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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]
‘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!
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’
Edinburgh Gas Light Company
This delightful old photograph of the Edinburgh Gas Light Company is crammed with the workers who brought light to the night-time streets of Edinburgh: In Indexing this photograph, Trove provide … Continue reading Edinburgh Gas Light Company