[16 January 1940]
‘Golden eagle comes to Oban’
before soaring off in the direction of
Ben Cruachan.
[12 February 1940]
‘Missing from Oban’
since February 10th
‘a rather shy boy
who often went into the country alone.’
Previously found on
Ben Cruachan.
Fair hair
spectacled
blue eyes
navy jacket,
black scarf.
[9 April 1940]
‘Body of a boy found floating in the Tay’
At Barnhill Toll –
that small place in the whole of time.
[28 September 1940]
‘Spectacular cloudburst at Ben Cruachan’.
Notes:
1. A poem for David Lowe, 1923-1940
2. Based on newspaper reports and headlines, 1940
3. Barnhill Toll, Perth – here I made a short film in 2016 for David Bowie, on the day that he died. I called this film ‘A wee space in the whole of time’
To play this film please click here or on the image above.