29 July, 2013
Greater stories to be told
'I rushed out the front door - everyone was coming out of
their homes. I looked towards Beaumont Street from our elevated front driveway.
I could see the Greater tower – it was leaning to the left side, not vertical,
it appeared to be wavering, and I thought, This
is not good!'
21 July, 2013
Why does a blacksmith have a shop?
It was his private retreat, even though the sound of hammer against
anvil blasted my five year old eardrums. I loved crouching against the slab
timber wall at a safe distance, watching my father lean into the silken
shoulder of one of his beloved horses, the animal lifting its front leg as a
magical reflex.
14 July, 2013
Survival of a stately home
It means 'a pile of rough stones'. One of Hamilton’s rare surviving
late Victorian homes, Fettercairn is truly a survivor. Over the past 110 years,
it has reinvented itself time and time again. Built in 1903 for Mr and Mrs Ramsay Gow, the imposing two storey, 50 square
house was an unambiguous statement by its owners of achievement and prosperity.
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