@jeelyeater1.bsky.social
Gallus granny interested in glass, graves and gardens. Perthshire. Once a History teacher. Auld alumna of University of Glasgow, University of Strathclyde (Jordanhill) and the OU. FSAScot. RAMC camp follower for 33 years. Photos all mine.
A community is rallying around Linton Kirk in the Scottish Borders to purchase the church and save it.
Here is their appeal web page 👇
www.lintonkirk.org
and a legend! 👇
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worm_of...
plus more on the kirk on the SCT web page 👇
www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/linto...
Last year we had a fantastic day tour of Huntingdonshire churches in a smallish group with John.
It was excellent.
Hopefully we can join John again this year.
If you get the chance do sign up to one of his tours 👇
A&M
To mark International Women's Day, here's a celebration of four of pioneering women with Glasgow connections. They are: Margaret Easton Anderson, a graudate of Glasgow University and the first woman to practice law in the UK;
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#glasgow #internationalwomensday #glasgowhistory
My dad had one and I inherited when he died. You’re right about the breakdowns.
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Lovely. Just having hot chocolate and toasted teacake on the way home from Edinburgh. Still seething about the council tax on our small abode there being raised to 400% from next month with little notice. Trying to coerce us into selling up.
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On #InternationalWomensDay2026, remembering two brave physicians, Berta (nee Fraenkel) and Stefania Silberberg, who studied at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and who were killed in the Holocaust. Berta’s three children also perished, along with many other relatives. #IWD2026
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Plans approved to convert the historic Lemreway Parish Church in Lewis into a residential home.
The little coastal kirk was closed and marketed for sale in November 2024.
Herald has the story 👇
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2590588...
#WorldBookDay2026 Two Virtuous Women reading. By #StephenAdam. Window in Gate International, formerly St Mark’s, Dundee. #stainedglass
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Our director has written a piece for the latest edition of "Edinburgh Life" magazine.
It looks at the ongoing crisis facing Scottish church heritage, the work being done by congregations & communities to sustain their local religious buildings and spotlights seven wonderful Edinburgh churches (1/2)
St Michael, Linlithgow. Glass in St Katherine's chapel by Crear McCartney, 1992
04.03.2026 13:00 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0When we flew to Delhi in 1979 in a VC10 we stopped at Doha and muscat.
03.03.2026 20:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Every day a different ache!!
02.03.2026 20:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Thanks. Can’t believe I’m so ancient!
02.03.2026 19:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Had them in the Haslar quarter garden back then but photo too fuzzy to post.
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A cycle to the Botanics followed by a wee coffee & a stroll.
Reading surrounded by the smell of tropical plants & the sound of Glaswegian grannies saying "a like that wan so a dae" - a reminder that this space is free, accessible & open to all of us. I've always loved that.
A wonderful place! 💛🌱
Descendant of this one seen at Stokes Bay in 1999?
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Still no daffodils in the garden here but enjoying these and the Black Forest Bundt cake today instead.
02.03.2026 13:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Thanks. Think so. Took several weeks.
01.03.2026 16:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Did have meat and veg to start with.
01.03.2026 16:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Visit from the dug. We managed to keep her away from our lunch.
01.03.2026 14:21 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
With a costly vital repair project now entirely stalled at the B-listed Mount Florida Parish Church, in Glasgow, and the building looking increasingly forlorn, local residents are concerned about the future of this beloved historic landmark.
Full story here 👇
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottis...
A Church of Scotland spokesperson confirmed that a planning application has been submitted so that the memorials could be retained as an "important part of local history in the area" and "to ensure that the organ will continue to be used and cherished as a valued musical instrument."
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A Hamilton congregation is seeking the appropriate permissions to remove a stained glass window war memorial by the artist Douglas Hamilton, two brass war memorial plaques and the Forster & Andrews pipe organ from the historic Cadzow Parish Church, that sadly closed in November.
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Next up in the AHSS Strathclyde Group Winter Lecture Series:
Heritage with Purpose: Adaptive Reuse and Community-Centred Design, with Sarah Jane Storrie
🗓️ 19 March 2026
📍 St Andrews West Church & Renfield Centre, Glasgow
⏰️ 7:30 – 9:30pm
🎟️ £6 online/in-person | £2 students: buff.ly/va5EmB8
23 April @natlibscot.bsky.social – free, ticketed
Agnes Owens (1926–2014) was described by Alasdair Gray as “the most unfairly neglected of all living Scottish authors”. Explore how her archives are being used to secure her status as a major Scottish literary figure.
www.nls.uk/whats-on/agn...
On the north side of the church there are two stained glass windows showing St Dorcas and St Margaret by William Wilson RSA (1905–1972), one of Scotland’s finest stained glass artists.
Read more here 👇
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
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#ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, St Andrews,Tain has a fascinating interior. Much of the woodwork inside is by Robert “Mouseman” Thomson of Yorkshire whose characteristic signature is a small carved mouse located somewhere on each piece of furniture.
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Some welcome news this week as Inveravon Church transferred into the ownership of the Glenlivet & Inveravon Community Association.
Well done to everyone involved in the project to transform this historic church into a heritage and community hub.
Story here 👇
www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/buyout-...
My @thetimes.com restaurant review of Nobles by Bellfield in Leith, Edinburgh www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
24.02.2026 20:22 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
St Andrew's, Tain, #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, is a delightful Highland church, housing some stunning stained glass and a collection of "Mouseman" woodwork. The original "tin tabernacle", from 1878, was replaced by a late Victorian Gothic building designed by Ross & Macbeth of Inverness in 1887.
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