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By Hole Ousia Posted on September 10, 2020March 4, 2023

broken

This is an artistic film by a ‘modern ruin’. The film carries some of my recent adventure in and around Lothian. I found Dryden bridge broken (the house was long … Continue reading broken

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By Hole Ousia Posted on September 9, 2020March 4, 2023

Perennial in its freshness

At the beginning of this week I followed a tree-lined avenue to where Dryden House once stood. The land around Dryden House was mined without consideration of extinction. Dryden House … Continue reading Perennial in its freshness

Categories: Architecture, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: Antiquary, At the beginning of this week I followed a tree-lined avenue to where Dryden House once stood, Bilston, Demolished, Dr Peter Gordon, Dryden, Dryden House, Dryden House was demolished sometime before WWII [no record of it's demolition survives], Dryden Tower, Hole Ousia, Mavisbank House, Mercer, midlothian, Mining, Omphalos, Omphalos films, Perennial in its freshness, Peter Gordon, rebel antiquary, Repeats its love, Scotland, September 2020, Social maverick, The Antiquary, The land around Dryden House was mined without consideration of extinction, the only epitaph, The Rebel Antiquary, tree-lined approach, tree-lined avenue, Trotter

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