Barrowsgate – Page 28

Barrowsgate is fond of the Scottish customs and traditions around New Year and remembers the children in his village would go knocking at Hogmanay for presents.

Sales an’ Sookin’ Bottles

Dec 18, 1936

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in Bitties Fae Barrowsgate, Observations, Writings

A church sale of works leads to a bidding war for a baby’s bottle.

A veteran of the crook and plaid

Dec 18, 1936

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in Stories, Writings

This is a portrait of Hugh Rose Smythe, Barrowsgate’s uncle. “Aul Hughie” lived from 1858 until 1952 and, at the time of writing (1936), he was “only” 78. Seven years before the article was written, Aul Hughie received an award from the Marquis of Aberdeen and Tremair for sixty years’ service as a shepherd on…

Sold All Round

Dec 15, 1936

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in Stories, Writings

Weelum, a gamekeeper-turned-poacher had successfully evaded capture for years. The new Laird of Pulwiddie decides to put a stop to his activities and lays a trap. While the gamekeeper and Police scour the hillside for Weelum, some hand-reared pheasants disappear from an enclosure in the Head Keeper’s garden. Published in the Buchan Observer under the…