Jekyll & Hyde
As featured in The GRAPHIC, 5 Feb 1910. The drawing is by Gilbert Holiday.
Tag: Gilbert Farie
Gilbert Farie: Ten considerations
This is an old piece of writing. It was written over a decade ago. The ‘Ten considerations’ are based on titles of creative works by Robert Louis Stevenson: Gilbert Farie, … Continue reading Gilbert Farie: Ten considerations
Gilbert Farie’s Pharmacy: the texture of time
Yesterday: Gilbert Farie’s Pharmacy was on Henderson Street, Bridge of Allan. Today: Holm Pharm Ltd opened on Fountain Road, Bridge of Allan. To play a short film about the past … Continue reading Gilbert Farie’s Pharmacy: the texture of time
Local time passed into history
This coming weekend, Strathallan Pharmacy, Bridge of Allan, will move into new premises: Local time passed into history: To watch ‘Local time passed into history’ please click here. Thank you: … Continue reading Local time passed into history
UK psychiatry continues to minimise harmful experiences of antidepressants
I made this film 13 years ago [link below]. Since making this film, antidepressant prescribing to Scottish adults has risen from 1 in 9 Scots to 1 in 4. This … Continue reading UK psychiatry continues to minimise harmful experiences of antidepressants
Bridge of Allan: trial of a new Fire Engine
Mossgrove, the house that has been our family home for more than two decades, was built by William Cousine in 1880: William Cousine [1836-1888] was the first Captain of Bridge … Continue reading Bridge of Allan: trial of a new Fire Engine
Gilbert Farie
In a ‘Far Cry from Kensington‘ Muriel Spark said:
The hunchback
Gilbert Farie, (pronounced fairy) you will not have heard of, for he is a forgotten village Pharmacist who practiced back in Victorian days. Gilbert Farie was the dwarf pharmacist, hunched, … Continue reading The hunchback