Gives NO TROUBLE
An advertisement in the Scotsman, 17 April 1909.
Tag: Edinburgh
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
Edinburgh in 1868
The National Library of Scotland provides a wonderful archive of maps. This perspective by John Sulman is included. It was drawn in 1868 [to view it in more detail please … Continue reading Edinburgh in 1868
The Enchanted Capital of Scotland
In doing some research on Clan House, a shop in Grove Street in Edinburgh, where my mum used to take me and my two sisters to buy our school uniform, … Continue reading The Enchanted Capital of Scotland
‘Interesting new publications’
A newspaper advertisement from the end of 1966. In a time when Princes Street, Edinburgh, still had shops.
Waverley House
As a child who grow up in Edinburgh, I often passed by Waverley House, 82 Colinton Road, when on the bus going into Edinburgh city centre. To me it looked … Continue reading Waverley House
Thirlestane Tower
Caledonian Mercury, 2 April 1753: The New Statistical Account for Scotland, 1797: 1837: This date has been suggested as the year in which Thirlstane Tower, Yetholm, was “pulled down” [WikiTree] … Continue reading Thirlestane Tower
A mania for collecting tools
I came across this report in the Scotsman of 4 May 1927: In doing some further research I established that Reginald Porteous died of pneumonia in Edinburgh’s City Hospital in … Continue reading A mania for collecting tools