Standing
To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Music credit: Paul Buchanan singing ‘Mid Air‘
Tag: children
BEN CRUACHAN [Search for a Boy]
[16 January 1940] ‘Golden eagle comes to Oban’ before soaring off in the direction of Ben Cruachan. [12 February 1940] ‘Missing from Oban’ since February 10th ‘a rather shy boy … Continue reading BEN CRUACHAN [Search for a Boy]
Elisabeth Beresford introduces:
THE WOMBLES
Mr Benn – Red Knight
First shown on the BBC, Autumn 1979. This episode has stayed with me all my life.
The Wombles to the rescue
The Bookseller, 14 September 1974
Retold for little people
A short [incomplete] film on childhood: Music credits: She’s A Star – James [Piano Room, 2026] On Your own again – Scott Walker
AUSTIN LOOKS YEARS AHEAD
Advert that featured in Country Life, 30 June 1962
One of the quietest of men
Ordnance Survey Book entry, 1859, for Castleton burial ground, Scottish Borders. Index card for St Martin’s Church [site of]: Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser, 2 March 1887: The Late Mr Hardie … Continue reading One of the quietest of men