Short films by Peter
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PRODUCTIVITY gets the wheels turning faster
I came across this in the Edinburgh Evening News of the 3 January 1949.
Bannockburn House Garden
A few photographs from yesterday:
Watch me walk: ring that bell
To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Music credit: ‘G.O.D. And the Broken Ribs’ by Jack White. Clips: On-coming headlights reflected in the windscreen … Continue reading Watch me walk: ring that bell
‘Old violinist: readers memories’
This post shares a timeline, of course terribly incomplete, of Herbert Parkin, a ‘street musician’ familiar to Edinburgh in the 1920s: 1901 census, 44 Edburton Avenue, Brighton: The Parkin family: … Continue reading ‘Old violinist: readers memories’
‘One of the most brilliant students’
I recently came across a fascinating account of the life of Dr Francis Maxwell Chrystal [1882-1944], written by James Hamilton, Research Principal for the WS Society. Much of the photographic … Continue reading ‘One of the most brilliant students’
To live and feel
To play this ‘televisual poem’ please click here or on the image below: Credits: ‘I don’t know‘ performed live by Lisa Hannigan [2009]; Mossgrove butterflies; Mossgrove Japanese anemones [2026]; Big … Continue reading To live and feel
Chrystal photographs
I am working on a number of posts for Hole Ousia that will explore the lives and work of a father and son. The father was George Chrystal [1851-1911] a … Continue reading Chrystal photographs
Magnus Jackson [Photographer, Perth]
I am putting together an account of the life of Magnus Jackson, photographer, Perth. I will share this in due course. The above photograph is of the Jackson studio and … Continue reading Magnus Jackson [Photographer, Perth]
‘We will do what is right not what is easy’
In the window of Allanwater Chiropractic, Bridge of Allan, Saturday, 19th September 2026