Scottish Flying Machine
Robert Black, 1875-1946, was a lad o’pairts. He should be known better and deserves to be properly remembered. Here I share a timeline of some of his extraordinary life: 5 … Continue reading Scottish Flying Machine
Tag: Lanarkshire
Brackenridge Moor
Strathaven Evening Telegraph, 6 June 1887:
Ramsay’s Folly
On a plan of Legbranock, Lanarkshire, dated 1809, I noticed a small cluster of buildings just south of Holytown in Lanarkshire. These buildings were annotated ‘Folly’, a place long since … Continue reading Ramsay’s Folly
Mary Scott’s exercise books
Mary, I found you in an old suitcase from the Orchard. Handwritten exercise books written by you at your piano. Art outlives us.
‘Also the above mentioned’
Lesmahgow, yer churchyard! Sixty years since, and mair . . . Beyond his grave, Walter Scott affrontit! The past, various pasts no longer half-remembered.
Oswald was a Saintly King
WILLIAM, ALEX and ROBERT In Bernstein’s ‘Tri-Tone’- there is such vibrance. In Oswald Bates’ Library – you are missing. Pagan Kings of Mercia. Doctors of sadness, footnotes and forget-me-nots. Bernstein’s … Continue reading Oswald was a Saintly King
In the Science Room is a Driving Clock
Peering into the abstract distance, William asked his faither – ‘is your main interest light?’ They were in the Science Room, looking through a telescope with a mechanical driving-clock and … Continue reading In the Science Room is a Driving Clock
Auchenglen
Yer windae attempted tae smile Hame tae blossom season aifter season, wunnerfu’ blossom that ripened. Aye, the jam wis braw! Yer loon sailed the seas – Jam needs sugar! Ther’s … Continue reading Auchenglen