Around Scotland.
This wonderful painting by Siobhan McLaughin featured in yesterday’s Scotland on Sunday. I love the colour, pattern and scale. The painting is called Glen Muick. Glen Muick is one of … Continue reading Around Scotland.
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La Teste
Northern Scot – Saturday 12th March 1892 The Late ‘La Teste’ Does the road to Parnassus lead on to the Poorhouse? Sometimes it would almost seem so. La Teste – … Continue reading La Teste
My talk for the Deeside Heritage Society
I have been asked to give a talk for the Deeside Heritage Society and will be giving this in Aboyne on the evening of the Thursday 19th October 2017. My … Continue reading My talk for the Deeside Heritage Society
“He was familiar with every road in Scotland”
Yesterday, whilst searching for family story, I found this obituary of my great-great-great grandfather: My great-great-great grandfather, John Gordon (born 1816, died 1899) was born in the ‘fairm-toun’ of Bovaglia … Continue reading “He was familiar with every road in Scotland”