being and becoming in the world
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 . . .’
I came across this query in an old newspaper: 7 July 1795, Caledonian Mercury: c1858, Ordnance Survey Book: 10 July 1874, Montrose Review: 9 January 1884, North British Daily Mail: … Continue reading Where is Friendly Park?
What follows is a an incomplete timeline relating to the hill farms of Cunzierton and Harkers in the Scottish Borders: 22 November 1839, Kelso Chronicle: 3 January 1843, Kelso Chronicle: … Continue reading ‘One of the soundest and healthiest sheep pastures’
I came across Nelson Logan in the Montrose Review. He was a journalist and wrote poems that were published in the paper. Montrose Review, 8 October 1920: Mearns Leader, 5 … Continue reading Nelson Logan
In the CANMORE archive I came across an old photograph of a sculpture. It seemed to me to be the very expression of sadness. The photograph was taken by John … Continue reading a sculpture on the theme of loss
Aubrey Beardsley (1872 – 1898) was an artist, illustrator and author. His black ink drawings were influenced by Japanese woodcuts and his work was, not infrequently, considered ‘improper’. He was … Continue reading Transmuted his personal substance into art
The Morrison family were once well known in Forres. This family ran a Grocery shop from 120 High Street, where they lived above the shop: On the last day of … Continue reading NOTICE of REMOVAL
Wellington Dauncey was born in Dursley on the 12th December 1824, the son of Titus and Mary Ann. He came from a family of cloth makers. Wellington Dauncey took his … Continue reading Uley Blues