It seems I haven’t written here in ages, mainly because I haven’t. On the other hand, I have continued to post a lot elsewhere, on the Bodies in the Library blog for example, plus on Flickr and LibraryThing. The only sections that’s have been used here a lot are the Doorstep pages, which concentrate on [...]
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The new blog
Posted in archaeology, blogs, history, Lanarkshire, writing, tagged blogs, Doorstep History on February 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Reparations complete
Posted in history, tagged Germany, reparations, World War I on October 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11442892 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/8029948/First-World-War-officially-ends.html Why the insistence on full payment if governments recognised the unfairness?
Scottish Maritime Museum
Posted in exploring, history, places to go, things to see, tagged Clydebuilt, fear, public art, River Clyde, Scottish Maritime Museum on July 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Got a wee surprise yesterday as I walked down to the boats at Braehead. I glanced down at the Clyde and had a sudden rush of pure terror, couldn’t move. Nervously called over to Mr Jenn that I would just stay on dry land and when he laughed back at me to get a move [...]
Crookston
Posted in archaeology, history, tagged Crookston Castle, Glasgow, James IV, Southside on May 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Crookston is a fantastic ruined castle on the southside of Glasgow. There’s not a lot of it, but what’s there is really interesting. It’s seen a lot of action over the years too, including a siege in 1489, courtesy of James IV. Things to look out for: the cobbled path leading up towards the castle [...]
Election psyche
Posted in enthusiasm, history, stuff and things, tagged General Election 2010, voting on May 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Election Day tomorrow and I am so EXCITED! I’m aware that this probably makes me quite a sad individual, but honestly, it’s such a momentous event. Holding that stubby wee pencil with its tatty string is massively important to me. We always went along with our parents to vote, but had to wait outside and [...]
Tuesday – sleeping
Posted in history, stuff and things, television / films, tagged Derbyshire, Swarkestone, weather on April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Plan for today was to get out for a wander in the sunshine, except that it didn’t show. Both BBC Weather and Metcheck were claiming blue skies and a big yellowish round thing in the sky, but nobody had bothered to tell the clouds not to bother showing up. It’s been overcast all day. So [...]
Sunday – castles
Posted in archaeology, exploring, family, history, walks, tagged Arran, Ayrshire, castles, country parks, Dean Castle, Dundonald Castle, Historic Scotland, holidays, Kilmarnock, maps, neds, Smugglers' Trail, tower houses, travelling minstrels on April 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A great drive down the A71 to Kilmarnock where we drove around looking to find anything as modern as a fastfood place – unfortunately one of the few things the kids will eat. Kilmarnock on a Sunday brunchtime is quiet. Quest completed, we continued on the way to Dundonald Castle, which turned out to have an [...]
The tower in the trees
Posted in history, Lanarkshire, maps, tagged Hamilton, Motherwell, River Avon, River Clyde, Ross House on April 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, I know it sounds like I’m back on an Enid Blyton trip, but this one is real. On numerous occasions, I’ve noticed “Ross” on the map close to Hamilton, and assumed it was a long lost house. But then recently, I saw a mention of Ross House in the present (can’t remember where unfortunately, [...]
Raith
Posted in archaeology, history, maps, tagged Lanarkshire, local history, Raith, Raith Interchange, Strathclyde Park on March 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There are places that you go past every day without a passing thought and one of them is the Raith Interchange at Strathclyde park. And then one day I was looking at an old map and noticed the word “Raith” marked on it. Wow! There was a village there once! I thought, and looked for [...]
Where are the trees?
Posted in history, maps, tagged conifers, East Kilbride, trees on March 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Driving along to meet my husband the other day, I was surprised to see a changed view. I could see further than usual across the site of my old school. Then I realised why – all of the trees had been chopped down. There has been a string 0f trees here for over 150 years, so [...]
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