Florence Boyle
@okhistory.bsky.social
Interested and active in local history and heritage.
Undeservedly Forgotten -West Dunbartonshire Women available -https://cartsburnpublishing.com
lost_local_history on Instagram
Undeservedly Forgotten -West Dunbartonshire Women available -https://cartsburnpublishing.com
lost_local_history on Instagram
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Two Scottish landowners meet in London to discuss Section 1 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill 2024
December 4, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Two Scottish landowners meet in London to discuss Section 1 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill 2024
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"View over Sankt Erikspalatset, Stockholm". Erik Tryggelin. 1918.
December 2, 2024 at 8:44 PM
"View over Sankt Erikspalatset, Stockholm". Erik Tryggelin. 1918.
Anna Zinkeisen and her sister Doris were artists born in Kilcreggan, Dunbartonshire. Anna moved to England, studying at the Harrow School of Art. Anna and Doris were commissioned by John Brown to paint murals on the Queen Mary. Anna is pictured painting panels in the ballroom
November 30, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Anna Zinkeisen and her sister Doris were artists born in Kilcreggan, Dunbartonshire. Anna moved to England, studying at the Harrow School of Art. Anna and Doris were commissioned by John Brown to paint murals on the Queen Mary. Anna is pictured painting panels in the ballroom
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It's time to dig out this classic Bud Neill poem, and a favourite 1920s image of Kelvingrove Park and Glasgow University...
Winter’s come, the snow has fell
Wee Josie's nose is froze as well
Wee Josie’s frozen nose is skintit
Winter’s diabolic, intit?
Winter’s come, the snow has fell
Wee Josie's nose is froze as well
Wee Josie’s frozen nose is skintit
Winter’s diabolic, intit?
November 23, 2024 at 12:09 PM
It's time to dig out this classic Bud Neill poem, and a favourite 1920s image of Kelvingrove Park and Glasgow University...
Winter’s come, the snow has fell
Wee Josie's nose is froze as well
Wee Josie’s frozen nose is skintit
Winter’s diabolic, intit?
Winter’s come, the snow has fell
Wee Josie's nose is froze as well
Wee Josie’s frozen nose is skintit
Winter’s diabolic, intit?
Reposted by Florence Boyle
"A Southern Town". Charles Rennie Mackintosh. c.1925.
Print available on request.
Print available on request.
November 21, 2024 at 9:30 PM
"A Southern Town". Charles Rennie Mackintosh. c.1925.
Print available on request.
Print available on request.
"From the library of Alice & Talwin Morris" -lovely bookplate -stylised drawing of the view from their home at Dunglass, Bowling -see the Clyde and the Henry Bell obelisk. From the collection of Glasgow Museums.
November 21, 2024 at 11:15 AM
"From the library of Alice & Talwin Morris" -lovely bookplate -stylised drawing of the view from their home at Dunglass, Bowling -see the Clyde and the Henry Bell obelisk. From the collection of Glasgow Museums.
One of my fave associations with Old Kilpatrick Graveyard -a William Turner sketch, made in 1831 on a trip to Scotland. It's pencil on paper, so feint and indistinct but unmistakably OK parish church tower (top part of image)
November 20, 2024 at 3:57 PM
One of my fave associations with Old Kilpatrick Graveyard -a William Turner sketch, made in 1831 on a trip to Scotland. It's pencil on paper, so feint and indistinct but unmistakably OK parish church tower (top part of image)
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Madainn Mhath from #castlebay. It is a lovely clear, crisp morning in Barra. No wind, no rain - just lovely. #isleofbarra #outerhebrides
November 19, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Madainn Mhath from #castlebay. It is a lovely clear, crisp morning in Barra. No wind, no rain - just lovely. #isleofbarra #outerhebrides