A visit to Culross
Last Wednesday, the volunteer gardeners for Bannockburn House visited the village of Culross on the Firth of Forth. Our thanks go to Margaret Pollock, head gardener for Bannockburn House, for … Continue reading A visit to Culross
Tag: River Forth
FERRY SUSPENDED
South Queensferry, 1958 [Trove archive]
In a loop of the Forth
This poem is for Ian:
missing
missing: To play this short film about Old Polmaise please click here. Music credit: Blue Lead Fences by Loch Lomond
The last of Pat Conway
The Haugh of West Grange, by the river Forth, was familiar to generations of my family. In my lifetime it became roofless: a home for plastic-wrapped silage. The Last of … Continue reading The last of Pat Conway
‘The Two Worlds Opinion’
John Wright Paton was born in 1825 at Kennetpans on the banks of the river Forth. By 1851 he had been appointed as Head Gardener at Crimonmogate, Aberdeenshire: It is … Continue reading ‘The Two Worlds Opinion’