WAIT/CROSS
The rebel antiquary.
Category: Folk worth talking about
Special people from any era
Up in the clouds
Out-shots from one of my favourite short archive clips: To play a short film, called Track + Field, please click here Music credit: Track and Field by JJerome87
‘Sympathy, fellow feeling . . .’
Earlier this summer I visited Bonskeid to remember Robert Fowler Barbour who died in infancy. He was the first of the family to be buried in the [private] Bonskeid burial … Continue reading ‘Sympathy, fellow feeling . . .’
The Lost Weekend
Footnote:
To the Curious, the Artist & Antiquary
In the British Newspaper Archive, I came across this entry in the Edinburgh Caledonian Mercury of 24 January 1799. It was the title that caught my attention! David Martin, 1737-1797, … Continue reading To the Curious, the Artist & Antiquary
Firrhill Secondary School
From 1979 to 1985 I attended Firrhill Secondary School in Edinburgh. Despite being considered a ‘backward learner’ and being shy, I was both happy and successful at this large comprehensive … Continue reading Firrhill Secondary School
National Playing Fields Association
Lorne Place, Leith, Edinburgh:
The BROADWAY ANGEL
I am currently making a film titled ‘The BROADWAY ANGEL’. It is about Grace Lindsay Webster who died suddenly on the 5th December 1923. Her Angel tombstone can be found … Continue reading The BROADWAY ANGEL