The Laughin’ and Greetin’ Bridge
1st Edition OS map [Muiravonside]: Ordnance Survey Book: Bridge 61 [Union Canal]: Laughin’ and Greetin’ Bridge 22 May 1987, Falkirk Herald:
Category: Scotland
Scotland today and Scotland past
Rotterdam Street
Interested in architecture and design, I came across this architect’s sketch in the Trove archive. It was drawn for Fred Shearer Ltd, Rotterdam Street, Thurso. Archive material about Fred Shearer … Continue reading Rotterdam Street
The SUPER SOUND Cinema
Green’s Playhouse, Art Deco, super-cinema, Nethergate, Dundee opened on 4 March 1936.Designed by John Fairweather, it held over 4,000 seats and featured an iconic 85-foot-tall glass and steel tower. It … Continue reading The SUPER SOUND Cinema
100 Mill Lane
Last month, whilst visiting my son and his partner in London, I noticed this retail premises on Mill Road, West Hampstead: The old styling had me intrigued. Clearly, at one … Continue reading 100 Mill Lane
In the Basement
On our recent visit to the Young Artists’ Summer Show we had to enter through the basement of the Royal Academy of Arts. We passed by an array of statuary … Continue reading In the Basement
The Willow Tea Room
97 Buchanan Street, Glasgow [this image is from the Trove archive]
BOOKLESS BROS.
I have a deep fondness for Footdee, Aiberdeen. A distant grandfather was Fittie’s ‘Tragic Harbourmaster‘ and is buried in St Clement’s churchyard. 1899 Ordnance Survey map: Bookless Brothers Preserving Works: … Continue reading BOOKLESS BROS.
‘a streetful of shops under one roof’
In the Trove archive I came across a 1950s map of the centre of Edinburgh. On the reverse of the map was this : My favourite memory of Jenners returns … Continue reading ‘a streetful of shops under one roof’