Each year we, in common with all Scottish Charities, have our Annual Accounts approved and published by OSCR (Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator) so that the general public, or more importantly our donors and supporters, can see our annual income and expenditure, and who we are, in terms of…
I am one of these lucky people that grew up bilingual: my mother of course was English, my father having met her in York when he was sent there in 1915 to practice cavalry charging on his white horse, as trooper in the Scots Greys. Apparently, my mother’s church. which…
One of the joys of being the curator of costumes here is that as well as pieces which have been beautifully kept, we also get what I love to think of as ‘orphans of the storm’. That is to say, pieces that people have kept despite them having been hugely…
We were kindly sent a copy of the article in Troon’s November ‘Going Out’ newsletter about the visit to Dalgarven by visitors from Troon’s twin town, Villeneuve-sur-Lot: do you recognise some familiar faces?
In conversation recently with a transatlantic visitor, I mentioned casually that I had had the Stars & Stripes specially flown over the United States Capitol on 14 June 2000 in my honour. The look on their faces showed that they had no idea what I was talking about, so I…
