Gravestone of a gardener
This tombstone has no inscription of who it recalls, but given the symbols above the motto, it must have been to remember a gardener. Trove:
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‘Sympathy, fellow feeling . . .’
Earlier this summer I visited Bonskeid to remember Robert Fowler Barbour who died in infancy. He was the first of the family to be buried in the [private] Bonskeid burial … Continue reading ‘Sympathy, fellow feeling . . .’
‘a valuable acquisition’
The above photograph is of the original Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. In 1936 a new hospital was opened at Foresterhill and the old hospital became known as Woolmanhill. I did some … Continue reading ‘a valuable acquisition’
Rose Park, Trinity
In the Trove archive, I came across the above photograph. It was taken by a photographer for the Scotsman in 1958 and was given this annotation “Old Georgian house at … Continue reading Rose Park, Trinity
The smallest shop in Edinburgh
Maurice Love, a Ukrainian born on Odessa in 1900, was owner of the the “smallest shop in Edinburgh”. This shop, on the High Street, is long gone. 2 August 1951, … Continue reading The smallest shop in Edinburgh
National Playing Fields Association
Lorne Place, Leith, Edinburgh:
The BROADWAY ANGEL
I am currently making a film titled ‘The BROADWAY ANGEL’. It is about Grace Lindsay Webster who died suddenly on the 5th December 1923. Her Angel tombstone can be found … Continue reading The BROADWAY ANGEL
‘Sacred to the memory of Viper’
Source: Perthshire Advertiser, 21 June 1851