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By Hole Ousia Posted on November 24, 2023

Not Cary Grant!

The above photograph is of Archie Leech, gardener for Rowmore House, Helensburgh. The photograph was taken in 1894 [despite my best efforts I have been unable to find out anything … Continue reading Not Cary Grant!

Categories: gardens, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: A fish called Wanda, Antiquary, Archie Leach, Archie Leech, Argyllshire, Cary Grant, film star, gardener, Helensburgh, Hole Ousia, John Cleese, last of the summer wine, Not Cary Grant!, Peter Scott-Gordon, rebel antiquary, Rowmore house, Scotland, Social maverick, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, time passes listen, University of St Andrews photographic collection

By Hole Ousia Posted on November 17, 2023November 20, 2023

INTER-RAIL [Europe by Train]

August 1986: I ‘inter-railed’ across Europe with my cousin Robert Brink. We crossed the Berlin wall. To watch this short film please click here. You feel the world around you … Continue reading INTER-RAIL [Europe by Train]

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By Hole Ousia Posted on November 17, 2023

Tamrawer

Last night I gave a talk on Tamrawer to the Banton Heritage Society. I called my talk ‘Do not forget. Do not forget’. What follows are the slides that I … Continue reading Tamrawer

Categories: Architecture, Bridge of Allan, Family history, gardens, Omphalos films, Orchards, Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: 1762, a famous potato grower, a gardener died, a gardener is always a futurist, Airthrey castle, ankle-high ruin, Antiquary, Auchencloch, Banton, Banton Heritage Group, Banton Heritage Society, Carron Iron Company, Carronside, Chasing the sun, Colin Barrie, Do not forget. Do not forget, Donald Graham, Dr Peter Gordon, Drumdruills, Drumdruils, forgotten places, gardener, gentle gardener, Hale Bopp, hillock with the high fort, History of the potato, Hole Ousia, horticulturalist, I like it when you call me Mr Scott, James Ross, Kilsyth, Mince an' Tatties, Mossgrove, November 2023, Omphalos, Omphalos films, oor Wullie, Peter Gordon, Peter John Gordon, potato, potato planting, potatoes, rebel antiquary, river kelvin, Robert Graham, Scotland, Sian Fiona Williams, Social maverick, Strathcarron, Tamrawer, Tamrawer Kilsyth where Robert Graham grew potatoes on a commercial scale. He was the first to do so in Scotland., tatties, The Antiquary, The Gentle Gardener, The Grahams, The Grahams of Tamrawer, The Rebel Antiquary, Thomrawer, Tomrawer, Tomrawyr, unremembered, where iron runs like water

By Hole Ousia Posted on November 15, 2023November 16, 2023

Sheriffmuir Inn

This is Sheriffmuir Inn, as I recall it. Here, my Grumpa took me to visit to Hercules the bear. Here, with my family, I celebrated my 40th birthday. Here, I … Continue reading Sheriffmuir Inn

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