A wee adventure in longevity
Last summer Peter and Big Ted visited Strahbraan in Perthshire: Ideally we will be unnoticed then gone: To play this short film please click here or on the image above. … Continue reading A wee adventure in longevity
Tag: centenarian
Whale Cottage
Last week, when I was exploring Sutherland, I had hoped to visit Whale cottage. Alas, I ran out of time. My understanding is that it this delightfully named cottage is … Continue reading Whale Cottage
‘Auld Bauby’
Barbara Duff, ‘Auld Bauby’, [1744-1854 Perthshire Courier, April 1851: Perthshire Courier, April 1854: Montrose Standard, 21 April 1854:
A wee adventure in longevity [by a ‘transitional object’]
Last month Peter and Big Ted visited the auld fairms of Pitleoch. Here is a scrapbook of oor adventure. Spring 1842: New Year 1850: Summer 1864: There is a range … Continue reading A wee adventure in longevity [by a ‘transitional object’]
Her long earthly pilgrimage
Elspet Anderson was born in 1752 and died in 1855. Her husband, John Shearer was a farmer. Their home Mudhouse, parish of Aberlour. I would suggest that Elspet Shearer should … Continue reading Her long earthly pilgrimage
He lived in three centuries
True Briton, 28th March 1804: Thomas Lock, Dittisham, died aged 104 years
Bairnsburn
Bairnsburn, Keir: Ordnance Survey Book, circa 1858: October 1899: February 1918: August 1963: September 1963: February 1964:
‘His fund of old-world stories was constantly increasing’
I came across Daniel Muirhead by chance. He featured in the Scotsman newspaper in October 1860: Footnote: Bonaly, since the 1940s, has been a housing estate. This was where my … Continue reading ‘His fund of old-world stories was constantly increasing’