a sum and a story
To play this short film please click here. Credits: Moving Image Archive and Edwyn Collins singing ‘The heart is a foolish little thing’
Tag: Firrhill High School
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
Difficult to cure
Secret Shape of Time It is early morning, Granny’s kettle whistles she winds the grandfather clock. It is lunchtime, Bonaly Primary School I am ‘backward’, so I am told Summertime, … Continue reading Difficult to cure
John Dudley Sandeman
This post seeks to celebrate the short life of John Dudley Sandeman, who died aged 19 years, January 1960. Oban Times, 9th January 1960: The father of John Dudley Sandeman … Continue reading John Dudley Sandeman
BEATON
This poem is for Mrs Beaton who was my S2 English teacher, Firrhill High School, Edinburgh: BEATON. As a young child I learned to write backwards and could sleep standing … Continue reading BEATON
because what mattered were the stars
Earlier this year, on a granite paving slab in Mossgrove garden, I pasted an old newspaper page with an image of David Bowie alongside a black star. This temporary art … Continue reading because what mattered were the stars
Firrhill High School
I was a pupil at Firrhill High School from 1979 to 1984. I wish that my memory was better. My recall is not as I would wish. However, I can … Continue reading Firrhill High School
To call a spade a spade
In primary school I was considered to be a backward scholar who exhibited ‘no pace’ to learning. In particular I struggled with language and routinely talked about myself in the … Continue reading To call a spade a spade