| Tyndrum Lead Mine |
| Lead working operations at Tyndrum, Perthshire between 1730 and 1930 are the focus of a Stirling University project exploring the processes that produced the industrial landscape at Tyndrum and the relationship between mining activities and the health of the local community. If any readers have personal recollections, family memories or old photographs of the early 20th century operations that they would be willing to share, we would be delighted to hear from them. There are records for the 18th and 19th centuries but material about the later working, after 1915, is sparse. |
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| Dr Catherine Mills and Mary Easson, School of History and Politics, University of Stirling, FK9 4LA c.j.mills@stir.ac.uk or mme00001@students.stir.ac.uk |
| Haud Yur Throat |
| I was born in Linwood, Renfrewshire, and as a teenager in the 1970s and a budding musician I had a weekly ritual of visiting McCormack’s music shop in Bath Street, Glasgow. On one of these occasions I was standing near Central Station on my way to the shop when an ambulance passed, siren blaring. There were two ladies near me and one said to the other, “Haud yer throat tae ye see a dug.” I had never heard this expression before. Does any reader know of the origin of this? |
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| Brian McCartney brianjmccartney@eircom.net |
| General Sir David Baird |
| I take an interest in The Bairds of Auchmedden, Saughton Hall, Newbyth, Gartsherrie etc. For a while I was confused by General Sir David Baird (1757- 1829) being known as the first of the Newbyth Line until I realised that he had started “Second Newbyth Line”. His wife chose to commemorate him with an obelisk that is situated on the south side of the A85 two miles west of Crieff. I found it strange that an obelisk had been chosen until I found a sketch of an obelisk being loaded on to a boat with the text explaining that General Baird had been in charge of modifying two barges for one of the two Cleopatra’s Needles being moved to London. I had no reason to disbelieve this so I decided to check on dates and found that the obelisk was erected in London during 1878. Can any reader verify these details? |
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| Jack Baird jack@jackbaird.orangehome.co.uk |
| SCOTTISH HEARTBEAT |
| Can any reader help in my quest for a copy of the "Scottish Heartbeat" cassette tape produced by Alistair Macdonald for the Magazine's 250th anniversary? I have tried shops and the internet but with no success. |
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| David Pittendreigh david_p24@hotmail.com |
| Railway Inn, Stanley |
| I am researching my family history and have found out, according to the 1851 census, that my great-grandfather, Hope Stewart, lived with his family in the Feros Railway Inn, Stanley, as the innkeeper. We visited Stanley last summer but were unable to find anything about where it was or what happened to it. I contacted West Stormont History Society but they have not been able to find anything. I wonder if any of your readers can help me? |
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| Mrs Jennifer Chalmers jichalmers@btinternet.com |
| Slateford Village |
| In the late 1940s my parents owned the Railway Inn in Slateford Village. Sadly it was demolished a long time ago. I have a couple of old photographs but was wondering if anyone has any photos or memories of that era. We lived in a house close by, beside the Water of Leith. I'd be grateful for any information. |
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| Terry Henderson terryhenderson24long@gmail.com |
| Musselburgh |
| I was fascinated by the picture of old houses in Edinburgh and Musselburgh in the September magazine. Mygreat-great- grandfather, William Doleman, 1807-1887, lived at 11 High Street, Musselburgh and then moved to 9 High Street. He was a tailor and temperance hotel keeper. Family stories said he was the model for the book “Mansie Waugh” by Dr Macbeth Moir. I would like to ask if any readers have seen an old, lost photograph of him standing in Musselburgh High Street under the sign “Ales and Spirits” during the period 1851 to 1887. |
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| Audrey King audreyjonk@xtra.co.nz |
| Suez |
| I am preparing a small book of photographs involving the Suez Crisis during November, 1956. If readers would like to have their photographs included to ensure that these images – ships, blockships, aircraft, general views, troops, paratroop drops, etc. are not lost to posterity, perhaps they would they care to loan them to me briefly for scanning and enhancing, together with appropriate information. I am the compiler of the book – The Royal Engineers and the National Service Years. |
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| E.A. Pegg ericpegg@tiscali.co.uk |
| Robert Eadie |
| I wonder if I could ask your readers for help with a research project. I have been collecting details of the paintings made by my great-uncle, the Glasgow artist Robert Eadie. As well as creating watercolours and oil paintings, Robert Eadie illustrated books and, I have been informed, received commissions for artwork from the management of Glasgow theatres. I would be grateful for any information that your readers can supply about the artist. For instance, a biography, pictures of paintings and details of size, date and medium. A general location of paintings and information on my great-uncle’s theatrical work, prints and copies of newspaper cuttings, etc. When I started this project last year, I was surprised to find out how little information there is available online about such an important Scottish artist, whose work is still being sold at major auction houses. With your readers’ help, I hope to fill in a few gaps and give Robert Eadie a proper memorial. |
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| Philip Turner farrago2@lineone.net |
| I am researching the times of Robert Eadie (1877-1954), the distinguished artist in oils, watercolour and pencil. He was educated in Paris but lived mainly in Glasgow, exhibiting at major galleries and publishing a series of illustrated books in the 1930s. He undertook a series of theatrical paintings, only one of which I have been able to trace so far – namely Glasgow’s famous Alhambra Theatre, a copy of which adorned the theatre’s Tatler magazine cover in 1938. I am particularly keen to trace the original of this work, and any others like it, for the Alhambra Theatre history which I am writing and which will be published this year. I would be much obliged if Scots Magazine readers could let me know of its possible whereabouts, and more information about Robert Eadie. |
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| Graeme Smith smith@btopenworld.com |
| Jewellery |
| I have a question on a piece of Scottish “jewellery” and thought someone reading The Scots Magazine might have insight on this piece. I was told it was a nurse’s buckle, given to a graduating nurse and that each school of nursing had its own buckle, similar to the different pins and caps worn by American nurses. Would anyone know anything about these buckles and which design was associated with the various nursing schools? I have the maker of the buckle and the approximate year the buckle was awarded. |
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| Star Larkavage, Clinton, Tennessee starintn@bellsouth.net |
| Quote |
| An observation by Hamish Brown (Loose Scree, November) “that it is difficult to limp on two feet at once” brought back a distant memory of the line “and wan he stots and wan he hirples”, but after weeks of head scratching I cannot come up with any more of the poem. It may have come from a handwritten book of poems that my mother kept. If that is my source, it would pre-date the 1940s. I would be delighted to hear from anyone who knows the title, the subject or more lines. |
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| Mike Allan, Mallorca llubimike@hotmail.com |