April 1963
Thanks to Geoff and Joy Darracott, Pentwyn, for keeping this newspaper from the time of Dai and Eileen’s marriage:
Tag: Perth
Girgenti: footnotes and forget-me-nots
Introducing Girgenti At Girgenti you can still hear two girls sing. Girgenti followed Paestum From Thimble Row to Discoveries:
Discoveries at Gigenti
This is my final film on Girgenti:
From Thimble Row to Girgenti
Isabella Thomson Masters was born at 11am on the 15th August 1860 at 19 Hospital Street, Perth. Her young mother worked in a factory and could not read or write. … Continue reading From Thimble Row to Girgenti
Tor-na-coille
lasting colour and beauty [photograph taken today]
Auld friends and visitors
I recently shared a film that I made at what little remains of Craighall Castle, Fife. I had long wanted to visit the castle as it was featured in “Fife … Continue reading Auld friends and visitors
Tor-na-coille
We spent a lovely Christmas beside the river Tay. The first three photos are of garden birds in flight approaching the bird table. The last photograph is of starlings daily … Continue reading Tor-na-coille
Paradoxically, has at once too little and too much plot
This is a film about Newmiln House, St Martins, Perthshire. It was where the actor Liam Neeson and fellow cast members stayed during the filming of Rob Roy. This was … Continue reading Paradoxically, has at once too little and too much plot
‘Professor Orlando’
This film is about a man named “Andrew Stewart” though this may not have been his real name. He was Scottish and born sometime in the early 19th century and … Continue reading ‘Professor Orlando’
Those inside-shiny-pumpkins
This painting by Jackie Morris reminded me of the annual ‘Great Conker Hunt’ that we used to have at Walnut Grove, West Kinfauns. The first Great Conker Hunt took place … Continue reading Those inside-shiny-pumpkins
Created poetry from pain
The A K Library, Perth, has a permanent exhibition on William Soutar the poet who created poetry from pain: Last year I made this short film based on a visit … Continue reading Created poetry from pain
Tor-na-coille orchard
Tor-na-coille orchard photographed on Sunday 13th May 2018. How beautiful nature can be, and here with the ‘blossomest blossom’: