Walking through Lade Braes path, and through the grounds holding the Doocot, Hallow Hill graves, and Boase Wood.
In the second in the series of the Trust’s winter talks for 2024 we welcome David Powell of DC Thomson to speak about the DC Thomson archives.
The archives of DC Thomson have accumulated over the past 250 years as both the titles and business have evolved. As well as being a valuable business asset they have a wider value to the communities who worked for, contributed to, featured in, or consumed, our products. This light-hearted tour through the collections will show their breadth, influence and use and hopefully spark a few memories, taking in newspapers, comics, magazines and our photographic collections.
About David Powell
I have been Archive Manager at DC Thomson since 2014. I have worked as an archivist in Scotland since 2001, working in the public, university and private sector with a specialism in the archives of business. In that time I’ve worked with the records of the heavy industries of the west of Scotland, handled dynamite, rescued records from textile mills while the wrecking ball was waiting outside and seen more basements and attics full of records and moth frass that I care to remember.
At DCT I’m responsible for the documentary and physical heritage of the business and working with people across the business to make use of it as a business asset.
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🚂 Delve into more railway history with Mairi Shiels as she unravels the mysteries of the Tay Rail Bridge Disaster! 🌨️
Brace yourself for a chilling tale from history! Mairi Shiels is set to take you on a journey back to the Tay Rail Bridge Disaster. 🌉 Join us on 23rd January 2024, 2:30 PM, at St Andrews Bowling Club for an insightful talk. Learn about the wonders of the Victorian world and the shocking collapse that sent shockwaves through society. 🔍 Secure your ticket: https://tinyurl.com/wintertalk1 📅 Date: 23rd January 2024 🕰️ Time: 2:30 PM 📍 Venue: St Andrews Bowling Club
Come along and support our Museum where we are taking part in #museumshopsunday. 10% discount on all our shop products including our Art & Craft Sale this Sunday between 12pm and 4pm! #standrews #fife
Our Art & Craft Sale still has a lot of wonderful items which will make great gifts! Come along to the Museum this weekend between 12pm and 4pm.
There's a lot going on at St Andrews Library this November. If you'd like to attend any of these events, just ask a staff member to add your name to the list. More details to follow...
#StAndrews #Fife #Scotland
Arabs book and the Cold War
The Arabs book has quite a good poem snippet from Nizar Qabbani on the Cold War's effect on Egypt and Arabdom: "For in the east is Hulagu, and in the west is Caesar."
(Apollo–Soyuz space mission poster (1976), by Buryat Mongolian artist Доржиев Лубсан)
In the summer I participated in an archaeological survey in Transylvania, Romania. This is one of the articles published about it, on a local news site. Old Székely-Hungarian runes and ancient roads. The expedition mostly concentrated on the trying to find the old border posts which marked the boundary between old Transylvania and old Romania. A lot of focus was payed on trying to find more evidence for the once prevalent writing type in the area the Old Hungarian runes (Székely–magyar rovásírás).
The Arbroath Abbey, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
The Hospitalfield House in Angus. It is a classical beauty, a center of art in the town of Arbroath.
Edinburgh in the evening.