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By Hole Ousia Posted on June 30, 2023June 30, 2023

That garden [on either side of the burn]

My childhood was in Edinburgh: first in Buckstone and then Bonaly. I have fond memories of a garden that once delighted me. This garden was on either side of Bonaly … Continue reading That garden [on either side of the burn]

Categories: Architecture, Family history, gardens, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: 120 Redford Road, 1955, alleged wilful fire-raising, Antiquary, Bleachfield, blown-up, Bonaly, Bonaly Burn, Colinton, Constance Gibson, Constance Scott, cottage destroyed by fire, David Girdwood, Demolished, Dr Peter Gordon, Dreghorn, Dreghorn castle, Driving Test, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Tattoo, Fairmilehead, flame throwers, Fordel, Fordel cottage, Great Granny, Hole Ousia, Honda Moped, I learned to drive on the site of old Dreghorn castle, I only now realize, In the 1980s I delivered milk and newspapers to Dreghorn, James Ivory, Laverock Dale cottage, Laverockdale, memories, memory, Mrs Picken, My Granny lived on 18 Thorburn Road [This road, New Slang, New Slang - The Shins, newspaper boy, Omphalos, Omphalos films, On the 10th April 1955 - having been 'torched' by flame-throwers - Dreghorn castle was blown up, Peter Gordon, Peter Scott-Gordon, picnic cooler, Polo fields, rebel antiquary, Redford, Redford drive, Robert Lorimer, run boy run, Run Boy Run - Woodkid, skateboard super highway, Social maverick, That garden [on either side of the burn], The Antiquary, the defence of Scotland, The Milk Run, The Rebel Antiquary, the Shins, The son of a Bank Manager, Thorburn Road, vivid memory, was named after the wife of Dreghorn], Woodkid

By Hole Ousia Posted on October 7, 2022April 11, 2023

the Defence of Scotland

On the 10th April 1955 – having been ‘torched’ by flame-throwers – Dreghorn castle was blown up. The Defence of Scotland: To play this short film please click here or … Continue reading the Defence of Scotland

Categories: Architecture, Omphalos films, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: 1955, Antiquary, blown-up, Bonaly, Colinton, Constance Gibson, Constance Scott, Demolished, Dr Peter Gordon, Dreghorn, Dreghorn castle, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Tattoo, flame throwers, Great Granny, Hole Ousia, I learned to drive on the site of old Dreghorn castle, I only now realize, In the 1980s I delivered milk and newspapers to Dreghorn, Mrs Picken, My Granny lived on 18 Thorburn Road [This road, New Slang, New Slang - The Shins, newspaper boy, Omphalos, Omphalos films, On the 10th April 1955 - having been 'torched' by flame-throwers - Dreghorn castle was blown up, Peter Gordon, rebel antiquary, Redford, Redford drive, run boy run, Run Boy Run - Woodkid, Social maverick, The Antiquary, the defence of Scotland, The Milk Run, The Rebel Antiquary, the Shins, Thorburn Road, was named after the wife of Dreghorn], Woodkid

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