Local time passed into history – Page 2

By Hole Ousia February 3, 2026

AUSTIN LOOKS YEARS AHEAD

Advert that featured in Country Life, 30 June 1962

By Hole Ousia December 10, 2025December 10, 2025

Learning that time can sing

To play this short film please click here. This film features the ‘Dirlot Angel’, Caithness. Music credit: A live performance of ‘99.9F’ by Suzanne Vega [February 1993]

By Hole Ousia November 11, 2025November 11, 2025

A most incomplete timeline of archive material relating to Garmond village, Monquhitter Parish, Aberdeenshire. 1870 Ordnance Survey map: 1870 Ordnance Book description: 29 January 1881, Press & Journal: 25 October … Continue reading Garmond

By Hole Ousia November 6, 2025November 6, 2025

The punctuation is freer

To play this short film please click here or on the image below: Opening voice: Sir Terry Farrel [architect] Song: Joe – an acoustic version by Tom Hingley Borrowed words: … Continue reading The punctuation is freer

By Hole Ousia October 30, 2025October 30, 2025

‘A dour solid building’

In the Trove Scotland archive I came across this photograph of 52 West Port, Edinburgh. The stare of the unknown passer-by and the ghost sign: FIRE STATION, left me wanting … Continue reading ‘A dour solid building’