Cowane Street: where the only limitation is your imagination
21 -23 Cowane Street, Stirling: To play this short film please click here. Music credit: A piano theme – by Terry Davies For more on RAINBOW SLIDES please click here.
Tag: WWI
The onslaught
The following biography of Gilbert Holiday is provided by Sarah Colgrave Art: The following timeline is far from complete. It has been compiled by Peter Scott-Gordon from material available in … Continue reading The onslaught
Gilbert Holiday
Lately, when researching a forgotten but once champion billiard player, I came across the art work of Gilbert Holiday [1879-1937]. Here are some of his works:
Nelson Logan
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
They fell for us
These short films by Peter recall those who fell for us in War [please click on each image to play a different short film]. Between two black lines in the … Continue reading They fell for us
A friend to friendship itself: Davie Glen
David Rioch Glen, 1909-1978. Sadly, I never met Davie [Davy] Glen but I heard some wonderful tales about him when I was researching the history of Jock’s Road, Glen Doll. … Continue reading A friend to friendship itself: Davie Glen
‘A dour solid building’
In the Trove Scotland archive I came across this photograph of 52 West Port, Edinburgh. The stare of the unknown passer-by and the ghost sign: FIRE STATION, left me wanting … Continue reading ‘A dour solid building’
Riskamain
The farm of Riskamain, in the hills above Latheronwheel, Caithness, was abandoned long ago. In recent years the roof has finally given in. Ordnance Survey map, 1871 [the spelling variations … Continue reading Riskamain