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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]

1867 Improvement Act: St Mary’s Street, Edinburgh

The photograph [above] taken by Dr Francis Maxwell Chrystal, fascinates me.  I admire the way he never excludes ‘passing life’ from his photographs. It is one of the ‘Chrystal collection’ … Continue reading 1867 Improvement Act: St Mary’s Street, Edinburgh

‘Of course you want someone like Miss Jean Brodie in your life’

In one of last Sunday’s papers, I read with interest about a: 4th October 2026, Scotland on Sunday: In this feature article, David Harrower, the playwright of a new stage … Continue reading ‘Of course you want someone like Miss Jean Brodie in your life’

Granton: ‘out with the old and in with the new’

In my previous post I shared some of the history of Edinburgh Gas Light Company and that it relocated around the turn of the 19c to Granton. This led me … Continue reading Granton: ‘out with the old and in with the new’