being and becoming in the world
In my previous post I shared some of the history of Edinburgh Gas Light Company and that it relocated around the turn of the 19c to Granton. This led me … Continue reading Granton: ‘out with the old and in with the new’
I came across the above photograph in the Trove archive. It was taken by Dr Francis Maxwell Chrystal when he attended the laying of the ‘foundation and memorial stone’ by … Continue reading Usher Hall
I came across this photograph of Dreghorn castle in the Trove archive. In the decade before my birth, Dreghorn castle was erased from the landscape. In the 1980s I delivered … Continue reading Dreghorn castle
The above photograph was taken in 1955. It is of Jeffrey’s Audio House, 23 Earl Grey Street, Edinburgh [Trove archive] 4 April 1959, The Scotsman: 12 November 1959, The Scotsman: … Continue reading Jeffrey’s Audio House
A number of years ago, for Christmas, I bought Sian from a second-hand bookshop, an old copy of The Face of Scotland. That same Christmas, Sian bought for me, also … Continue reading Houses which give character
In the Trove archive, I came across the above photograph. It was taken by a photographer for the Scotsman in 1958 and was given this annotation “Old Georgian house at … Continue reading Rose Park, Trinity
The Princess’s Theatre in Glasgow opened in 1878 as Her Majesty’s Theatre and Royal Opera House, later became the Royal Princess’s Theatre, and finally the Citizens Theatre. Located at 119 … Continue reading Princess’s Theatre
Drumsheugh House, Edinburgh: 16 November 1774, Caledonian Mercury: 9 February 1799, Caledonian Mercury: 1804 map, by John Ainslie: 1810 Estate map [source: Lands and Houses of Drumsheugh] 30 May 1829, … Continue reading Drumsheugh House