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…
A cursory glance at the wheel as you passed would have shown you that it needs a little tender loving care. To that end, we have been trying to find the thirty-six large, crack free, pieces of elm which would allow us the rebuild it. So far we have spent…
So here I am, working on a new book for the Costume Collection, kindly grant-aided by Museum Galleries Scotland, and the first thing I required to do was to cast my mind back as to why the feck we had started collecting costumes or old clothes in the first place! …
Isn’t it astonishing that one can travel all over Europe, on roads lined with snow drifts, probably several meters deep, and yet everyone gets to work, everyone gets to visit their friends, the children all get to school, and life goes on. Here of course, as in the last week,…
It was with a heavy heart that we heard of the sudden death of Paul McMahon, a former trustee, a volunteer and friend. Paul first came into our lives in 1984 when we had just inherited the semi-derelict listed buildings known as the Dalgarven Mills. In despair, at getting little…
It is quite strange being back at work, I say work, but since I, like everyone else involved here, is a volunteer, people tend to see it as something other that what we call work. However, being about to enter my eighth decade, let me just tell you that having…
The Trustees and the Millers Kitchen regret that under the present circumstances we are closed for at least the next eight weeks.
