The punctuation is freer
To play this short film please click here or on the image below: Opening voice: Sir Terry Farrel [architect] Song: Joe – an acoustic version by Tom Hingley Borrowed words: … Continue reading The punctuation is freer
Category: Folk worth talking about
Special people from any era
Baroness Dombrowski
Baroness Dombrowski [1881-1968], Austrian writer and illustrator, has been largely forgotten. During her career she used multiple names: Kathe Schonberger, Käthe Olshausen-Schönberger, Katharina von Dombrowski, Baroness von Dombrowski, and the … Continue reading Baroness Dombrowski
Mrs Hippo Pops into the Pool!
First published in The SKETCH, 2 August 1933, by Baroness K.O. S. Dombrowski
Robert Fergusson
Short films on Robert Fergusson [1750-1774]: [to play each film please click on relevant image} Upon yer whunstane hearts: Worry undone: Crichton’s Close:
A friend to friendship itself: Davie Glen
David Rioch Glen, 1909-1978. Sadly, I never met Davie [Davy] Glen but I heard some wonderful tales about him when I was researching the history of Jock’s Road, Glen Doll. … Continue reading A friend to friendship itself: Davie Glen
Volume II: Edington Hill
The TROVE archive for Scotland contains three volumes of hand written diaries by James Davidson of Edington Hill. The TROVE archive had not identified the diarist or recorded information about … Continue reading Volume II: Edington Hill
The Poet’s House
The Poet’s House, Burngrains, Alvah, Banffshire. “The black and white photograph shows a two storeyed nineteenth century house with dormer windows to the front. The house is built of stone … Continue reading The Poet’s House
The Corsegight Hermit
A timeline : Robert William Ironside [born Barrack, 1825 – died Paradise Cottage, Corsegight, 1896]: 1 October 1853, Poor Law Register: 19 April 1870, Banffshire Journal: 1870 Ordnance Survey: 27 … Continue reading The Corsegight Hermit