All posts by Charles Dixon-Spain
New Interview about the Glendaruel Hotel
Fiona Lochheed has interviewed Michael Kaufmann about the Glendaruel Hotel and life in the glen — click here to listen to it
We Love Trees
This Summer the children participating in the Arts and Recreation Club at Glendaruel Village Hall made a film to celebrate the Community acquisition of Stronafian Forest. The movie is here.
Archaeology Pages Complete
Over the last weeks we have slowly been uploading all of the images and maps produced by our own local and very eminent archaeology expert Charles MacLaughlin. You’ll find lots of sites in these pages, all marked on the maps and with photos of them below. Its a wealth of material and we hope to include Charles’s maps in our master map of Glendaruel shortly (another very big project indeed!). The pages are all here:
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What if …? Tearoom & Exhibition at Kilmodan
Throughout August and September the children from Kilmodan Primary school have been creating a fantastic range of artwork in response to the Robert Stewart ceramic mural situated in the school. Inspired by Stewart’s use of natural motifs, colour, pattern and texture the children have explored new materials and techniques to produce an impressive body of work. On Friday 4 October there will be a celebration of this work in the form of a tearoom, exhibition and programmes of drawing workshops for the community to take part in.
Draft pictures for the Kilmodan Primary School Page
Archie and Callum spent the afternoon producing fabulous sketches of the school from the outside for the school page. As P2s their brief was to give us an idea of what the school looks like. Their angular drawings certainly give a great idea of the mid-70s architecture!
Interview from 1909!
We have just published Margaret Burnley Campbell’s interview of Daniel McEwen in January 1909. Daniel was born in 1820 and as a native of Glendaruel this is a priceless insight into life in the Glen in the 19th Century. Thanks to John MacNaughton for allowing us access to the papers to scan – to see the interview click here.