Barran
Barran croft, Dalmally, Argyll: 1870 Ordnance Survey map: 9 June 1881, Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser: 30 July 1881, Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser: 3 August 1907, The Scotsman: Undated:
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Scottish Flying Machine
Robert Black, 1875-1946, was a lad o’pairts. He should be known better and deserves to be properly remembered. Here I share a timeline of some of his extraordinary life: 5 … Continue reading Scottish Flying Machine
Batavaim
27 September 1911, The Scotsman:
Death of The Witness
16 May 1843, Northern Warder: This calotype portrait is of William Robertson, ‘sub-editor of the Witness’. It was taken by Hill & Adamson in Edinburgh. Trove archive states that ‘it … Continue reading Death of The Witness
Port-na-Craig
Port-na-Craig Ferry, Pitlochry: 21 October 1903, Perthshire Advertiser: 10 August 1904, Perthshire Advertiser: 21 June 1905, Dundee Courier: 15 January 1909, Dundee Courier: 23 May 1913, Dundee Courier:
‘CYCLIMANIA’
As reported in the Falkirk Herald, 24 June 1933:
Clach na h-Iobairte
1862 Ordnance Survey Map, north side of Loch Tummel, Perthshire:
DAEITYERSEL
Sunday Post, 5 July 1964
Britain’s Blitz Babies
An advertisement for ROWNTREE’s COCOA in the Sunday Post 2 April 1944