Missing you
Sadly, on our latest adventure, ‘Big Ted’ [knitted for me by Chrys Muirhead] was swept off auld Fyne bridge in a gust of wind. At the time, I was colouring-in … Continue reading Missing you
Tag: transitional objects
Jane Jack
Source: Trove archive Further credit: Ian McEwan
focus on the unseen and the overlooked
Logie Churchyard, Wednesday evening.
‘a streetful of shops under one roof’
In the Trove archive I came across a 1950s map of the centre of Edinburgh. On the reverse of the map was this : My favourite memory of Jenners returns … Continue reading ‘a streetful of shops under one roof’
‘Branches In All Large Towns’
An advertisement in Berwickshire News, 23 November 1954.
Let us go now
Many years ago, when I was much younger, I made a series of short films on the Cabrach, Aberdeenshire. Having explored the Cabrach on foot, I then explored the archives. … Continue reading Let us go now
The most popular toy
The Sphere – 25 December 1909
‘Sacred to the memory of Viper’
Source: Perthshire Advertiser, 21 June 1851