Time passes. Listen
Under Milk Wood, by Dylan Thomas, a play for voices: “Time passes. Listen. Time passes. Come closer now.” On this page you will find films about time passing made by … Continue reading Time passes. Listen
Tag: clocks
no mechanism required
On Monday, Peter and Sian went to Newport in Fife, to take two old clocks to a clock-mender. These old clocks have long-ticked together: no mechanism required. … Continue reading no mechanism required
Lost my watch
I lost my watch on the day of my retirement from the NHS. My daughter Rachel gave me her old watch. The watch that I now wear. Lost my watch: … Continue reading Lost my watch
‘The best collector of clocks’
Charles Octavius Swinnerton Morgan (1803 –1888), known as Octavius Morgan, was a British politician, historian and antiquary. He was a significant benefactor to the British Museum. Following the death his … Continue reading ‘The best collector of clocks’
Time Passes. Listen. Time Passes
On Saturday we watched ‘Scotland from the Sky’ presented by James Crawford. In the first episode James returned to Clydebank where the monumental SINGER factory used to be. It is … Continue reading Time Passes. Listen. Time Passes
‘A man most unusually connected’
I read the obituary of David Miller (1935 – April 2020) in yesterday’s Herald. David Miller was a widely-admired businessman who chaired a wide range of organisations. He was known … Continue reading ‘A man most unusually connected’
‘A Pair of GOLD SPECTACLES in a Tartan Case’
On 13th November 1881, George Stephen, Watchmaker, Comrie lost his spectacles [presumably going to, or coming from, church]: George Stephen would have been a ‘weel kent’ figure in Comrie given … Continue reading ‘A Pair of GOLD SPECTACLES in a Tartan Case’
Cameras are clocks for seeing
Our Mantel Clock as drawn by Rachel in December of 2010.