Slides — 1979 - ’82 (UK)
These images precede my obsession with recording my travels, so the narrative is from memory which may be unreliable.
For my trip to New Zealand (January - March 1979, slides 1 - 260), I bought an SLR camera (Ricoh XR1) and decided to use slide film. On my return, I continued to use slides. Over the years, I have scanned most (so far) of the slides and tried to organise them in an accessible way. Herewith, part of the result.
In the early days, I sorted my slides thematically, rather than chronologically. Short of dis-mounting them all to try to recreate individual films, all I can be sure of is that all of these were taken in 1979 - 1981. Some of them were scanned many years ago; I have not bothered to re-scanned them so they may be somewhat lacking in colour accuracy.
Dalkeith House and around — from 1979
A picnic near North Berwick — Summer 1979
Edinburgh — Late 1979
Edinburgh — 1980 maybe
Dalkeith House and around — Summer 1979 probably
These slides are mostly undated and are filed (and numbered) as three separate groups but I have merged them here thematically. They span Summer 1979 to (at least) October 1981.
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| The very first slide I took in January 1979 before going to New
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| Front of house |
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| Back of house from the Adam Bridge |
Back of house from down by the river | Autumnal colour |
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The distant steeple of St Nicholas Church from in front of Dalkeith House |
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Some interesting natural things in the grounds.
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There is some gunge on this slide |
| An interesting fungus in the woods (I think it's
the same one from diferent angles) |
Rhododendron flower in the grounds | ||
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Some of the ornamental stonework above the main door was badly eroded and it was decided to effect repairs. A start was made one summer replacing a few bits, with the bulk of the work being done the following year. I don't remember whether it was 1979 & 1880 or 1980 & '81.
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| Repaired stonework above the front door |
and a bit in need of repair | |
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| Decayed masonry from the pediment |
New masonry for the Dalkeith House pediment | |
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| New masonry for the pediment |
Decayed capital on Dalkeith House frontage |
On Saturday, 31 October 1981, the Earl of Dalkeith (Richard Montague-Douglas-Scott) married Elizabeth Kerr, daughter of the Marquis of Lothian in the Episcopalian church in the grounds of Dalkeith House and the reception was held in style in marquees in front of the House. My invitation must have got lost in the post but I took these photos of the preparations during the previous week.
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| Inside the marquee |
Marquees in the grounds | |
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| Marquees in the courtyard |
Marquees in the grounds | The church roof over the Computer Room |
A picnic near North Berwick — Summer 1979
If the beach is Broad Sands, most of the others fit.
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| Val & Richard |
Margaret | Richard |
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| The Bass Rock | Richard |
Richard |
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| Val and Margaret | The Bass Rock | rock pools |
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| Berwick Law |
New Year at Jonnie's — Tuesday, 1 January 1980
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| Jonnie ... |
... resting his eyes | Dave enjoying himself | |
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| What a tan! |
Sundry bods | George with whistle |
And then we went for a walk up Arthur's Seat!
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| Arthur's Seat from Hunters' Moss |
Dave + A.N. Other | Towards Portobello |
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| Salisbury Crags & the Castle |
(wide angle) | The High School & Calton Hill |
Edinburgh — Late 1979
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| Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags beyond the Cannongate Kirkyard |
Waverley Station and the Old Town skyline from Regent Road | |
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| The setting sun from Arthur's Seat |
Around Edinburgh again — 1980 maybe
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| Snow on the Pentlands from Mayfield (though not from my flat) |
The Port of Leith from Arthur's Seat |
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| The Scott Monument |
The Scottish Office and Calton Hill |
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John Reynolds - February 2015