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To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Music credit: Ella Eyre – Rain in heaven ft. BBC Concert Orchestra (Radio 2 Piano Room) Film … Continue reading I’d never seen so much life in a giggle
COLOUR WAS NOT AFFORDABLE My father collected televisions – black & white, second-hand, rarely working. [chance INTERLUDE] An advert in an old P & J: RENT or BUY, From 42 … Continue reading Colour was not affordable.
As reported in The Herald, 27 January 2026. The Spey Viaduct: The present seemed vulnerable to the past: To play this short film please click here. Credits: Piano Theme by … Continue reading Collapsed Spey Viaduct
Aberdeen Evening Express, 10 January 1942.
Last night, I was in Glasgow with Sian. We were there for Roaming Roots: Icons Vol. 2. In Glasgow Concert Hall, as part of ‘Celtic Connection’, Guy Garvey and C. … Continue reading ‘Winged victory’ of Samothrace
Pitmuckstoun/Pitmuckstone/Pitmuxton, Aberdeen. 1746 Map, G. W. Paterson: Testaments lodged with Aberdeen Commissary Court: 10 August 1756, Aberdeen Press & Journal: 3 December 1770, Press & Journal: 1773 map, George Taylor: … Continue reading Pitmuckstone
The Round O’, Aberdeen: First Edition Ordnance Survey map:
Roy’s Nursery, Aberdeen. 4 July 1850, North British Agriculturist: 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map: 22 July 1853, Montrose Standard: 5 June 1858, Aberdeen Herald: 13 January 1870, Press & Journal: … Continue reading Roy’s Nursery