CLAN HOUSE
I recently asked my mother this: ‘Mum, Recently when watching Suzie Fletcher, the leather restorer, on BBC Repair Shop I found my thoughts returning to childhood when you took us … Continue reading CLAN HOUSE
Tag: cholera
8 days
What is in a name? I sometimes ask myself this. I was given the name Peter by my parents. It is the only name I identify with [no other name … Continue reading 8 days
The Crew Ship COLUMBO
In Faslane Cemetery, just by the gate, is this tombstone: It was erected by the widow of John Reeve who died of Cholera on board of the Crew Ship Columbo … Continue reading The Crew Ship COLUMBO
The Auld Gardener
John McGregor was Gardener for Dunblane. Today he would be called a “Council worker” but in his time his occupation was termed: “Statute Labourer”. John McGregor lived with his wife … Continue reading The Auld Gardener
Hats, Hats, Hats!
During this Coronavirus pandemic, as my once daily local exercise, I have visited early in the morning, our local churchyard at Logie. It is where my Grandfather and Granny are … Continue reading Hats, Hats, Hats!
A sailor’s grave
28th July 1831: Captain John Black died of cholera aboard his boat ‘Diana’.
Achravole
The graves of three people who were buried in this small enclosure in 1830. They had all died of Cholera and their friends declined to carry them any further for … Continue reading Achravole