I wanted to go to the Caol Ila Distillery for two reasons. First, it would count towards my full set of Islay distilleries, and second, I was desperate to know how to pronounce it! For years, I have been going in pubs, seeing a bottle of Caol Ila behind the bar and being reluctant to … Continue reading Nine Distilleries : 7. Caol Ila
Day: November 5, 2018
Daily Victorian : A Good Book And A Black Crepe Dress
This is a Cabinet Card which must date from the last decade of the nineteenth century and it comes from the Kingston-On-Thames studio of Fred Palmer. Written on the reverse is "Gt Grandma Hinton (Watts)". I have had a quick look to see if I can see any obvious descendants, and not been able to … Continue reading Daily Victorian : A Good Book And A Black Crepe Dress
Daily Victorian : That Look
A carte de visite from the 1880s from the Edinburgh studio of James Good Tunny. The subject of the photograph is unknown, but that look is unforgetable.
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