
The shop of Hugh Dillon [died 1917] and his son Henry [died 1925]: 1858 OS map, Wooer’s Street, Falkirk: 19 July 1884, Falkirk Herald: Trove image, Wooer’s Street, Falkirk: 24 … Continue reading ‘The SHOP that Aids ECONOMISTS’
I have never claimed to be a revolutionary
To play this short film please click here or on the image above, Music credit: ‘On Your Own Again’ by Scott Walker
Midsocket
Between 1997 and 1990, as a medical student, I lived at 44 Midstocket Road, Aberdeen. My Uncle John had helped me with the mortgage.
National Playing Fields Association
Lorne Place, Leith, Edinburgh:
‘Fight to keep a playpark’
10 August 1967, Glasgow Daily Record: Image from Trove archive: The Red Road Development: