“No body was found entire”
Last week, on a short break in Banffshire with my wife, we visited auld Cullen. In the churchyard we came across this memorial: We were struck by the unusual name … Continue reading “No body was found entire”
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‘It is said that he had 3 years’ work in his studio’
Alexander Brodie was a most talented sculptor. He died 100 years before I was born. He is buried not far from my great-great-great grandfather in St Clement’s Churchyard, Footdee. This … Continue reading ‘It is said that he had 3 years’ work in his studio’
Bottle washed ashore
In November 1857 this bottle, with a message inside, was washed ashore. Whitberry point is a few miles north of Dunbar.
Captain Phillips
A friend from Australia, aware of my interest in Johnston Shearer, the pioneer Scottish Photographer, recently sent me this photograph of Captain Phillips as taken in 1870 at 242 Union … Continue reading Captain Phillips