‘Like a hidden memory’
TROVE entry for the reverse side of Ben Nicholson’s (two circles):
Tag: travellers
Frequent Flyer Tour
We are currently helping our daughter look for a flat in Edinburgh. In the back stairwell of one of the flats that we were looking at we came across this … Continue reading Frequent Flyer Tour
Tinkers’ Heart
Rab Scott, my grandfather, was a fruit farmer and kept several orchards in Stirlingshire. He used to reminisce about the travelling folk – “tinkers” – who camped on Sheriffmuir and … Continue reading Tinkers’ Heart
Graffiti
This is an account of the grafitti of John Gordon, the last of the ‘Third Family’ of Cluny and the “richest commoner in Scotland”. Through John Gordon’s graffiti it is … Continue reading Graffiti
‘the first of a long series of wandering Hellenists’
I have been reading about the ‘Greek Revival’ and have found myself fascinated by this Antiquary: