being and becoming in the world
From 1979 to 1985 I attended Firrhill Secondary School in Edinburgh. Despite being considered a ‘backward learner’ and being shy, I was both happy and successful at this large comprehensive … Continue reading Firrhill Secondary School
Do you remember how you felt that Friday afternoon as school summer holidays began!
This is from the Daily Record, 9 April 1965. It is about a ‘new group’ called The WHO, touring Scotland. This is a bit before my time as I was … Continue reading ‘Peter called it Girnock’
To play this short film please click here. Credits: Moving Image Archive and Edwyn Collins singing ‘The heart is a foolish little thing’
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
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
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
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