It was an expressive silence
One of my next poems will be on Dickson’s Close, Edinburgh. It will be narrated by a paperboy [when I was young I used to deliver the Edinburgh Evening News].What … Continue reading It was an expressive silence
Category: Scotland
Scotland today and Scotland past
Garrick farm
I have a real saft spot for Braco, as it was here, in the old Inn that my grandfather took us for Sunday roasts. This was back in the early … Continue reading Garrick farm
‘The SHOP that Aids ECONOMISTS’
The shop of Hugh Dillon [died 1917] and his son Henry [died 1925]: 1858 OS map, Wooer’s Street, Falkirk: 19 July 1884, Falkirk Herald: Trove image, Wooer’s Street, Falkirk: 24 … Continue reading ‘The SHOP that Aids ECONOMISTS’
Midsocket
Between 1997 and 1990, as a medical student, I lived at 44 Midstocket Road, Aberdeen. My Uncle John had helped me with the mortgage.
National Playing Fields Association
Lorne Place, Leith, Edinburgh:
‘Fight to keep a playpark’
10 August 1967, Glasgow Daily Record: Image from Trove archive: The Red Road Development:
Where is Friendly Park?
I came across this query in an old newspaper: 7 July 1795, Caledonian Mercury: c1858, Ordnance Survey Book: 10 July 1874, Montrose Review: 9 January 1884, North British Daily Mail: … Continue reading Where is Friendly Park?
Drumsheugh House
Drumsheugh House, Edinburgh: 16 November 1774, Caledonian Mercury: 9 February 1799, Caledonian Mercury: 1804 map, by John Ainslie: 1810 Estate map [source: Lands and Houses of Drumsheugh] 30 May 1829, … Continue reading Drumsheugh House