To recap, I’ve been searching my database for people who were born, married or died on Christmas Day or New Year’s Day in North Walls and Brims, my one-place study. Since I wrote part 1 I’ve discovered another birth on 1 January, not for the wedding couple this time, hence the change of title. You | more…
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Two weddings and a birth – part 1
I’ve been searching my database for people who were born, married or died on Christmas Day or New Year’s Day in North Walls and Brims, my one-place study, with some success. A double hit even, for John Wilson appeared twice in my search, born on New Year’s Day and married on Christmas Day, more than | more…
Ten September events in the lives of North Walls and Brims people – part 2
September 2023 is the 10th birthday of the Society for One-Place Studies so, a little late in the day, I took up the #OnePlaceStudies10 blog prompt. Here is the second set of five short pieces on people from my one-place study in North Walls and Brims, chosen because of some event in their lives in | more…
Ten September events in the lives of North Walls and Brims people – part 1
September 2023 is the 10th birthday of the Society for One-Place Studies so, a little late in the day, I’m taking up the #OnePlaceStudies10 blog prompt. You’ll eventually find short pieces on ten people from my one-place study in North Walls and Brims, chosen because of some event in their lives in September. 11 September | more…
New pastures
I’ve recently become a trustee of St John’s Kirk SCIO, in North Walls, Orkney. As I’m coming to an end of doing paid client work, I’ll be devoting some of my energy to building up a heritage resource at St John’s. It was sold by the Church of Scotland to a local group some years | more…